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The document discusses sanding techniques for woodworking. It outlines the steps to achieving a high-quality surface finish, including removing pencil lines and marks with 180-grit sandpaper and smoothing with 320-grit. It describes using disc and belt sanders to smooth surfaces quickly and evenly while taking care not to oversand and round edges. The overall aims of sanding are to clean, even, and smooth wood surfaces without changing their shape.

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Sanding Powerpoint

The document discusses sanding techniques for woodworking. It outlines the steps to achieving a high-quality surface finish, including removing pencil lines and marks with 180-grit sandpaper and smoothing with 320-grit. It describes using disc and belt sanders to smooth surfaces quickly and evenly while taking care not to oversand and round edges. The overall aims of sanding are to clean, even, and smooth wood surfaces without changing their shape.

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Sanding

Mr Hegarty
2nd year Wood Technology
Learning Intentions

At the end of this lesson students will be enabled to


§ Demonstrate how to use the disc sander
§ Demonstrate how to hand sand
§ Demonstrate how to achieve a high-quality surface finish
Steps to a Surface Finish

§ Pencil Lines and marks are removed


§ Marks and scratches are removed using Sandpaper
§ Sandpaper is used to smooth surfaces
§ When sanding use 180 grit paper and finally 320 grit
§ Sand surfaces with the grain
§ Sand end grain to smooth also
§ Brush off all dust
Sanders

§ The sander smooths down the surface of wood in preparation of a finish


§ Types of sanders= belt sander, orbital sander
§
§ Smooths flat surfaces quickly
§ Sandpaper can be easily replaced
§ High quality finish can be achieved
§ Care must be taken not to over sand as rounding of edges will be a result
Sandpaper

§ Sandpaper is made up of fine abrasive grits bonded to a paper card


§ It can be obtained in sheets, rolls, and belts
Notes on sanding

§ The aims of sanding is to smooth the surfaces without changing their shape
§ Sand pieces with the sander or by hand sanding with sandpaper wrapped around
a cork block
§ Always sand in the direction of the grain
Aims of sanding

§ Surfaces are clean, even, and smooth


§ All marks and pencil lines are removed
§ All scratches are removed all end grain is smooth

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