Be nice to have a handle or knob when I use my flexpads/powerpads to sand by hand… I’ve searched for manufactured ones but no luck
“5/8 male threaded tool handles”
I thought an anchor bolt inside a short dowel, or drawer knob would work, but I can’t find anywhere that make them that big (5/8’s coarse threaded) maybe an adapter of some kind out there, or mybe I’m probably missing the obvious answer again?
I had to make / fake one.
Bought a 5" long 5/8" coarse hex cap screw:
Come on Bud, don’t buy something. make something. I bet with your skills you could find something today and make something today. Hey, don’t consider this an attack, I just know you can do it.
Agreed. Get a 5/8 coarse thread carriage bolt. Get some 1/2" foam pipe insulation. The stuff they put over water pipes. Put a piece of the insulation over the bolt, and thread the bolt into the sanding pad. Presto! You have a handle.
I have one with velcro epoxied to the pad plate and it wraps the back of the hand. You can cinch it tight and it becomes part of your hand. It also helps apply even pressure over the whole pad.
I bet a hockey puck bolted to the pad would be the go.
a 5/8" die will cut threads for you… but why use your power pads? easy enough to make wood & foam (or plastic & foam, or eggshell foam) sanding pads that fit a whole sheet of paper, or a half sheet…spray glue works wonders.
Quite true Mr. Melville, but coudn't stand to throw the old one away. Found a way to reclaim it.
Hey Ghetto thanks for the kick in the butt-vote of confidence… yeah I don’t know why I posted this question, right after I walked away from the PC I thought , instead of an anchor bolt I could not find big enough, why not a carriage bolt all the way through a piece of dowel. I already had a 5/8 paddle bit so it cost me 1.19 for the bolt and .50 for the piece of wood from the scrap bin and about 5 minutes.
Keith the use I find for this is when sanding hotcoat with low grit and I want switch to hand sanding in those typical burns by the nose kick (typical burns for me anyways!)… the grit I’m using at that stage is already glued to the same density pad, so after the flats I spin it off the machine to go at it by hand. then of course peel the paper off the pad fold it up and then go at the rails
Again thanks people for the input!
