I was using the conical disc on some popular giving it a final touchup removing some saw blade swirls on the edge when all of a sudden a quarter of the paper came off and knocked the wood piece out of my hands. Wow, what a potential disaster that was. No one hurt. I put another piece of conical sandpaper on the disc and started to sand when this sandpaper tore off and again knocked the wood piece to the floor. Again no one hurt except my wood piece had a dent in it and there was a 4 inch gouge where it touched the spinning disc. Has anyone experienced this problem? Anyone have a clue what could have caused it? Sure don't like losing two sandpaper discs that run $16 each. BTW, when I install the conical sandpaper on the disc the split in the sandpaper doesn't close up entirely leaving about a 3/16" gap. Am I installing the paper wrong? How do I close that gap? The gap doesn't seem to affect the sanding? I really love this ss accessory because it gives great results once you master how yo use it. If any ss owner doesn't own a conical disc, you are really missing out on an outstanding tool.
Bob
San Diego, CA
conical disc sandpaper exploded
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