Best place to buy sandpaper

You are running into the weakness of the scary sharp system. It takes a lot of sandpaper and you will never stop buying it. If you are going to do that much sharpening, it would probably pay off to get two or three water stones. Here is an example of a good value. An 800 plus an 8000 is a good mix. You might want a 12000 for really fine polishing. Once you get the stones you are done buying sandpaper except for finishing wood.

I use sand paper mostly for the initial shaping of chisels and plane irons. Once they are flat and the bevel is good, all you really need is to hone them up every once in a while.

just my .02

-- Scott - Chico California http://chicowoodnut.home.comcast.net

GaryK linked this site for sand paper a while back.

http://www.onlineindustrialsupply.com/sandingsheets.html

I have not bought from them but the prices look good and Mirka makes good stuff.

-- Scott - Chico California http://chicowoodnut.home.comcast.net

That site that Scott put up has very good prices, especially if you’re buying more than a box. I also agree about the water stones. If you want to stick to the scary sharp system, you need to get a buffing wheel. I only spend time once in a great while sharpening on the stones, usually just retouch the edge with a felt buffing wheel and some polishing rouge.

-- Tim -- http://tmuli.com

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Been getting all of my stuff from here:

http://www.supergrit.com/

Lew

Recently bought some colour coded emery paper for woodworking. Not cheap but will last a long time.
Here’s a preview
http://www.veneerinlayaustralia.com.au/cgi-bin/engine.pl?Page=page.html&Rec=560

-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python

Thanks for the tips!

Gary

-- Garyb6, “Make everything as simple as possible, but not simpler” - Albert Einstein