Another Abrasive Issue

[Taffy Evans]

Hi all just thought I’d share this useless bit of info on what I do with my emery type abrasives. I think the pictures will tell the story but what I do is:
Use the template to nick the edges of the sheets, then score partway through joining up the nicks.
Do this both ways,
It’s easier to mark the grade at this point as when in tiny pieces some do not have the grade showing.
You could leave in strips and tear off as needed
But I cut up the whole lot and store in old string packets with the grade marked on the outside.
Each packet contains a different grade

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[Lillian]

That's anything but useless bit of info. Thanks Taffy.

[woodrat]

Cheers Taffy...Lillians right for sure....Its now nice to have a use for the bags that the strings come in....I thought they were quite robust for something intended to throw out... Love your ideas...

John

[charangohabsburg]

Hi all just thought I’d share this useless bit of info on what I do with my emery type abrasives.

Certainly a very useful "useless bit of info"!
Thanks for sharing.

Until this day I only have made it to cut strips the same way and only one by one every time I needed them, which is more or less the least appropriate moment one can do this operation. Now I have no more any excuse to not prepare handy pieces of a good selection of abrasives.

[Nick]

How are those little fart arse bits meant to fit in my Random Orbit Sander!!!???

Thanks for that Taffy, it's always the simple things that most of us don't think of (and try & think of more involved methods ) that are the most useful & common sense/practical.

[Taffy Evans]

Thanks guys..........but wait there's more.

[Taffy Evans]

Nick, this idea just came to me......change the size of the template nicks { } should be a smiley here but I don't know how.

[vandenboom]

Taffy, the thing that struck me most about this little technique is that you work with such small pieces of paper. Do you cut back a top or back with the paper that size? Frank

[weslewis]

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