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Hole Saw Sander.doc

1/6/06

Hole Saw Sander

A recent project involved smoothing the contoured
edges of several workpieces. A drum sander on the
the drill press would have been just the ticket, but I
didn’t have one that was the right size for the job.
So I improvised.

As you can see in the photo, I put together a
makeshift sanding drum by wrapping adhesive-
backed sandpaper around a hole saw. The only trick
is to avoid the teeth along the bottom rim of the
saw. To do this, you’ll need to add a raised table
to the drill press, as shown in Fig. 1. This table is
simply a piece of plywood with a cutout that
wraps around the bottom of the hole saw sander.
This simple arrangement did the job well and
saved me a fair amount of time.