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Make Custom Sanding Blocks

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Ron Hazelton

Ron Hazelton

4 жыл бұрын

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Learn how to make custom sanding blocks to fit a variety of moldings; details include working with and shaping foam insulation.
A simple sanding block is the best tool to use for smoothing or flattening a plain board, but what if you want to get that same flattening effect on a contoured surface like a piece of decorative molding? To create a good contour sanding tool, nothing beats a block of rigid foam insulation.
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Transcript:
Now, a sanding block is the right tool to use for flattening a board like this, but what if you want to get that same flattening effect on a contoured surface like this piece of molding? Well, that's when you've got to think out of the block. Well, the truth is to create a good contour sanding tool I will be starting with a block, but not a block of wood. Instead, a block of rigid foam insulation.
One way to create a custom sanding block is to trace the molding outline or profile onto the end of the foam insulation block. A piece of double stick carpet tape applied to my workbench top is a great way to hold the foam insulation in place while I work on it. I usually extend guidelines back along the face of the block. This tool, called a Microplane, is actually a very fine and very sharp rasp that looks like something you've got in your kitchen. That's because the manufacturer uses the same technology to make high quality lemon zesters and cheese graters. At any rate, kitchen or workshop. It's perfect for shaping foam insulation.
Now to use my contour block I'm just going to wrap some sandpaper around it. Leave it a bit loose here on the bottom so that it can conform to the profile, set it on the molding and begin to sand. Now if you don't happen to have a set of micro rasps or you just want to try a different way of shaping that rigid foam insulation. Then consider this. It's something my neighbor Rick showed me.
Take a scrap piece of molding identical to the one you want to sand and a piece of sandpaper apply spray adhesive to the back of a sandpaper and to the molding, let it get tacky, then stick the sandpaper on the molding grit side up. Use a putty knife to press the sandpaper into the grooves and crevices. Then take a foam block, set it squarely on top of the molding and begin moving it back and forth, the molding shape will transfer to the foam.
Now, I have an exact duplicate of the molding profile. Once again, I could just loosely hold the sandpaper on here or I could do this. A little more spray adhesive applied to the contoured foam block and the back of the sandpaper will allow me to attach the two securely and eliminate any chance of slipping. Finally, I trim off the excess paper and I'm ready to sand.
Now, I ask you what could be easier than this? With a piece of rigid foam insulation, some sandpaper and spray adhesive, I can make a custom sanding block that'll fit just about any piece of molding.

Пікірлер: 15
@CraigKell
@CraigKell 4 жыл бұрын
I like the 2nd option!
@seanekiely
@seanekiely Жыл бұрын
Great tip, thanks
@successmaker9258
@successmaker9258 4 жыл бұрын
Outstanding... will be sending to my Design Technology instructor.
@larrytk6929
@larrytk6929 4 жыл бұрын
Brilliant,well done Sir.🧰 Another tool in the box.
@justmona9647
@justmona9647 4 жыл бұрын
DITTO❣️
@justmona9647
@justmona9647 4 жыл бұрын
DITTO❣️
@browill9
@browill9 2 жыл бұрын
Outstanding! Great tip. Thanks for sharing
@jwoods2215
@jwoods2215 2 жыл бұрын
Amazing!! Thank you so much. I've been looking everywhere and this is the easiest and most affordable solution I have found!
@LongHuII
@LongHuII 4 жыл бұрын
Good idea
@michaelb7280
@michaelb7280 3 жыл бұрын
Can't wait to try this on some stubborn tape residue . . . muchas gracias !
@elwood212
@elwood212 3 жыл бұрын
Genius!
@adamdavidkenyon6664
@adamdavidkenyon6664 2 жыл бұрын
Hi this is awesome just what I need for skirting boards with awkward profiles, what was the grit/grade of the sandpaper you use to sand the foam block over the profile to shape it? many thanks!!
@Muchsinmohammad
@Muchsinmohammad 2 жыл бұрын
PU sheet?
@cattleNhay
@cattleNhay 4 жыл бұрын
Easier would be to use the shavings from planing the molding with hand planes...like they did 200 years ago cause they didn’t have sandpaper ;)
@CmdrTigerKing
@CmdrTigerKing Жыл бұрын
could of left the sanding noise out but other than that good stuff
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