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Catalog Cover - Volume 187
On the Cover
Epoxy Table made by Harrison Spires
From page 2 of Catalog, Volume 187
My name is Harrison Spires, I have been woodworking for 7 years. Both of my grandfathers were woodworkers. Spending time with them building small projects fueled my passion for woodworking. My hobby turned into a business and I love building something that will last for generations and truly is one of a kind. The wood for this table came from a maple tree here in Hickory. The tree had fallen during a storm
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Oct 1st 2021
Advanced Coating Technology | Klingspor's Woodworking Shop
What is ACT on the back of your belts?
Advanced Coating Technology: A proprietary coating technology Klingspor Abrasives applies to improve the properties of coated abrasives. The ACT allows for more grain exposure (Less Resin in the Size Coat & Longer Service Life) better edge wear on belts/discs and more aggression throughout the grit range. When used for wood, ACT prevents the premature clogging of the coated abrasives and significantly increases the service life.
When workin
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Sep 23rd 2021
Troubleshooting Common Issues with Abrasives | Klingspor’s Woodworking Shop
Abrasives loading too quickly (issue)
Excessive sanding pressure ("white knuckle syndrome" from pushing down on the sander)
Inadequate or excessive dust extraction (sometimes too much suction on a sander causes it to not
extract dust and work the sander harder)
Excessive speed (Pneumatic Sanders and belts)
Using Closed Coat on Softwoods. Open Coat abrasives for softwoods and closed for hardwoods.
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It's common in wood sanding to begin with a coarser grit to level out
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Sep 17th 2021
Abrasives 101 | AZ-Plus Alumina Zirconia | Klingspor's Woodworkingshop
Klingspor Abrasives PS36 ( AZ-Plus ) is a stearate coated, semi-open coat Alumina Zirconia on a paper backer. Alumina Zirconia is a tough grain like Aluminum Oxide, but has a property of being hard and brittle like Silicon Carbide called "Friable." This means that when you start with 60 grit, the grain gets under pressure it breaks like an icicle, revealing a fresh new part of the grain that is still 60 grit. From here it slowly wears down like AO making it longer lasting than other ab
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Sep 10th 2021
Abrasives 101 | Silicon Carbide | Klingspor's Woodworking Shop
Silicon Carbide Magnified 50x
Klingspor Abrasives Silicon Carbide is a sharp, very hard, brittle and closed coat abrasive. Best suited for sanding glass, plastics, rubber, ceramics, solid surface and between coats of finish. Also used with some non-ferrous metals, sharpening of alloys, stainless steel and tooling steel.
Silicon Carbide is also sometimes referred to as Wet/Dry sandpaper. First made popular in the automobile industry in the early 20th century, SC has been widely used acr
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Sep 9th 2021