Video: Safety Tips for Operating a Power Sander

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Learn safety tips for operating an electric power sander in this free power tool demonstration video.

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I'm Rob McManhon with Expert Village. Belt sanders aren't known as one of the most dangerous tools but there are some safety issues that are good to follow. I'm going to talk about a couple of them here. Now when you are working on a piece it is usually good to have it clamped on the end opposite from where the belt is driving. I would show you why. The belt wood pull it right off. So take a clamp put it on the end there and it won't go anywhere. Another thing that you want to be careful of is where you put your fingers. You can sharpen a chisel with this belt. So imagine what is going to do to your finger tips. If you get them caught here it would tier your skin right off. Especially around here it would pull you right in and give you a nasty cut. Another thing that it is good to watch out for is your chord. Now you want to be moving your belt sander back and forth like this and especially if you are on the floor and your chord is on the same level as you are running it back and forth you can hit that chord and the chord is going to get sucked back on the belt and caught up into the casein back here. It usually tiers the chord in half or at lease rips off the insulation and exposes the wires. So when you are sanding always be aware of where the chord is and if you need to keep it up in your hand and away from the sander.

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Safety Tips for Operating a Power Sander

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