Sanding the insided of small boxes

Leon, did you see the one from Rockler? It is 1 9/16 so it might still be too big for you.

http://www.rockler.com/product.cfm?Offerings_ID=6072&TabSelect=Details

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Charlie, thanks. Seems a little big but it might work. I’ll go by and check it out tomorrow.

-- Leon -- Houston, TX - " I create all my own designs and it looks like it "

Woodcraft has some small sanding mops. Something like a smaller version of:

I haven’t used them but Abralon sanding pads have gotten good reviews elsewhere.

I bought some of these:

From Woodcraft. Haven’t used them yet, so I couldn’t tell you how well they work. But the aren’t that expensive.

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Leon,

I would seriously consider hand sanding it. To make my life easier when I hand sand (which I do a lot by the way since it is faster sometimes than any machine sanding), I bought from Wallmart 1/8” foam pads that have adhesive on one side (they sell for about 3.50/6 sheets, you can find them in the craft area of the store). I glue a piece of sandpaper to two foam sheets and I get a flexible sanding pad. I have pads like this around all the time in grits from 60 to 1000. Alternatively you can buy sanding sponges but they are expensive.

Alin

-- -- Alin Dobra, Gainesville, Florida

I woulduse a drum to get it mostly done, then follow it up with the mop sander. This will give your box the soft round bottom.

Alin, thanks for the tip on the Wallmart foam pads. They worked great for working on my Valentine’s Box 2008 project. I only used one sheet of foam to give me the extra flexibility to get down into this small box. I like the feel of these much better than the store bought foam backed sanding pads or sanding sponges.

I also like the variety of colors so I can use a different color for each grit. Now all I have to do is remember which color is which grit.

Thanks again.

-- Leon -- Houston, TX - " I create all my own designs and it looks like it "