


Say we have a disc sanding machine with a table infrnot of the velcro face holding a worn out sanding disc and we want to replace the sanding disc with new one. This article is about replacing the sanding disc without pulling the table away to expose whole the disc. You need a half page of small news paper and a pair of scissors to cut the paper a little wider than the disc itself and take more than half of it to use for the replacement, as in photo #1.
- Pull half of the old disc toward the table and put the paper on the exposed part of the velcro and return the old sanding disc. They dont catch because of the paper between them.
- Turn disc face 180 degrees and pull the old sanding disc away, as in photo#2
NOTE: The photo numbers are 1 to 3 bottom up.
-- Sam Shakouri / CREATING WONDERS WITH WOOD.....Sydney,Australia....

















10 comments so far
rance
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#1 posted 581 days ago
A clever idea. Thanks.
Rance(one of the first-timers)
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Bearpie
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#2 posted 581 days ago
Believe it or not, I have not heard of this tip, thanks a lot!
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lanwater
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#3 posted 581 days ago
Thanks Sam.
It’s good to refresh my memory.
I did not have to use it yet. I just acquire my sanding disk few months ago.
It seats mostly unused.
StumpyNubs
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#4 posted 581 days ago
Now, what if I want to change the paper without turning the sander off?
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nailbanger2
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#5 posted 580 days ago
Thanks, Sam. As for Stumps, use your own variation of this -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQhfcdQf1QA
And don’t make those nubs any shorter!
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Dennisgrosen
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#6 posted 580 days ago
then just take an iron cutter and cut the wire Stumpy that shuold teach you enoff to not want to try again
thank“s for the tip Sam :-)
take care
Dennis
gfadvm
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#7 posted 580 days ago
Nailbanger, Thanks for posting the link to that cool vid! I may have to try that on my drill press. NOT!
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BritBoxmaker
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#8 posted 580 days ago
Simple, effective and I’d not heard of it either. Nice one, Sam.
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Grumpy
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#9 posted 579 days ago
Great tip, thanks Sam.
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Kristoffer
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#10 posted 578 days ago
Sam, I’m sure that you know that I was only kidding, but….. We used to have a condo in Cairns and I remember seeing HUGE trees with beautiful canopies on the other side of the sugar cane fields. I miss Australia and look forward to my next chance to visit.
Thanks for the tip and congrats on the All Blacks World Championship.
-- Cheers and God Bless
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