Grits

Whether it be wood, metal, composite, or plastics this will be a one stop shop for all things sanding. Post on my twitter account, @SandingMan any questions or topics you would like me to cover.

Thursday, April 2, 2015

Hello everyone. Planning on starting this blog up again. Economy is back up and so am I. Check out a new website on Sanding and Finishing...

Saturday, May 22, 2010

Scratches

Hey all. I'm back. My new daughter is about 5 months old and sleeping through the night with some regularity now, and my laptop is fix...

Wednesday, September 30, 2009

New Seminar @ MATC

For all of you Wisconsin, or northern Illinois woodworkers, there is going to be a sanding seminar held on the MATC campus on October 27th. ...

Friday, September 18, 2009

Powder Coating

Powder coating MDF is certainly not considered a "new" technology, but it is certainly still an emerging technology. I stopped at ...

Thursday, September 3, 2009

"Pre-sanded Wood"

This post will concentrate on the sanding of wood. HMM.... "I don't need a multiple head sander. I bring all my product in pre-sand...

Monday, July 27, 2009

Oops

Went to a customer last week that had made a very big oops. Generally speaking, wide belt sanders are pretty hard to mechanically damage. Wh...

Sunday, July 19, 2009

Brush Sanding

Hello, Hope everyone's week went well. I had a very interesting week dealing with 2 brush sanding applications. Both companies had just ...

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About Me

SandingMan: After having been on nuclear subs with the US Navy for about 10 years, I thought fixing machines would be a snap. I was wrong. I started with Stiles over a decade ago as a tech in charge of service for Wisconsin. I was the guy that came running when your edgebander, cnc router, or beam saw didn’t want to play anymore. Then in 1998 we picked up our first sanding line. I quickly realized that sanding is unlike anything else in the industry. With an edgebander, if the machine is operating normally, and is in calibration, the edgebanding is put on correctly. 99.9% of the population can tell you if it is right or wrong. With sanding, even if the machine is perfectly calibrated, new sanding belts installed, part comes out and.. Who knows? You might get different answers from the first 50 people you ask. It is the only subjective thing you do in the shop. My goal here is to help make some sense of that subjectivity to bring some consistency of finish to your shop or factory. I hope this helps.

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