Introduction to Power Sanders

Series Summary

Humans are creative beings, and have been known to build a few things in their time. Since the first spark of inspiration hit men and women, they have searched for easier, faster, better ways to realize their ideas and solve their problems.

It is reckoned that in the Stone Age the first tools were born, and by extension, machines and technology. Though the basic principles behind altering physical matter haven't changed much, some amazing advances have been made in tool technology. For instance, with the advent of consumer power tools, mankind has the ability to increase productivity and complete more projects in less time.

In this free video series, learn how to operate a few of those tools. Our expert will demonstrate some of the uses for belt and orbital power sanders. Get tips on what sandpaper grit to use and how to load it, techniques for scribing and stripping, and basic sander care and maintenance. Also learn why sanding is an important step in construction, and get the basic safety guidelines for using belt or random orbital sanders.

This series is an Equilibrio Films production.

Video Transcript

" I'm Rob McManhon with Expert Village. I'm going to talk about belt sanders and random more little sanders. The purpose of a sander is to remove material. Basically what they do is they get loaded with sand paper and run the sand paper really quickly doing all the work for you rather then the old fashion method. Which is like this. They can turn about a hour worths of work into ten minutes worth of work and well worth it."