Another method for fuzzy removal and smoothing

Wichman · December 13, 2025

I came up with this scheme a couple of years ago, and it worked for smoothing the wood planks too wide for my 12 and 1/2" planer. I recently ( thanks to the HF manager who let me take apart the machine in the store and check to see if the larger diameter brush still had clearance, it does, yeah! ). I ordered a drum with abrasive nylon bristles, 320 grit, It doesn't remove all the fuzzies, but it does an excellent job of smoothing the shellac ( in preparation for more coats ). Note the hi tech "sandbag" for retaining the handle

The " surface conditioning tool" is locked on, at 1000 rpm, and plugged into a foot switch. When not in use the tool switch is off and the foot switch is unplugged.