27 Replies to “Turn your scroll saw into a sanding station”
My RBI Hawk saw has a small round opening for the bottom of the blade. Looks like I’m back to the drawing board.
Great idea !!!! , Thanks Steve !!!
Verry good idea even for 2019 beginners 🙂
I've hot glued sandpaper to popsicle sticks to get into interior cuts, but never thought of mounting them in my scroll saw. Ingenious!
Awesome idea!!
Great idea Steve as always! Thank you!
You're kidding me ! What a smart trick. Cheap too.
sand paper just breaks after a couple of minutes in a scroll saw, no matter how loose the tension. And if the tension is loose, you can't sand an item because you have to put a bit of pressure against the sander, which of course breaks it.
cutting the strips from a belt sander (clothe like ) might help some…
To saw a long straight line with my saw, I just clamp a straight board to my table and use it as a fence. It works for me.
couldn't you put a piece of aluminium can between the sandpaper, and clamp it in, just to add abit of strength to the paper?
The sanding strip information is helpful. Since my Dewalt saw allows longer strips, I made them 7 or so inches long so that I could adjust them as they wore. I also added CA super glue in the fold, then sprayed CA fix on the fold, then pressed them together. The resulting sanding strip is much stronger and lasts a lot longer.
I just got my first scroll saw and am learning to use it. The saw has adjustable speed. Do you have a video giving guidelines on scroll saw speed?
Tried this trick awhile back but didn't fold the sand paper, both ways work just great.. Thank you Cheap! now your talking about me… 🙂
I believe some Proxxon saws come with fences.
Anyone know why I can't few a lot of these videos on my iPad?
brilliant, thanks
Couldn't you take an emery board (like for fingernails) and do the same thing with it? It might be a bit tougher and last longer than just sandpaper. Or even a popsicle stick with sandpaper glued to it.
Excellent Tip Steve!!!!!
THIS is a great, great tip. Thank you Steve!
Good tip, will try that.
Awesome tip! I've been using sand paper from a belt sander, it has a stronger back and last longer.
I'm no expert by any means, but in my experience, precision cuts are no problem with a scroll saw (kind of the tools intended purpose). Provided that you've drawn a straight line on your material, you shouldn't have much difficulty in following it.
When I "abuse" sandpaper, I tape duct tape to the backside to make it stronger. I don't own a scroll saw but I think it would work fine. Trying to decide between a low end new or used saw and the Dewalt (haggling on a used one, but they don't depreciate enough).
Genial!!! gracias por tu enseñanza
aw man my blades are pinned! Not a clamped system.
@TheHondaAbuser I bet you can by metal blades to cut soft metal like aluminium.
My RBI Hawk saw has a small round opening for the bottom of the blade. Looks like I’m back to the drawing board.
Great idea !!!! , Thanks Steve !!!
Verry good idea even for 2019 beginners 🙂
I've hot glued sandpaper to popsicle sticks to get into interior cuts, but never thought of mounting them in my scroll saw.
Ingenious!
Awesome idea!!
Great idea Steve as always! Thank you!
You're kidding me ! What a smart trick. Cheap too.
sand paper just breaks after a couple of minutes in a scroll saw, no matter how loose the tension. And if the tension is loose, you can't sand an item because you have to put a bit of pressure against the sander, which of course breaks it.
cutting the strips from a belt sander (clothe like ) might help some…
To saw a long straight line with my saw, I just clamp a straight board to my table and use it as a fence. It works for me.
couldn't you put a piece of aluminium can between the sandpaper, and clamp it in, just to add abit of strength to the paper?
The sanding strip information is helpful. Since my Dewalt saw allows longer strips, I made them 7 or so inches long so that I could adjust them as they wore. I also added CA super glue in the fold, then sprayed CA fix on the fold, then pressed them together. The resulting sanding strip is much stronger and lasts a lot longer.
I just got my first scroll saw and am learning to use it. The saw has adjustable speed. Do you have a video giving guidelines on scroll saw speed?
Tried this trick awhile back but didn't fold the sand paper, both ways work just great.. Thank you Cheap! now your talking about me… 🙂
I believe some Proxxon saws come with fences.
Anyone know why I can't few a lot of these videos on my iPad?
brilliant, thanks
Couldn't you take an emery board (like for fingernails) and do the same thing with it? It might be a bit tougher and last longer than just sandpaper. Or even a popsicle stick with sandpaper glued to it.
Excellent Tip Steve!!!!!
THIS is a great, great tip. Thank you Steve!
Good tip, will try that.
Awesome tip! I've been using sand paper from a belt sander, it has a stronger back and last longer.
I'm no expert by any means, but in my experience, precision cuts are no problem with a scroll saw (kind of the tools intended purpose). Provided that you've drawn a straight line on your material, you shouldn't have much difficulty in following it.
When I "abuse" sandpaper, I tape duct tape to the backside to make it stronger. I don't own a scroll saw but I think it would work fine. Trying to decide between a low end new or used saw and the Dewalt (haggling on a used one, but they don't depreciate enough).
Genial!!! gracias por tu enseñanza
aw man my blades are pinned! Not a clamped system.
@TheHondaAbuser I bet you can by metal blades to cut soft metal like aluminium.