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Originally Posted by Dan Knowlton I used to do a lot of auto body repair years ago and really got to like the in-line air sander we had. The sandpaper went on in strips and the compressor powered a back and forth motion of the sander. Since the sandpaper plate was flat and about 20 inches long, you could really come up with a smooth surface that was level. I was thinking it might be good for shaping necks and fretboards.
Anyone use one?
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I've used my share of DA's, rotary's, and random/orbitals but I've never used the straight sanders. I expect it would be a great body/blank sander, especially for the speed. But for fretboard shaping, you'll need a very course, aggressive paper than usual and then you'll still have to fine tune the radius with something precise. Do they use a lot of air?
(edit)I just thought of this...what if you were to make a radiused aluminum sleeve with a foam liner to attach your paper to, to more closely match the back of the neck? It would increase the speed the job would get done and you would have less need to move the sander back and forth across the neck width.
Tim, a radiusing jig like that is one of the simpler that you can build yourself. Of course, that Grizzly is constructed like a tank and is a true production quality machine but for only a few bucks and the time to draw out a good set of plans, you can build one that is very suitable to the amateur shop. The real problem is getting the sander that's long enough for bass fingerboards. 24" doesn't give you space for error and longer ones with low prices are rare. Have you looked into the other styles of radiusing jigs? There are some that are even simpler.
