*Significantly increases my production time specially on sanding curves **MyBest.Tools** which i do manually with dremel before. Wish this is locally available in my country. Cheers.*

That is a great tip for changing the disk. I worked as a patternmaker and the sanders we used had tables that you could move up and down with a rack and pinion so they were much easier to remove.When putting a new one on we still always folded the plastic coating half way back like you have done.The 36" disk sander would not lower much at all so we did just what you did to get it off. I have found that what you used for cleaning the plate is the best thing to use. I always used lacquer thinner to clean the plate then wiped it down with acetone. The disk seem to stick much better.I think the acetone helped to get rid of any lacquer thinner that may have still been in the pours of the metal. Back in the day when we didn't have self stick disk we used a rubber contact cement used for sander disk. They were much harder to get on than self stick disk. Your tip will help many people with changing disk. Thanks for your video.

Thanks, this video was helpful!

Thank you for sharing your knowledge sir. New to wood working and finding a lot of interesting time saving advice from good men such as yourself tremendously useful 🤝

Great tips! Glad you still have this video up.

Good tip David! I use my heat gun to loosen the old disc but then I always struggle with the new one, usually just remove the table. Need to replace mine now, I'll try this.

Thanks for the tips and tricks. It’s always good to know an easier way to do something. Thank you.

The best and faster way to remove one is a propane torch. Wave the flame quickly across the wheel not leaving the heat on the wheel too long just enough to heat the glue up it'll pull right off. I have been doing this for 19 years on the same machine.

You made this look so easy, I will have to give this a try so the one I have can have a new life that I can work with 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

Nice. I was not looking forward to doing this. Your tip will make my replacement disk go on nicely. Thanks,

Excellent job! Thank you very much!

Holy cow, 30 years I been changing PSA discs and never knew that. Wonderful, thanks.

Thank you

i haven't watched one of his videos in a while but the first thing i remembered when watching this video was that there was a lot of info and no fluff

Thanks for showing us that it's better to just take the table off. lol

Very helpful thank you

Fantastic. Thank you.

Very Helpful. Thanks!,

Thank you!!!

Just what I needed to know how..... cheers

First time viewer and newest subscriber. Great video excellent tip

Dear David, if you change over to felt-backed discs you never need to struggle with sticky backed discs again. You put the hook disc on your plate and fix the felt backed sandpaper discs to the hooked base. The best thing is that changing discs, for instance to change grit, is a breeze. Cut a piece of plain paper into two half circles. Lift your paper from the plate, slip in a half circle and rotate 180 degrees. Lift the half circle to remove. Installing a new disc is just as simple. Place both plain circle halves on your disc. Place the felt-backed paper and align accurately to the whole circle edge. Remove half template, rotate 180 degrees and remove final template. Voila! The whole process takes less than two minutes. Cheers.

Thanks for doing this follow up David :D

thank you

Thanks.

Nice and clear instructions - well done :)

I use my heat gun and it works great

Small and compact

Try a big propane torch, should peal right off, I do that with smaller disc, easy.

Even easier, take the new disk and using a razor blade scor the backing in the middle and peal 1/2 off, then when you peal the old disk off take the backing from the new disk and slip it on the old disk and rotate and peal off. No bending. then on the new disk simply slide the half with the backing down attach the exposed top rotate and peal off the other 1/2 of backing, all done.

Urg, Now I'm a Master sanding disk paper changer.😂

Alternatively, to remove, you can use some old, worn tin snips or metal shears to cut the loose half of the disc off, then rotate the disc 180º degrees and remove the rest. VM&P Naphtha also cuts many adhesives. FLAMMABLE! Outside or use a fan nearby.

Is it possible and safe to convert the metal disk to use Velcro sanding disks?

Mine always rip. It's like taking an adhesive price tag off of something. It comes off in teeny tiny little scraps of paper. A putty knife helps, but it's a struggle.

What brand sand disk you use? I have a problem looking for sand paper disk that sticks.

I have a Delta disc/belt sander and it keep throwing the adhesive sanding disc. What can be used to prevent this?

Just out of curiosity, did you turn it on and rub the rag against it to clean it?

What about using heat? Heat gun?

Personally, for the part that I had already peeled off, I would have stuck a shop towel or a mail flyer (piece of junk mail) in between it before spinning the wheel.

Hi how do you feel about hook and loop discs

Heat gun...works EVERY time. THEN use your laquer thinner to clean the plate of adhesive.

Hi guys I'm going crazy trying to find the right peel and stick pads for my ryobi dual belt and disk sander. Can anyone tell me what are some good pads that have a good strong backing for a 6 inch disk made in usa? I looked at diablos 6 inch stick fast but the reviews said the disc flies right off when you turn on the sander... Thanks guys!

I change them all the time. Hair dryer loosens the glue Nd pops right off.

I noticed the sheet said Metalite! Is that intended for metal or does it matter? Thumzup #75!

I had no idea you could remove those sanding discs, I end up just selling the machine and buying a new one.

Given how much of a pain in the arse this is -and it always is- I'm surprised nobody has thought of something better, like a detachable, ejectable disc. You could even have a few live discs with different grits on the go at once, just swapping them in like band-sander paper. I'd buy one.

I am cheap. I use an old tennis shoe sole to clean the belt on my belt sander.

I add a peace of paper

in next episode... how to use a toothpick properly...

I would have started the disk sander to clean off the gunk with super speed. Is that dumb? I can't think of why it would be dumb but i make sure to question my own intellect

In a teaching video, especially, you really should be using eye protection during that 'erasing' bit. Also, nitrile gloves and a respirator while handling the lacquer thinner.

*Significantly increases my production time specially on sanding curves **MyBest.Tools** which i do manually with dremel before. Wish this is locally available in my country. Cheers.*

thank you

What machine make and model is that?