Shooting sanders

[Cherryville Chuck]

LV's Veritas tools division has come out with a shooting sander. It works the same as a shooting plane. It's a good idea and easy enough to make one at home if you were inclined. No worries about getting chip out as opposed to planing.

https://www.leevalley.com/en-ca/shop/to ... em=05Z1501

Pictured is a sanding jig I made which I use when I do counter tops. I use it to smooth and level the buildup on the front edges and joints if needed. Sometimes sanding is the most reliable way to true an edge.

[Stick486]

Chuck, do you have a different picture angle or two of your sander you could post?....

[Cherryville Chuck]

Here’s a couple more angles. I added a couple more sanding aids with that one. Hard backed sanding blocks are handy to have around. Using sander belts works well. They last a long time.

The small pieces are slices of countertop laminate with sandpaper glued to them. They work like files. I originally made them for sanding the fillets that router bits like ogees make. Sometimes the bits leave rough spots and these will smooth those spots without rounding edges of flattening the rounded part of the profile. They have other uses too like easing sharp board edges without risking slivers.

I always use LV’s fish glue to glue sandpaper on. It stays water soluble forever. You peel off what you can and spritz water on what’s left and wait a couple minutes and the rest peels right off. Also good for gluing patterns on and fixing splits in wood. Fish glue residue can be wiped off after the glue in the split dries and it affects finishes later way less than other glues. Also good for gluing plugs that maybe have to be removed to get at screws later.

[Stick486]

I always use LV’s fish glue to glue sandpaper on. It stays water soluble forever

For that type of process I use temporary glue sticks for fabric....
This one works really well...