On Friday 11 December 2015 07:33:24 Mark wrote: > On 12/10/2015 05:00 PM, Gregg Eshelman wrote: > > On 12/10/2015 7:43 AM, Mark wrote: > >> On 12/10/2015 09:06 AM, MC Cason wrote: > >>> Mark, > >>> > >>> Looking on Home Depot's website, they have 3M Pro Grade > >>> Precision sandpaper that is close to what Gene described > >>> http://www.homedepot.com/p/3M-Pro-Grade-Precision-4-5-in-x-10-5-ft > >>>-220-Grit-Fine-Ultra-Flexible-Sanding-Roll-29220PGP-UF-RL/205416174 > >>> http://www.homedepot.com/p/3M-Pro-Grade-Precision-4-5-in-x-7-in-32 > >>>0-Grit-Extra-Fine-Ultra-Flexible-Sanding-Sheets-4-Pack-28320PGP-UF4 > >>>/205416166 > >> > >> Thanks. I'll take a peek at it the next time I'm in Lowes or Home > >> Despot. Hopefully, it's made finer than 320 too. > > > > I looked on the 3M site. 320 is as fine as they make that, and that > > grit is only in the sheets, not in rolls or other forms. Says > > available at home depot and sherwin williams. > > With the work I do on cane rodmaking, 320 grit is still pretty damn > coarse. ;-) Maybe they'll eventually come out with a 600 grit. I > work down to 2000 grit on the finish, but there I can use wet/dry > paper. But 600 grit is a good final cut before the finish goes on. > > Mark > > Mark
Out of curiosity, where do you source anything finer than 600 in wet-r-dry? I'm stuck at 0000 steel wool for a gloss breaker when re-coating finish. I stopped at the WoodCraft store, near Parkersburg WV, a couple times but their stock stopped at 320, which both surprised and disappointed me. So the only thing I came away with was a Kuhn scraper plane, which turned out to have a sheet of cold roll for a blade, edge gone in one stroke on straight grained maple. I thought it would make a great final flattener but haven't stumbled over a good blade for it. Its sole wasn't flat either, took an hours work on a sheet of 600 stuck to my surface plate to get it 50% flat, so it still isn't truly flat. I gave up, its still in the box. I pull it off the shelf occasionally to see if its improved with age & burnish up an edge, using the shank of a broken 1/4" solid carbide mill I superglued into an 8" x 3/4" dowel for a handle. Dulls so fast it just slides over the bumps in 2 strokes. Most useless $90 I ever spent. Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Some mill pix are at: Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene/GO704-pix> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
