I need a new sander!

[toypusher]

Yah, I really am looking forward to 'da pics' of this build!

[doug hodder]

I've used Porter Cable 333 and PC 333VS (variable speed) 5" hook and loop sanders....I've had really good luck with them...better than the old Makita I have, not random orbit...what I have found though is if you are doing a lot of epoxy work, or any finish work that is going to get sanded...to make sure that it has cured really well before you start sanding it....even if it has cured well..it will load up the cooling/dust extraction vanes in the motor and will eventually get plugged from the dust...I have to regularly take it apart and actually knock the material loose using a dental pick....make sure you blow epoxy dust out regularly...and if it is doing this on the sander...think about your lungs.. .wear a mask.....Doug

[Micro469]

Chris, that looks an awfull lot like a coffee table I built. Thats carpathium elm burl?

[Chris C]

The desk in the picture is walnut burl and curly maple. You can see the entire desk in my build picture album. Turned out real purdy, if I do say so myself.

$49,000????? You bet your bottom dollar I can build you a nice teardrop for a lot less than that..........well, not a LOT less!!

[madjack]

OH..OH..OH! I can ($48,999.00)!

Yea, I know I set myself up for that one... I won't be buying any teardrop that costs as much as 1/2 of a house, or even a quarter of a house...

But I sure would like to see what Chris C comes up with. It's bound to be a masterpiece!

Mike...

P.S. Maybe if I started a museum, and solicited donations...

Mike in my part of the country you can buy a pretty nice "whole" house for that price................MJ

[madjack]

PB, I have 15 acres for sale for 25grand an acre, it is undeveloped but the road, water, city sewer, electric and natural gas all run right up to it and in a land where most is in a flood plain, it is mostly small hills/ridges that never floods and I can't sell it because it is too expensive for the area...go figure
madjack

[cracker39]

make sure you blow epoxy dust out regularly...and if it is doing this on the sander...think about your lungs.. .wear a mask.....Doug

Wearing a mask is something everyone should do when sanding anything or sawing wood too. Not everyone knows it, but wood dust is as toxic to the lungs as smoking, or more so with some woods. I don't wear a mask as often as I should when sawing. If I am doing a lot, I usually remember to put one on, but just to make a cut or two, I usually don't think about it.