Disc sander paper on both sides?

artfuldodger · Post by **artfuldodger** » Tue Jan 24, 2012 9:20 am

I saw a sanding disc with sandpaper on both sides of the disk on Ebay. Has anyone ever done this? I guess if you had the disc in the slot of your table you could sand a slot in a piece of wood or something like that.

foxtrapper · Post by **foxtrapper** » Tue Jan 24, 2012 9:34 am

It would let you put two different grits on the disc at the same time. 3 if you play the game with the center and the rim of the normal disc face.

algale · Post by **algale** » Tue Jan 24, 2012 10:29 am

Was it flat on both sides? I think I read the original Mark VII came with a two sided disc -- flat one side and conical on the other. So maybe that's what you saw?

damagi · Post by **damagi** » Tue Jan 24, 2012 12:20 pm

The older style discs are cast such that this wouldn't work. The newer style ones are flat plates and it will work fine. The conical disc is a whole different beast

reible · Post by **reible** » Tue Jan 24, 2012 12:47 pm

Without further comment go here then scroll down to page 117, left bottom picture with caption.

http://books.google.com/books?printsec= ... &q&f=false

Ed

algale · Post by **algale** » Tue Jan 24, 2012 12:59 pm

reible wrote:Without further comment go here then scroll down to page 117, left bottom picture with caption.

http://books.google.com/books?printsec= ... &q&f=false

Ed

Yep. I knew I had heard or read that somewhere before.

damagi · Post by **damagi** » Tue Jan 24, 2012 7:43 pm

reible wrote:Without further comment go here then scroll down to page 117, left bottom picture with caption.

http://books.google.com/books?printsec= ... &q&f=false

Ed

True enough...I read that at some point and had forgotten.

However, I have yet to see one of those disks with any of the Mark VII units that I have come across. Unicorn perhaps?

reible · Post by **reible** » Tue Jan 24, 2012 8:11 pm

[quote="damagi"]True enough...I read that at some point and had forgotten.

However, I have yet to see one of those disks with any of the Mark VII units that I have come across. Unicorn perhaps? ]

I don't have the shopsmith version but I do have a version from sears purchased in the early 1970's that I used on my rockwell table saw, pre my shopsmith equipment.

I believe I have posted a picture of it here or at the other site (ssug) and someone then posted the shopsmith version... not sure if it worth a deep search or not??? Maybe if they read this they will post their information again?

Ed