dgman Posted January 15, 2017 Report Share Posted January 15, 2017 (edited) Yesterday Montserrat asked about protecting your fingers while sanding Intatsia pieces. A few years back I did a JGR piece that contained many individually cut grapes. After trying to shape one or two grapes on a pneumatic sanding drum, I realized I needed to come up with a better way. I remembered seeing a tip in an old Wood Magazine that would solve my problem. The second picture shows the hardware I used. I don't remember the exact size fitting but it looks like a 1/4" x 1/8" brass coupling found in the plumbing dept. and a # 4 x 1/2" screw. The next picture shows the screw installed and a handle I turned, then the hardware installed into the handle. The next picture shows a grape piece screwed into the jig. Next I show it in use on a 1" belt sander, although I would of used the pneumatic drum mounted in my mini lathe. The rest of the grape shaping and sanding went easy! You could also use a wooden dowel and a longer screw. Cut the head off of the screw, drill a hole in the end of the dowel and epoxy the screw into the drilled hole. Edited January 15, 2017 by dgman GrampaJim, oldhudson, Birchbark and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jollyred Posted January 15, 2017 Report Share Posted January 15, 2017 I did something similar to this for painting some small pieces I was working on. Didn't think of using it for sanding. Thanks for the suggestion, I will have to try this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Posted January 15, 2017 Report Share Posted January 15, 2017 Great idea Dan. Rob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amazingkevin Posted January 15, 2017 Report Share Posted January 15, 2017 Yesterday Montserrat asked about protecting your fingers while sanding Intatsia pieces. A few years back I did a JGR piece that contained many individually cut grapes. After trying to shape one or two grapes on a pneumatic sanding drum, I realized I needed to come up with a better way. I remembered seeing a tip in an old Wood Magazine that would solve my problem. The second picture shows the hardware I used. I don't remember the exact size fitting but it looks like a 1/4" x 1/8" brass coupling found in the plumbing dept. and a # 4 x 1/2" screw. The next picture shows the screw installed and a handle I turned, then the hardware installed into the handle. The next picture shows a grape piece screwed into the jig. Next I show it in use on a 1" belt sander, although I would of used the pneumatic drum mounted in my mini lathe. The rest of the grape shaping and sanding went easy! You could also use a wooden dowel and a longer screw. Cut the head off of the screw, drill a hole in the end of the dowel and epoxy the screw into the drilled hole. I think I'd like to wear those while spiral cutting on my Formica DW788 saw top.It's very slippery and would take away a lot of arm fatigue.I could just press down with all my finger tips to steer the wood with control! Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkeye10 Posted January 15, 2017 Report Share Posted January 15, 2017 Yesterday Montserrat asked about protecting your fingers while sanding Intatsia pieces. A few years back I did a JGR piece that contained many individually cut grapes. After trying to shape one or two grapes on a pneumatic sanding drum, I realized I needed to come up with a better way. I remembered seeing a tip in an old Wood Magazine that would solve my problem. The second picture shows the hardware I used. I don't remember the exact size fitting but it looks like a 1/4" x 1/8" brass coupling found in the plumbing dept. and a # 4 x 1/2" screw. The next picture shows the screw installed and a handle I turned, then the hardware installed into the handle. The next picture shows a grape piece screwed into the jig. Next I show it in use on a 1" belt sander, although I would of used the pneumatic drum mounted in my mini lathe. The rest of the grape shaping and sanding went easy! You could also use a wooden dowel and a longer screw. Cut the head off of the screw, drill a hole in the end of the dowel and epoxy the screw into the drilled hole. Dan this is a great idea. I wonder if using a hanger bolt would be easier to use? https://www.boltdepot.com/Hanger_bolts_Steel_plain_finish.aspx Birchbark 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrolling Steve Posted January 15, 2017 Report Share Posted January 15, 2017 That's thinking outside the box, Dan ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clayton717 Posted January 15, 2017 Report Share Posted January 15, 2017 good idea I'll have to give it a try. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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