Good morning!
I am cutting 1/4 maple strips to be used in edging for my new plywood cabinets. I will glue them and problably use a pin nailer to secure it. When I cut the strips with my band saw, they live a mark of course, that I would love to eliminate using a drum sander, like those Perfomax, which I don’t have 🙁
Any suggestions as how to sand it to leave the surface uniform? I don’t know if a planer would take that thin piece….
Thanks
Manny
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Not sure where you live, but check if there are any woodworking clubs in the area and if so, if someone has a drum sander you use.
If not, you can try hot gluing the strips to a thicker backer board and then passing that thru the planer. I have not tried that but it is a possibility. if you try it, please use a scrap piece first and make sure to stand out of the way just in case the glue weakens.
You could sand them down by hand or with a palm sander.Pin nail the ends to a piece of mdf, stack them together in a flat row. If the pieces are relatively the same thickness ,then this is an easy job. Start with the finest grit that works, probably 80. sand til there level across. Change to 100,150,and finish with 180. Dampen the strips with paint thinner, look for scratches. Mark any scratches you see with chalk. Sand and check until your satisfied. You may want to sand to a finer grit,220 or even 320. If the edging looks good at 180,leave it at that,no reason to sand further until the top coat goes on. Then you can,if needed sand with 320 or 400 grit ot level out the finish.
mike
You can use a sanding block as well. It really goes fairly quick.
G'luck
michael
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