sanding News & Reviews

A few years ago I wrote about an impressive looking tool that appeared to offer "the versatility of an angle grinder with the ability to follow the grain like a belt sander", but sadly, said tool was only a prototype. Today that tool is now available to the masses, known as the Porter-Cable Restorer, and I am happy that I am finally able to test it out and give it a review.

When working with small wooden projects or crafts, one of the hardest parts of completing your project is the final sanding. Getting into those nooks and crannies with regular sandpaper is not exactly easy. The Sanding Detailer is a product I recently discovered that is a stick sander that uses replaceable belts and is small enough to fit where other sanders cant.

The Rolabrader is a new tool prototype that appears to offer the versatility of an angle grinder with the ability to follow the grain like a belt sander. But do you have any more room left in your toolbox for yet another awesome looking tool?

It looks like things are picking up steam over at Delta Power Equipment. It has been a little over a year since Delta was sold from Back & Decker, and they are expanding their line of shop tools with four all new heavy duty sanding machines. The new tools include a Dual Drum Sander, Oscillating Edge Sander, Oscillating Bench Spindle Sander and Oscillating Spindle Floor Sander. For more information, read on.

ManufacturerFinal Cut Supplied byFinal Cut Blade price:$75 Disks Price:$23-27 Introduction Every once in a great while a new product comes out that seems a little silly, but you know it just makes sense; Final Cut is one of those products. It is as simple as a sandpaper disk attached to the side of a saw blade. The Final Cut works on the theory of using lesser teeth that would usually leave a rougher cut, and let the Abrasive Disk, which is wider then the kerf of...