Four Signs Your Air-powered Sander Is Thirsty for Oil

  When you feel your air-powered sander's rate of cut slow down, it could be telling you, 'I'm Thirsty.' After operating a woodworking air tool repair service center for 10 years,  repairing and rebuilding thousands of sanders of various brands, I put together a summary of the most often [...]

By |2023-09-18T16:18:38-07:00October 8th, 2020|Categories: Sanders|Comments Off on Four Signs Your Air-powered Sander Is Thirsty for Oil

Don’t Try This With Your Planer Sander

I visited a hardwood finishing components manufacturer today because they were going through a lot of 80 grit belts on their 3 head planer sander (planer, drum, combi running 80,120). The customer was extremely confused because the belts were leaving polished shiny marks tracking with the belt.     [...]

By |2023-09-18T16:18:47-07:00September 24th, 2020|Categories: Sanders|Comments Off on Don’t Try This With Your Planer Sander

Listen to your Machine!

Wide belt sanding is not rocket science. I don’t want to go into why you have the machine you do. You just do and that is that! There are so many factors and configurations that I could write an encyclopedia on it and still not cover it all. What [...]

By |2020-07-01T10:36:01-07:00May 14th, 2020|Categories: Uncategorized|Comments Off on Listen to your Machine!

Why Won’t My Wide Belt Sanding Machine Stay Level?

It's like a plague to all the wide belt users everywhere. My machine won't sand level! It's tighter on one side than the other. Why won't this stupid thing stay square? Let's define square in a wide belt sanding machine. It means that the table is square and parallel [...]

By |2020-05-14T13:40:42-07:00May 14th, 2020|Categories: Uncategorized|Comments Off on Why Won’t My Wide Belt Sanding Machine Stay Level?

Turmoil at the Sanding Table

Hand sanding in cabinet shops can be a huge bottle neck, or a huge labor drain. One or the other, take your pick. For most companies it is a daily struggle to achieve and maintain consistency. Not only that the sanders miss spots, but also that over sanding and [...]

By |2020-04-07T11:09:43-07:00April 7th, 2020|Categories: Uncategorized|Comments Off on Turmoil at the Sanding Table

…But Who Trained Ann Marie?

There I am, sitting in a short meeting with a facility manager talking about the sanding process from start to finish. He tells me that they have issues with color consistency in finishing because their sanding process is not consistent. He says, “Anne Marie trains all of my sanding [...]

By |2020-04-02T08:24:22-07:00April 2nd, 2020|Categories: Uncategorized|Comments Off on …But Who Trained Ann Marie?

Ultimate Primer on 2 Head Wide Belt Sanders

There seems to be a lot of guess work on how best to utilize 2 head wide belt machines. I hope to clear some of that up for the reader, as well as establish some basic processes that will help them to achieve better results. All belts discussed are [...]

By |2020-07-01T10:38:14-07:00April 2nd, 2020|Categories: Uncategorized|Comments Off on Ultimate Primer on 2 Head Wide Belt Sanders

The Ultimate Primer on Single Head Wide Belt Sanding

I will attempt to keep this as short as possible, but there is a lot to learn to really make these machines shine. I am not going to go into trouble shooting the entire machine. Just solid processes for the best quality result possible. For the purposes of this [...]

By |2020-04-02T08:22:27-07:00April 2nd, 2020|Categories: Uncategorized|Comments Off on The Ultimate Primer on Single Head Wide Belt Sanding

Drum Sander vs Wide Belt Sander

I’ve been trying to write this article for a while, but it is not an easy one to write. My bias has always been toward the widebelt and I want to be sure to state my bias up front. You cannot write about these things unless you have opinions. [...]

By |2020-04-02T08:18:58-07:00April 2nd, 2020|Categories: Uncategorized|Comments Off on Drum Sander vs Wide Belt Sander

Why Test a Stick? An Article on Wide Belt Stick Testing

Why test a stick? Wide belt stick testing and why you need to learn to do it. I’ve been traveling the country calibrating wide belt sanders and teaching sanding in general for over 20 years now. I use extremely accurate Mitutoyo Digimatic indicators on custom built bases to measure [...]

By |2020-04-02T08:16:15-07:00April 2nd, 2020|Categories: Uncategorized|Comments Off on Why Test a Stick? An Article on Wide Belt Stick Testing

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