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What's everyone's take on theconical sanding disk? I saw it and thought it looked cool. But I already have the jointer attachment...

richardrouse wrote:What's everyone's take on theconical sanding disk? I saw it and thought it looked cool. But I already have the jointer attachment...

Tried running end grain through the jointer?

Tried running burl through the jointer?

Tried sharpening jointer/planer blades with the jointer?

Point being they have different capabilities.

Yes one can 'joint' with the conical sander, but that is not all.

Very useful tool. I use mine all the time. There are times as JPG says that a saw or jointer won't work. I have been meaning to get another one in fact. It would be nice to have one with a coarse grit and one with a fine grit already set up.
Paul

I hadn't really thought about the sharpening applications. Sounds like I'll hhave to put that in my shopping cart

You need one! That is my take.

I've only used my conical disk for sharpening plane and jointer blades. I have been unsuccessful jointing the edge of boards. The edges I have sanded are usually not at right angles to the faces.

The problem I had was getting the angle of the table perfectly at right angles to the slope of the disk. I was only off by maybe a half degree, but enough that the jointed boards would not glue up with flat faces, or a bad (partly open) joint.

Maybe I could have flipped one of the boards to make a good joint, but then would have lost the chosen face grain.

To joint with the conical disk sander requires some tedious setup but it can be done. Charlese, I just know you were closer than a half of a degree.

Maybe you need a couple digital gauges. It is all about "precision".

masonsailor2 wrote:Very useful tool. I use mine all the time. There are times as JPG says that a saw or jointer won't work. I have been meaning to get another one in fact. It would be nice to have one with a coarse grit and one with a fine grit already set up.
Paul

Think fine, medium, course!

dusty wrote:To joint with the conical disk sander requires some tedious setup but it can be done. Charlese, I just know you were closer than a half of a degree.

Maybe you need a couple digital gauges. It is all about "precision".

Thanks, Dusty! However I feel there are already enough "gauges" in my shop. I'll just remain happy with jointing on the jointer and also "Gang jointing" in the thickness planer.

charlese wrote:

dusty wrote:To joint with the conical disk sander requires some tedious setup but it can be done. Charlese, I just know you were closer than a half of a degree.

Maybe you need a couple digital gauges. It is all about "precision".

Thanks, Dusty! However I feel there are already enough "gauges" in my shop. I'll just remain happy with jointing on the jointer and also "Gang jointing" in the thickness planer.

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