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Wednesday, January 19, 2011

Have you ever wanted a tiny sander for cheap?

Have you ever found yourself wanting a tiny sander, similar to an electric vibrating palm sander? Now you can have one, by modifying a simple electric toothbrush. Here's how it works. Go buy a cheap battery operated electric toothbrush or make use of an old one. You don't want one of the little sonic ones, your looking for the ones that oscillate (the round spinning kind) it doesn't matter if it has one of those extra wedge brushes under the round spinning head, your going to be cutting all the bristles off anyway. Once you have cut-off the bristles, glue a round piece of thin foam or foam rubber to the round head (this will act as a cushion between the head and the sandpaper for even pressure during sanding) on top of the foam glue a round piece of velcro. Use strong glue for this whole process like super glue. Now all you have to do, is attach an opposite piece of sticky backed velcro to the back of a round little piece of sandpaper and velcro it to the head and your all set with a mini sander for under $10! The velcro serves as an easy way to change out old sandpaper or change grits very easily. I love my little sander and use it quite often.

2 comments:

  1. It really does work - thanks for the information.

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  2. Glad you like it! I love mine. I got this tip from an old issue of Scale Auto from a reader who submitted the idea. After making my own, I found it very useful!

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