What are the Different Types of Hand Sanders?
There are a wide variety of hand sanders available for the do it yourselfer. Hand sanders are generally considered to be any type of sander that can be used by holding it in your hand. This includes electric and drill operated sanders as well as manual sanding blocks. With the wide range of hand sanders available it is important to remember that regardless of how carefully you choose a sander, it is also important to choose sandpaper with the appropriate grit. Sandpaper with coarse grit will remove too much material, no matter how lightly it is applied. Likewise, the most aggressive use of fine grit sandpaper will not do any good in the early stages of a woodworking project. The least expensive and oldest design of hand sanders is the manual hand sander. This can be a plastic block that has grooves to hold the sandpaper in place, or a block of wood with a strip of sandpaper tacked on. A manual hand sander is good in areas where you do not want to work too quickly and risk taking off to
There are a wide variety of hand sanders available for the do it yourselfer. Hand sanders are generally considered to be any type of sander that can be used by holding it in your hand. This includes electric and drill operated sanders as well as manual sanding blocks. With the wide range of hand sanders available it is important to remember that regardless of how carefully you choose a sander, it is also important to choose sandpaper with the appropriate grit. Sandpaper with coarse grit will remove too much material, no matter how lightly it is applied. Likewise, the most aggressive use of fine grit sandpaper will not do any good in the early stages of a woodworking project.
