Block Sanders

I built that years ago when the Wood Magazine Tool book first came out. (I also built the Weekend Work Bench in it and still use it to this day.) Brought the sanding block to my local Woodcraft thinking I would show it off and the only reaction I got was the guy there saying “What a waste of good wood!” I have never shown off another woodworking project in a public way again.

That being said I really like the design, and your execution of it. I really like your idea of putting different profiles on the edges. Great job!

-- Learn Relentlessly

Did you just epoxy the bolt into the piece?

-- ***Pat*** Rookie woodworker looking for an education!!!

At first my comment was going to be “I tried a very rough set of that concept, but you’ll find that the whole in the bottom will wear the sandpaper un-evenly.”

THEN I see that you were smart and plugged the bottom over the bolt-head!!! Holy Schmokes! There’s my solution!

so yeas, very nice work, but thanks for solving that problem!

Made a bunch of these… Epoxied the hole on bottom… And covered bottom with self stick cork. Works great. Easy on hands when used. Labeled the blocks for different grades of paper and only use it for that grade. Makes one feel good about making a usable quality tool for the shop.

Ignore the idiot at the Woodcraft store.

-- Al H. - small shop, small projects...

i simply drilled the hole to fit a 1/2 oak dowel i had lying around. the dowel and bolt was expoxied into place at the same time

-- designer by education, wood working hack by choice