Hello,
I work in a factory that manufactures dining room tables. We have some models of tables with profiled moldings. When there are defects on these tables, we sand the mouldings with a block and 120 sandpaper so as not to leave any marks. It takes us 1 hour to sand the entire contour of these tables without leaving marks to remove the paint before applying it afterwards. I was wondering if there were any tools to reduce the time it takes to sand the edges of these tables. I was thinking of a router of some sort that would be the same shape as the molding to sand faster. Using a scraper would damage the contour and leave marks that we would have to repair again. If you have any ideas, don’t hesitate.
Thanks to you
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I don't know how you form the edge profile or it the defects are caused by accidental damage but I cut my profiles with a router. If the dings are deep, I try to adjust the edge guide enough to cut back into the top to remove the problem, continue along the edge then feather into good sections at a corner. You can get creative with the router to minimize rework. Good luck.
Thank you, I'm going to find out where we can get the router bits adapted to the mouldings
Do you have a link where to get router bits for these edge profiles ?
Can you send me a picture of the router you use?
What you need in an industrial environment is a edge/profile sander. It is basically a shaper with a rotating disk that is covered with abrasive matched to your profile, I bought one of these in the 80’s so they must have improved upon them. The profile you show can be sanded with a belt sander requiring good skills, that is how we used to match the profile where the table halves met when opening and closing the halves to use an extension panel.
Thank you,
Can you send me a picture of a shaper with rotating disk ? I don't kow what it looks like.
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