05-04-2016, 02:55 PM
What is a question about sandpaper doing in the hand tool section? Sharpening and plane rehab of course.
I'm slowly moving to other methods of sharpening but the ease and price of scary sharp are hard to let go. Furthermore, I am developing a hand plane class that will include a lesson on sharpening and I figure sandpaper will be the easiest and cheapest way to get a half dozen people "honing" their sharpening skills. In the past I've just gone down to the auto finishing store and gotten it by the sheet but I'm looking for a more economical, bulk supply. In addition to needing it for sharpening, there will also be a rehab section to the class. That means some coarser grits for truing the sole and getting off rust.
Seems like the rolls of sandpaper would be the best ideas for these uses but there are tons of places and prices out there. Does anybody have a goto brand or source? I'm up in the air about adhesive backed. Probably not necessary for the coarser grits but would be useful for the finer grits used in sharpening. I'm not sure what the price diff is between sticky or not.
I'm slowly moving to other methods of sharpening but the ease and price of scary sharp are hard to let go. Furthermore, I am developing a hand plane class that will include a lesson on sharpening and I figure sandpaper will be the easiest and cheapest way to get a half dozen people "honing" their sharpening skills. In the past I've just gone down to the auto finishing store and gotten it by the sheet but I'm looking for a more economical, bulk supply. In addition to needing it for sharpening, there will also be a rehab section to the class. That means some coarser grits for truing the sole and getting off rust.
Seems like the rolls of sandpaper would be the best ideas for these uses but there are tons of places and prices out there. Does anybody have a goto brand or source? I'm up in the air about adhesive backed. Probably not necessary for the coarser grits but would be useful for the finer grits used in sharpening. I'm not sure what the price diff is between sticky or not.
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