Sanding mop

[angelosart]

Can anyone say roughly how long a sanding mop lasts? I tried making my own, but they dont seem to lasy long. I'm trying to sand 3D relief with some intricate detail and sharp edges. Using 1/16" ball nose at roughly 1ips @ 10,000 rpm but getting very faint lines.

[Rick W]

Angelo,

Try reducing your stepover, when setting up your bit perameters.

Rik

[Keyco Wood]

I think most are happy with a 10% step over. We use a 8% for .125 ballnose bit. And we set the roughing cut on a .25 down spiral end mill to .125 pass depth. Both of these adjustments extend the cutting time, but to us it is worth it.

[rayman]

Don't know how big your project is but have you ever used radial bristle disc? they will preserve your detail and they clean up really well....you can get them at
foredom.com or google search to find dealers..Radial Bristle Disc..

[coryatjohn]

Raymond,

How do you use that Radial Bristle Disc thing? What tool are you attaching it to? Looks interesting.

[gene]

I have mine attached to a dynabrade end grinder . 3m makes the ones i use

[gc3]

http://www.flap-wheels.com/

[myxpykalix]

say this 3 times fast.....

Radial Bristle Disc
Radial Bristle Disc
Radial Bristle Disc

they look like they might last longer then a sanding mop......

[angelosart]

I used 10% step over for finish cut and 50% for rough cut. Can a radial bristle disk work well in a hand drill? My project is too big otherwise. Thanks

[gc3]

drop the finish pass stepover to 6-8% takes longer to cut but should save lots of hand work