Comments on: Another Feather in the Mirka Abranet Cap

By: Roland Harris

Roland Harris — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 03:29:08 +0000

Steve, I am guessing this is not supposed to be replaced frequently like the felt pads. What is the life expectancy of your pad?

By: Steve_OH

Steve_OH — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 14:16:18 +0000

I have a PC 333VS and have not experienced this problem. I do use an interface pad between the Abranet and the sander’s pad (the Mirka 9955RP), but it’s not felt. It’s a firm plastic with a gazillion holes in it, and has the necessary male/female Velcro stuff on the two sides.

-Steve

By: Roland Harris

Roland Harris — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 03:54:47 +0000

I have experienced adverse results using Abranet. I use the recomended Abranet felt pad between the Abranet and the hook pad on the sander. The Abranet simply destroys the sander’s hook pad. This is a Porter Cable random orbit sander. Has anyone else had this problem?

By: xMike

xMike — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 17:44:05 +0000

Right you are!
When I last went looking for sheets, I found nada (a year ago) but now, here they are http://www.thesandingglove.com/Mirka-Abranet-Sanding-Sheets.asp
Yeah!

By: tbier

tbier — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 17:00:24 +0000

I’ve bought sheets (2.75″ x 8″) from Amazon. They also have a nice hook faced vacuum block to hold the sheets & vacuum up the dust as you are sanding. It does take some macgyvering to hook up a vacuum, though.

By: xMike

xMike — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 15:43:00 +0000

Glen,
If you find a source for SHEETS of the Abranet, please post it! I want it but can’t find it.
Mike D

By: Rocky Landsverk

Rocky Landsverk — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 14:16:04 +0000

I will work on a method that makes the Article Index browse-able instead of only searchable. The latter assumes somebody already knows exactly what they’re searching for.

In the meantime, there are a couple shortcuts to finding all of the articles in a given issue: They are categorized, with a specific URL structure like: http://www.popularwoodworking.com/jun08, or http://www.popularwoodworking.com/nov10, etc., always three letters and two numbers. Also you can type the issue name in quotes in the Article Index search box. for instance, go here http://www.popularwoodworking.com/articleindex and type “June 2008″.

But again, to the point, a list of articles in each issue, and ability to browse though, would be helpful, we’ll work on that.

By: Rocky Landsverk

Rocky Landsverk — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 13:51:28 +0000

you are correct, thanks for the head’s up, fixing now.

By: MysticValleyWoodworking

MysticValleyWoodworking — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 12:26:02 +0000

P.S. The current Index link at the bottom of the homepage seems to be broken…

By: kugiman

kugiman — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 12:20:07 +0000

Another note: Abranet has a grain… folds easier in one direction and cuts differently than the other. So, by turning the sanding block 90 degrees, you get more aggresive sanding.