HF variable sander discs

General Discussion
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Hey all,

First off, thanks for all the advice. The community is amazing.

 

Newb here, and of course, I ate the poisonous apple and bought a harbor freight variable speed 7" sander/polisher. I basically just got it in order to save a little time repairing dings. I have been going through the posts in regards to the sanding discs that people use, and it looks like some people use 6" discs, others glue sandpaper to the sander/polisher. I have been having a tough time finding 7" sanding discs at my local hardware store. I was wondering if it would be possible to use this from HF ( http://www.harborfreight.com/5-piece-5-inch-polishing-sanding-set-94763.html ) connected to my variable speed sander and then just use 5" sanding discs that seem pretty ubiquitous. Do you think its a waste of money and should I just use 6" sanding discs?

Any help that you guys can help with would be amazing. Thanks again.

 

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Just order the right pads online from the right place.

Go to fiberglasssupply, fiberglassSource,Greenlight, FiberglassHawaii, EZ or any other of the Myraid of places you can buy one, and buy one,

PowerPad, Ferro, 3m etc.

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Check it out;

http://shop.fiberglasshawaii.com/tools/discs_pads

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just go ahead and buy yourself a good sanding pad from one of the places that acqua mentioned, you’ll thank yourself in the long run. When i first started, i bought all harbor freight stuff. If you spend the money to get quality tools its so much easier to work with and your board will turn out way better.