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Old 11-14-2013, 03:57 AM
old-fart old-fart is offline
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Default Big disc sanders.

Ouch that as bad as getting your finger in the jointer, worse really its not cut its ground off ! I did my middle finger left hand confuses the auctioneers.
I've been in numerous patternshops where the disc is 30 inches and often double with different grits and directions of rotation.
Never wipe the table with a rag. The ironworker did so where I was apprenticed and he lost 2 fingers. We had a shared 'shop and I warned the cabinetmakers re the disc. Heard a muffled boom one day and here's this dude standing looking at the cotton wool that had gone down tween table and disc and then up again on the other side.
Foam is interesting on a disc usually melts and sticks if your lucky you let go in time.
Great machines, wouldn't be without one but they can bite.
H.
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