Best Sandpaper for General Purpose Woodworking?

Carroll,

How does someone your age remember the days you bought stuff back in 2006?  [big grin]

You had to be looking at receipts.  Had to be!
 
Ken Nagrod said:
Carroll,

How does someone your age remember the days you bought stuff back in 2006?  [big grin]

You had to be looking at receipts.  Had to be!

Ouch! That's a bit below the belt sander!  [embarassed]
 
Ken Nagrod said:
Carroll,

How does someone your age remember the days you bought stuff back in 2006?  [big grin]

You had to be looking at receipts.  Had to be!

Ken, I might not remember what I ate for lunch today, since all the receipt says is "1 Senior Lunch with Beverage" at Home Town Buffet a few minutes from my shop. I might have consumed Ice Tea or Classic Coke.

I remember well the first 3 or 4 visits to the new Eagle Tools location in Los Angeles because I had not seen Jesse in person in several years. I remeber the excitement of bringing home my TS55, 3 rails, Systainer of accessories, a pair of Quick Clamps and my first CT22. They had to remove the CT22 carton since it would not fit in my Pontiac Grand Am. They gave me a 2006 catalog, I read that and went back the next day to buy a cleaning set because I was so impressed by the low noise of the CT22. Most Saturdays at Eagle Tools there are a lot of respected woodworkers visiting. That was where I learned to use the 36mm AS hose on the TS55 and the value of the cover plate. So I do remember some of the details.

The date I bought my first OF1010 is written inside its Systainer and also inside the Systainer of the LR 32 kit.

Probably in deep storage I have the receipt for my first RO 150, but given last year it was fully depreciated that is not something I try to remember.

My own belief is that by remaining professional active mentally and physically has stretched my useful career several years.

Steve Bace and everyone who has participate in a class with me has seen me fade about 3:30 PM on class days. There was a time when I could put in 16 hour days. Of course back then I could usually remember my lunch choices until I finished supper.
 
I have not tried the Granat yet and I will but I am replacing my Rubin with Klingspors sandpapers.Its cheaper and lasts longer.As far as the scratch pattern goes,I have Festool sanders and that is supposed to be enough right [wink]?I normally finish out at 180 for stained wood so it really has not been an issue for me
 
ghostofhoward said:
I have not tried the Granat yet and I will but I am replacing my Rubin with Klingspors sandpapers.Its cheaper and lasts longer.As far as the scratch pattern goes,I have Festool sanders and that is supposed to be enough right [wink]?I normally finish out at 180 for stained wood so it really has not been an issue for me

Festool is a system of inter-related products.

It is possible any of us will be pleased with the results of a non-Festool abrasive on a Festool sander.

However, even if the nature of the abrasive were similar to Festool, would all the extraction hole line up with the Festool sander and would there be the center hole to allow the positive pressure from the sander to cool the abrasive and aid the extraction?

I am sure there are many brands of abrasives sold at a lower price-point than Festool charges. By the same token I know there are dealers selling lumber and plywood for a lower price than I pay my favorite wholesale dealer in cabinet-grade products. Perhaps I could substitute that less expensive plywood on a customer, but would that client refer a friend to me in the future? Also, I need to buy more than one 48 sheet "lift" of top quality plywood at a time. My experience in the Los Angeles dealer is that my primary wholesaler is the only one stocking lots of lifts of plywood with similar veneers. Those offering lower prices seldom can round up half a lift on short notice.

Of course if you are pleased with the products you use, then continue using them.
 
yes they have the same hole pattern and everything lines up.I used klingspor paper for my previous sanders but thought I would switch to Festool papers when I bought my Festool sanders.The Rubin has been a disappointment to me.It is a nice heavy disk but I have to have sandpaper that cuts a lot longer than what I get from them.Time is money for those of us that do this for a living,I don't have time to waste on a product that is  better in the press release than it is in actual use.That doesn't mean its a bad product it just means its not all its cracked up to be IMO.And Klingspor is to sandpaper what festool is to power tools, its not an inferior product at all.
 
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