There has got to be a better way. I was out in the shop a few min. ago stalling, er organizing in preperation to start sanding down the cabinets before staining, when I spent 20 min. going through the drawer of hook and loop sandpaper disks.
The best I could come up with on short notice was a ring that used to hold carpet samples. One type of sandpaper per ring.
Maybe a subdivided wooden box would be a better way. That would have to wait until after the cabinets get kicked out of the shop. I get them by the 100 pack at 10 cents per so anyideas have accomadate that.
I know that the pro’s out there that move from jobsite to jobsite have a better way. What is it?
Adam
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i have used CD albums b4. work pretty good for me
Hook and Loop or PDA?
Hook and loop.
thats not a ..... bad idea. but then I have a tendancy to buy 5 grits at once so its 500 sheets of hookand loop at once to stock.
BTW the ring Idea, is kinda a pain too.
Keep the ideas coming, help me stall... er ..... research. :-)
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The discs I use come in a sturdy box. So on the shelf in the van are 4 boxes. I write the grit on the side so it is more visible. Pretty easy, pretty simple.
Sait-sanding discsRemodeling Contractor just outside the Glass City.
Quittin' Time
Clear plastic "shoeboxes" that you can get at Lowes. Snap on lids. One per grit. Just toss the new supply in the box, mark the sides & top with a margic marker for the grit. Keeps them separated & visible & un-wrinkled. And they are stackable.
Whenever you are asked if you can do a job, tell'em "Certainly, I can!" Then get busy and find out how to do it. T. Roosevelt
Round tupperwares to fit.... One per grit.
Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming.... WOW!!! What a Ride!
Hook and Loop or PDA?
I saw a little jig made of scrap plywood and dowels to seperate H&L paper, the dowels were upright in the ply, 1 dowel per grit, hang the pieces on it...
seemed like it would be a pain to stock it though.
Adam,
By coincidence, I sorted my disks this afternoon. Put them into the box my RO sander came in and separated them by grit size with some sheets of posterboard. The box is large enough to hold the extra pads along with the wrench. Simple cardboard box is light, won't scar whatever piece of work I drop it on, and does the job till I get around to making a wooden box. ( and that could be a while) I cut the dividers to about 5" x 6'' and wrote the grit size on each one.
It's a pain in the patuie that most of the disks don't have the grit size marked on them. (Came in an assorted pkg.) Took longer to figure out the grit sizes than to make the dividers.
My cabinets are done - I was stalling before sanding the cellar door.
oldfred
My wife does baking... she gives me a zillion white plastic cylindrical containers with lids. Sour cream I think. Works nicely.
The plastic organizers for the old 5.5" floppy disks work too. Sort of a flip file for sandpaper.
In the shop, ditto for the 5.25 disk storage boxes, but these are getting harder to find; there are CD storage boxes today of the same size. i can get 300 hook and loop disks in the case (50 each of six grits). Onsite I just take 10 each of 3-4 grits in the original Klingspoor box.
I'm with calvin.
I keep them in the box they were packaged in and use a sharpie to write the grit size on the side of the box.
Stack them on the shelf.
Easy to stock, easy to access, easy to transport...grab and go.
Zip - Lock freezer bags . . . . the added benefit is that they keep the moisture out.
Greg
I buy the sanding discs in bulk also. I keep the bulk of them in my shop/shed stored in coffee tins. One tin for each grit, with the grit labelled on the outside. For my truck I keep them in zip lock freezer bags, with the grit written on both the bag and the back of the sanding pad. I have a designated tool box in the truck that has all ( well most) of my sanding supplies.
-m2akita
Festool Systainers. You got your pick of heights. You can get one 6 or 7 inches high and just store all the boxes in it, or you can get one with an insert made specifically for a certain diameter disk - mine are 6". The tray then eliminates the need for boxes, you just stack them in there. Tidy, tidy. I actually prefer keeping them in the boxes. I can read the labels and they don't intermix or flop about when the quantity gets low.
"If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog and a man." - Mark Twain
The discs I buy come in a cardboard box. I like to store those in an old military ammo can - in fact I manage to fit my PC RO sander in there as well. Keeps everything dry and no way they are getting bent.
I like to use those cans for many things - grinder and all discs, roto zip and all bits, gun nails, boxes of finish nails, etc.
How about a multi-pocket file folder?