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          I discovered the hard way that sanding on a lathe can be hard on the fingers. Now, to protect my fingers, I cut the fingertips off a latex-dipped work glove and [...]

      My disc sander is indispensable for both quick wood removal and final smoothing. I got tired of changing and wasting discs every time I needed a different grit, though, so I [...]

by Eric Smith People give me strange looks when I tell them I don’t mind sanding. Yeah, it’s dusty and a bit tedious, but I enjoy watching the fine detail in the wood grain pop out as I go [...]

Useful and Convenient — These sanding blocks belong in any shop. by Dave Munnkitrick Isaac Fischer, Jr., of Springfield, Vt., patented sandpaper on June 14, 1834. Shortly after that, [...]

7 Tips for Better Drum Sanding By Randy Johnson If you hate sanding (and who doesn’t?), a drum sander can be a godsend. Just feed in your boards, or even completed doors and other projects, [...]

      Whenever I was sanding by hand, the sandpaper would roll or slide in my hands, eventually tearing and turning into small, useless scraps. I tried folding it every which way [...]

      Sanding inside corners used to leave nasty buzz marks from my sander banging into the adjacent face. I still haven’t tamed my sander, but now I get buzz-free results by [...]

by John Vasi         Sometimes I prefer to sand by hand using a rubber block. This method gives me a better feel for the work than using a random-orbit sander does. Blocks [...]

by Chip Harding       Sanding between coats of polyurethane is tough on sandpaper. And I make it tougher, because I never wait the recommended 72 hours before recoating. But if the [...]

        I made this quick-release sanding block from four pieces of 1/2-in. -thick birch plywood. The top three pieces are glued together. Wrap a quarter sheet of sandpaper [...]

Get that menacing belt sander under control with these whip-it-into-shape tips. by George Vondriska Does the prospect of using a belt sander make your palms sweat and your hands shake? I feel [...]

Remember hooking sandpaper on those three little nails in that old rubber sanding block, and stabbing your fingers more than the sandpaper? No more! At $20, the Preppin’ Weapon costs a [...]