I use the Miles Gilbert Jig. Not wanting to give up shop space to a big disk sander bought a Table Saw sanding disk and PSA disk in several grits from Woodcraft supply. 10 inches it's 20 bucks I think. It will fit a table saw but the Miles Gilbert Jig holds the pad high, table saw you lose what's under the arbor and table, when mounted you are not working with much of the disk.
I put it on a Arbor then chuck the arbor in my lathes 4 jaw, Run it any speed I want. About 800 rpm seems best. Home made wood table bolted to the Lathe's ways gives me full use of the disk for rough sanding. Take it almost to the line with 80 grit. Then move the jig mounted pad over to a 1x42 inch stationary belt sander for smoothing. 120 150 180 220 even 320 grit. Hand held, all I am doing on the Stationary Belt is polishing. Takes very little off. I get that very slight side angle during the polishing step.
Works for me.
Boats
Last edited by Boats; 05/10/16 12:15 PM.
