Woodturning Equipment: Power Drill

Video Transcript

"In this clip I'm going to talk to you about sanding, specifically power sanding. Power sanding bowls when you're wood turning is a very efficient way to finish your work. And I like to use a variety of methods. One of them is a corded drill. And in the chuck I have sanding arbors. And this is what they look like when they're not in the drill. They have a hook and loop backing, and it makes it easy to attach the sandpaper. I have two corded drills, one with a three inch sanding arbor and one with a two inch sanding arbor. The reason I have two corded drills is because it's more efficient, and it saves time from having to change the arbor out. I also like to use air powered tools. These are random orbital sanders and they're powered by a compressor. And they also have a two inch sanding arbor and a three inch sanding arbor with a hook and loop adapter. One thing you need to be aware of if you're going to decide to use random orbital sanders that are powered by a compressor, you've got to have a compressor that's going to be adequately powered to be able to keep this running. A pancake small, portable compressor isn't going to have enough power to keep it running. So you need to have at least about a sixty gallon, eighty gallon tank."