Robbie thank you so much for the kind words. This is a project, we all need a hand full of these. I need to make a few of the long ones. Love the bloopers :) Take care my friend, Carl
Great walk-through on how to make the holders. Thanks, Robbie. Your skills amaze me, so it was fun seeing the bloopers showing that even the advanced of us have our moments. I like the idea of using the kneeling pads, since they are stiffer than most neoprene and still thick enough with one layer. Take care, Stuart
This will be a new project for me . Thanks for sharing. I got a good chuckle out of the bloopers's . You have to be able to have fun with it even when you mess up.I've worked 30 some years in construction if you have fun and have a sense of humour you'll have more fun in what your doing.That's why i try to have some fun in these comment's and other places i comment. Everyone like to smile and laugh. Again thanks for taking the time to share.
Robbie, a Old Army buddy of Mine told me once " If you talk to yourself your OK, everyone does whether they admit or not, if you answer yourself your still ok, a lot of people do that too, it's when you Start saying what did you say that you got problems" ... I loved the video and hope you keep talking to yourself if this is what it produces.....
Hello Robbie, Those are really very good and I find the ones I buy don't last very long so I'm going to take a couple of hours out and make some. The kneelers are very easy and cheap to obtain in the gardening centres. Your tribute to Carl was very well justified and few would disagree that he's given so much to wood turning on UA-cam and I personally have learned so much from him. He's also a great gentleman in every respect. Look forward to your next upload. Best wishes, Alan. P.S. I talk to myself often in the work shop but most of it is not suitable for broadcast.
well we all know Carl is a sound bloke and deserves a good plug he has done many for me over the years. i have a lot more bloopers but they are all bleepers lol... strange thing Alan the wood don't talk to me like it dose to mikes// By the way how did it go cleaning that kip of a shop of Mikes i am sure it will take a few months to do i think we might have to send the Hoarders crew over to short him out.. He has a real problem with clutter and need concealing badly Take care Robbie
I love the bloopers! You get as nervous as I do. I have made several of the short ones, now I have to go and make some long ones. Thanks for the great video.
Excellent project Robbie, you have just saved a lot of people a lot of money - the fancy sanding kit makers will be taking out a contract on you so be careful if you see any dark strangers about. Best Wishes, Brendan.
Just tying to catch up on the a lot of videos from last week. I am surprised how much happens when you're off the computer. Thank you for your reminder inside your bloopers my friend. I'm off to my basement shop now, talking to myself, hope I don't forget to turn the camera on this time. Greetings from Good Old Germany Peter
Thanks for your response Robbie enquiring about how I got on with sorting out Mike's workshop. I flew over last Sunday evening and Mike had to go to work on Monday morning so I ventured into the workshop on my own. What a shock I had. It was much worse than expected. The first thing I did was head off to a hire company and rented a mechanical excavator and 10 ton tipper truck. It only took them half a day and one load to clear away most of the rubbish. I wanted to start off with a blank canvas so I ripped down all of the old shelves and worktops and then built some new, decent looking ones and some tool racks. His turning tools were in an awful mess so it took a whole day to get the rust off after which I sharpened them properly. His band saw and lathe are both clapped out but I serviced both of them by sharpening the band saw blade and replacing the drive belts on both. The centre of his lathe headstock and tail stock were about half an inch out so I lined them up. Mike arrived home on Friday afternoon which gave me an opportunity to gave him refresher lessons on the gouges and skews. I think he is now on the right road but time will tell, Best wishes, alan.
its so sad to see mike ending up this way i wonder what happened to him. i hope he gets well soon at least he has a clean place to work this week lets hope he keeps it that way maybe we all could chip in and buy him a new brush. i am sure he could turn a handle for it any way looking foreword to seeming his clean shop in his next video Take care Robbie
To Alan Simpson......somewhere in South America. Could you please come back, as I need the workshop cleaning again, and all my tools are blunt, and I've forgotten what you showed me to do to get them sharp. Also when you do finally get here, can you change the vac bag, as it is full! Thanks in anticipation The Welshman ;) Take care Mike
Thanks for the video Robbie on a great little project! I never thought of making long stem sanding disk holders...DUH!!! Now to locate the foam and velcro material and give them a try... Safe turning to you!
Thanks for your time Robbie. I even learned from the bloopers. Great project as I was just thinking yesterday how I could come up with sanding disk holders without buying them.
This is great! I was looking for these yesterday at Woodcraft... Some like these cost as much as $65! Sure glad I didn't spend the money yet! Thanks Mr. Robbie!
Great project Robbie. A suggestion: If you glued the bit in the other way around you could use the ball detent feature if you happen to have a quick change chuck on your drill/driver. Would make changing between grits even faster. As always, thanks for sharing. Regards, Alex
Good project I am going to make me a batch of those too, no more switching girts endlessly just grab the next sanding rig and plug it into the drill and away we go. Thanks great tip.
Robbiethewoodturner As a total new comer to wood turning I found this very helpful, it will save me having to buy them. the blooper show I'm not the only one who makes the odd mistake. A great tip and chanel.
You should reverse the steel rods and leave the quick connect end exposed. That way you only need to use short 2" rods and you can then install the quick connect in your drill and easily change from one disc to the other. Much more efficient way to do it.
Another great video Robbie but don't understand the bloopers as this is just normal in my shop!!! Please keep up your excellant work. Best wishes, Chris
Fantastic project Robbie, will definitely safe a lot of outlay. great upload my friend. I'm glad I'm not the only Blooper maker! ;) Very justified shout out too it's Carl's and your fault I got started :) Take care Mike
Ha, great minds must think a like! I'm in the process of editing my power sanding arbor video - should out next week. :) I like the design of yours, especially the dual purpose one with the screw driver bit at the other end! ...lol Well done my friend, Kevin
Thanks for the sander pad video. I was looking for exactly that. Holy Moly~!!! did you just use a roughing gouge to turn an inside sharp corner? Yes you did. I haven't figured out how to accomplish that. Now I gotta try some more.
That was a great video. I've been turning pens and just getting into turning bowls and trying to figure out the shortcuts you guys have makes all the difference in the world. A question I had was this. I have these, 2X2X2 blocks, and I'm making some 2" disks. I've figured I need to turn the "top of the disk to 1 1/8" and the bottom to about 1 5/8 ". But should I turn those blocks round and down to maybe 1 3/4 ", prior to drilling out the 1/4" hole and pressing the harbor freight screwdriver bit into it. That way it would lessen the turning I would have to do to "true" it up and also turn the top and bottom diameters. Or should I just drill the hole first, into the square block, and insert the bit in? One other question. When I press the bit into the wood, do I even need to use glue?
Hi Julie its just my normal removal tailstock i have a piece of oak hollowed out that fits over it easley made very for handy to have hope it all goes well
This is a great video! I've been wanting to make some of these for a while now, hand sanding is getting me frustrated! :) A few question, if you don't mind Robbie... first, what kind of glue did you use to attach the sponge to the wood? what kind of finish did you use for the wood? could you master up the will to remember where you got the Velcro from? I would need a few 5 cm disks, and I could also use a self adhesive 30 cm disk for the disk sander I'm working on making these days. Thanks again for a great upload!
i don't know where you are based in the world but you can buy it here www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VELCRO-TAPE-50MM-X-1M-SELF-ADHESIVE-BLACK-VERY-STRONG-/250507053558 the glue i used is what i had lying around Evo-Stik Serious Glue Liquid hope that helps you out
I'm based near Rome, Italy, but I order things from UK's ebay all the time, so no problem there, thanks for the link, and I will keep you updated, this weekend is supposed to be my weekend off, but it only happens if my boss/wife decides to keep her promise to let me be, which she rarely do, so... :)
Hello Robbie enjoyed your video on making sanding disc, will the 50mm disc loop backing stick to any velco hooks or do I need to get any particular grade of velcro/hook & loop? I am going to try and make some if I can get the right velco...:)
Robbie thank you so much for the kind words.
This is a project, we all need a hand full of these. I need to make a few of the long ones. Love the bloopers :)
Take care my friend,
Carl
you are more than welcome my friend
Take care Robbie
Great walk-through on how to make the holders. Thanks, Robbie. Your skills amaze me, so it was fun seeing the bloopers showing that even the advanced of us have our moments. I like the idea of using the kneeling pads, since they are stiffer than most neoprene and still thick enough with one layer.
Take care,
Stuart
Thanks Stuart
Its good to have a laugh
Hi Robbie - another great idea and one that I intend to try here. Thanks for spending time in the shed talking to yourself! All the best - David.
thanks Dave they say mad people talk to them self LOL
This will be a new project for me . Thanks for sharing. I got a good chuckle out of the bloopers's . You have to be able to have fun with it even when you mess up.I've worked 30 some years in construction if you have fun and have a sense of humour you'll have more fun in what your doing.That's why i try to have some fun in these comment's and other places i comment. Everyone like to smile and laugh. Again thanks for taking the time to share.
you weren't the guy that asked me to get the skirting board ladder when i was 16 lol
Robbie, a Old Army buddy of Mine told me once " If you talk to yourself your OK, everyone does whether they admit or not, if you answer yourself your still ok, a lot of people do that too, it's when you Start saying what did you say that you got problems" ... I loved the video and hope you keep talking to yourself if this is what it produces.....
Hello Robbie,
Those are really very good and I find the ones I buy don't last very long so I'm going to take a couple of hours out and make some. The kneelers are very easy and cheap to obtain in the gardening centres.
Your tribute to Carl was very well justified and few would disagree that he's given so much to wood turning on UA-cam and I personally have learned so much from him. He's also a great gentleman in every respect.
Look forward to your next upload.
Best wishes,
Alan.
P.S. I talk to myself often in the work shop but most of it is not suitable for broadcast.
well we all know Carl is a sound bloke and deserves a good plug he has done many for me over the years.
i have a lot more bloopers but they are all bleepers lol... strange thing Alan the wood don't talk to me like it dose to mikes// By the way how did it go cleaning that kip of a shop of Mikes i am sure it will take a few months to do i think we might have to send the Hoarders crew over to short him out.. He has a real problem with clutter and need concealing
badly
Take care Robbie
Very useful tips and I always enjoy bloopers, they just show we are all human :-)
Thanks Mark i am the same as any one lodes of mishaps lol
Excellent video Robbie,
We can all use these and making them for pennies is a great tip. Thank you.
Regards,
Bob
Thanks Bob
Thanks for sharing Robbie, the long ones are very usefull for power sanding,
Take care
Miguel
Thanks Miguel they be good for natural edge bowls
Miguel Sanchez
I love the bloopers! You get as nervous as I do. I have made several of the short ones, now I have to go and make some long ones. Thanks for the great video.
Great stuff, Robbie! I loved the bloopers. Laughing at ourselves is so healthy... At least it better be, I do it alot!
Cant beat a good laugh
Looking forward to making a few sets and use for presents for my fellow woodworkers. Wonderful idea, Thank You.
This is a fantastic idea thank you I'm glad I'm not the only wood turner that makes mistakes very useful videos thank you
Excellent project Robbie, you have just saved a lot of people a lot of money - the fancy sanding kit makers will be taking out a contract on you so be careful if you see any dark strangers about.
Best Wishes, Brendan.
yes Brendan them pads can cost 10 euro i made 5 for ten euro lol
Take care Robbie
Even the great ones makes a blooper, awsome video and a good idea for a sandind pad.
Thanks Alfred cat beat a few bloopers
Just tying to catch up on the a lot of videos from last week. I am surprised how much happens when you're off the computer.
Thank you for your reminder inside your bloopers my friend.
I'm off to my basement shop now, talking to myself, hope I don't forget to turn the camera on this time.
Greetings from Good Old Germany
Peter
thanks Peter
Just came across this one. Great video....lots of good tips. Loved that you put the bloopers at the end.
Great vid Robbie I loved the bloopers we are all mad in the in our sheds
thanks rob
Thanks for your response Robbie enquiring about how I got on with sorting out Mike's workshop.
I flew over last Sunday evening and Mike had to go to work on Monday morning so I ventured into the workshop on my own. What a shock I had. It was much worse than expected. The first thing I did was head off to a hire company and rented a mechanical excavator and 10 ton tipper truck. It only took them half a day and one load to clear away most of the rubbish.
I wanted to start off with a blank canvas so I ripped down all of the old shelves and worktops and then built some new, decent looking ones and some tool racks.
His turning tools were in an awful mess so it took a whole day to get the rust off after which I sharpened them properly.
His band saw and lathe are both clapped out but I serviced both of them by sharpening the band saw blade and replacing the drive belts on both.
The centre of his lathe headstock and tail stock were about half an inch out so I lined them up.
Mike arrived home on Friday afternoon which gave me an opportunity to gave him refresher lessons on the gouges and skews.
I think he is now on the right road but time will tell,
Best wishes,
alan.
its so sad to see mike ending up this way i wonder what happened to him.
i hope he gets well soon
at least he has a clean place to work this week lets hope he keeps it that way maybe we all could chip in and buy him a new brush. i am sure he could turn a handle for it
any way looking foreword to seeming his clean shop in his next video
Take care Robbie
To Alan Simpson......somewhere in South America. Could you please come back, as I need the workshop cleaning again, and all my tools are blunt, and I've forgotten what you showed me to do to get them sharp.
Also when you do finally get here, can you change the vac bag, as it is full!
Thanks in anticipation
The Welshman ;)
Take care
Mike
Thanks for the video Robbie on a great little project! I never thought of making long stem sanding disk holders...DUH!!! Now to locate the foam and velcro material and give them a try... Safe turning to you!
Thanks for your time Robbie. I even learned from the bloopers. Great project as I was just thinking yesterday how I could come up with sanding disk holders without buying them.
Thanks only glad to help
Great tip Robbie.
Love the bloopers.
Best regards
David
thanks Dave
Nice video Robbie ...this is still on my list to make I saw these of the Woodturners of Southwest Missouri a while ago...... great idea.... Thanks
Thank you Robbie. Velcro was once just to replace laces on shoes for old men like me.
Thanks Ted great stuff Velcro
This is great! I was looking for these yesterday at Woodcraft... Some like these cost as much as $65! Sure glad I didn't spend the money yet! Thanks Mr. Robbie!
Thanks Robbie. This tip is going to save me a few quid.
Cheers,
Ben
Thanks Ben
Great project Robbie. A suggestion: If you glued the bit in the other way around you could use the ball detent feature if you happen to have a quick change chuck on your drill/driver. Would make changing between grits even faster.
As always, thanks for sharing.
Regards, Alex
yes indeed it would work a treat
Thanks Alex
Thanks Robbie, these will definitely be a good project to have around!
thanks Jim
Nice video Robbie, and timely I just had my last sander pad come apart on me too old like me I reckon. Thanks for sharing.
Good project I am going to make me a batch of those too, no more switching girts endlessly just grab the next sanding rig and plug it into the drill and away we go. Thanks great tip.
thanks John they are simple to make and well worth making
Robbiethewoodturner As a total new comer to wood turning I found this very helpful, it will save me having to buy them. the blooper show I'm not the only one who makes the odd mistake. A great tip and chanel.
You should reverse the steel rods and leave the quick connect end exposed. That way you only need to use short 2" rods and you can then install the quick connect in your drill and easily change from one disc to the other. Much more efficient way to do it.
Another great video Robbie but don't understand the bloopers as this is just normal in my shop!!! Please keep up your excellant work.
Best wishes,
Chris
Thanks Chris i did not show the normal ones LOL they are $%*
Seht gut beschrieben Robbie.
Grüße aus Deutschland und Danke für die Anleitung (Y).
Martin Freggellein Thanks Martin
Excellent!! I'm defiantly going to make some of them, thanks for sharing... Great bloopers... And as always a great video, cheers...
Thanks Adam
Fantastic project Robbie, will definitely safe a lot of outlay. great upload my friend. I'm glad I'm not the only Blooper maker! ;)
Very justified shout out too it's Carl's and your fault I got started :)
Take care
Mike
funny thing MIKE the kids never care about my videos.
when they hers about the bloopers they wanted to watch it lol
All the best Robbie
Hello Mike,
Please read Robbie's comments.
I'm off to live anonymously some where in South America.
Best wishes,
Alan.
Ha, great minds must think a like! I'm in the process of editing my power sanding arbor video - should out next week. :) I like the design of yours, especially the dual purpose one with the screw driver bit at the other end! ...lol
Well done my friend, Kevin
sorry Kevin for ruing your planed video. i hope you have as many bloopers as i had lol
looking forward to seeing your video
All the best Robbie
This video will save me a lot of money. Very well done sir! thank you. Paul
you are some craic Robbie i loved those bloopers and i did laugh out loud. Also thanks for the video and tips re the foam and sanding discs
Sean
we all need a bit of craic Sean lol
Great idea Robbie, I will be making some of those, Cheers Harry
yes Harry we all need one
All the best Robbie
Great Job! I need to make some of these!
Love the Bloopers.
Thank you Robbie. Didn't realize you could turn the foam on the lathe. Useful project!
Tanks Jim
yes indeed cuts like butter
Thats awesome im never gonna pay £7 for new ones again. Great tip Robbie
Tanks Les
Now I know how to build those, thank you. Love the end of vid.
Nice to have several around and not have to swap the disk.
Alan
well done Robbie, will get to work on some great idea,,, paul,,
Very good, good technique. Thank you
Thanks John
Thanks Robbie I will make some of those and thanks for the bloopers v funny and human.
thanks Robbie,
all best sonny
Super coole Schleifpats Robbie. Gute Idee!
Gruß Tiroler
Thanks Tiroler
Fantastic Robbie! :D
Thanks Ivan
Useful I will have a go thanks Robbie for the vid.
Mark
Great video Robbie, would you ever chuck a larger sanding disk on the lathe for sharpening tools ? thanks again for sharing..
Sayers Pipes Probley worth a try but i just pop over to the grinder
Thanks for the sander pad video. I was looking for exactly that.
Holy Moly~!!! did you just use a roughing gouge to turn an inside sharp corner?
Yes you did. I haven't figured out how to accomplish that. Now I gotta try some more.
That was a great video. I've been turning pens and just getting into turning bowls and
trying to figure out the shortcuts you guys have makes all the difference in the world. A question I had was this. I have these, 2X2X2 blocks, and I'm making some 2" disks. I've figured I need to turn the "top of the disk to 1 1/8" and the bottom to about 1 5/8 ". But should I turn those blocks round and down to maybe 1 3/4 ", prior to drilling out the 1/4" hole and pressing the harbor freight screwdriver bit into it. That way it would lessen the turning I would have to do to "true" it up and also turn the top and bottom diameters. Or should I just drill the hole first, into the square block, and insert the bit in? One other question. When I press the bit into the wood, do I even need to use glue?
super idea Robbie, I am having a go at making one today, but what is it that you put into the tail stock to hold the disc in place?
Thanks
Julie
Hi Julie its just my normal removal tailstock
i have a piece of oak hollowed out that fits over it
easley made very for handy to have
hope it all goes well
Robbie, thanks for the email reply, I have ordered some velco and will be making some Sanding Disk Holders when time allows. :)
This is a great video! I've been wanting to make some of these for a while now, hand sanding is getting me frustrated! :) A few question, if you don't mind Robbie... first, what kind of glue did you use to attach the sponge to the wood? what kind of finish did you use for the wood? could you master up the will to remember where you got the Velcro from? I would need a few 5 cm disks, and I could also use a self adhesive 30 cm disk for the disk sander I'm working on making these days.
Thanks again for a great upload!
i don't know where you are based in the world but you can buy it here www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VELCRO-TAPE-50MM-X-1M-SELF-ADHESIVE-BLACK-VERY-STRONG-/250507053558
the glue i used is what i had lying around Evo-Stik Serious Glue Liquid
hope that helps you out
o yelp finish boiled linseed oil and shellac let me know how you get on with your project
All the best Robbie
I'm based near Rome, Italy, but I order things from UK's ebay all the time, so no problem there, thanks for the link, and I will keep you updated, this weekend is supposed to be my weekend off, but it only happens if my boss/wife decides to keep her promise to let me be, which she rarely do, so... :)
Hello Robbie enjoyed your video on making sanding disc, will the 50mm disc loop backing stick to any velco hooks or do I need to get any particular grade of velcro/hook & loop? I am going to try and make some if I can get the right velco...:)
Richard Douglas Hi Richard no special velcro needed for making these i believe it can be bought on ebay in sheets and cut to size
I love your vids mate, cheers :)
i have also a problem to find velcro sheets,in belgium
Hallo wie bist du damit zufrieden.
Lg moritz und Tiroler Drechsler
Moritz Spiegel Yes they work great