Launder Your Sanding Belts
When I’m sanding pitchy wood or removing old finish, my sandpaper gets really gummed up and I can’t get it clean with the rubber eraser-type cleaner. I used to throw it away and buy more. [...]
Ryobi 5″ Random Orbit Sander Review
Tool: 18V ONE+™ 5″ Random Orbit Sander PCL406B Shop Now Manufacturer: Ryobi MSRP: $59 (bare tool with 3 sheets of sandpaper) Usually, the first steps of reviewing a tool are taking [...]
Offset Detail Sander
When doing repair work, I often have to inlay small patches of wood into a finished surface. To help level the patch afterward without marring the adjacent surface, I made up several of these [...]
Festool Edge-Sanding Guide
Tool: Edge-Sanding Guide Shop Now Manufacturer: Festool MSRP: $99 Sanding the edge of a table or interior of a face frame with a power sander can be a fraught affair. There is huge [...]
New Bosch Brushless Random Orbit Sander Review
Tool: GEX18V-5N Brushless 5 In. Random Orbit Sander Shop Now Manufacturer: Bosch MSRP: $129 (bare tool) Bosch recently introduced new 12V and 18V brushless cordless random orbit sanders. In [...]
Two-Handed Sander
Tool: 5″ Random Orbit Sander BO5041k [Buy Now] Manufacturer: Makita MSRP: $89.00 Ever wish you had an extra handle on your sander? Not for extra pressure—that would create unwanted swirl [...]
Sander Circle Jig
I find myself needing a lot of small circles for use on wooden toys. When I cut those disks out with a circle-cutting jig on the band saw, the edge is a little too rough, so I’ve made a fixture [...]
DEROS Random-orbit Sander
Tool: DEROS Manufacturer: Mirka MSRP: $625 Editor’s note: This review originally appeared in the April 2015 issue of Popular Woodworking. The tool is still available and just as great as [...]
Arbortech Contour Random Sander
Tool: Contour Sander Manufacturer: Arbortech MSRP: $79 I’ve been building a stacked-lamination piece with plenty of concave and convex curves that require a good deal of sanding. Arbortech’s new [...]
Makita’s Sander is Built for Comfort
Tool: BO5041 Random-orbit Sander Manufacturer: Makita MSRP: $89.00 If you’re tired of sanding for extended periods with your palm stretched across the top of a random-orbit sander, and your [...]
Bosch 1250DEVS Random Orbital Sander
Tool: 1250DEVS Random Orbital Sander Buy Now Manufacturer: Bosch MSRP: $250 My wife and I purchased our first home just over a year ago – a spectacular farmhouse that has been cared for by [...]
Sand Curves With Ease
Sand Curves With Ease Sanding is one of those necessary evils we all face as woodworkers. That’s why we flock to any tool that promises to make the job easier. Craftsman new Oscillating Spindle [...]
