XPost: rec.crafts.metalworking   
   From: djb@invalid.com   
      
   On 19/06/2021 22:48, Jim Wilkins wrote:   
   > "David Billington"  wrote in message news:sald3g$iv1$1@dont-email.me...   
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   >   
   > ...Some years ago I introduced him to my new to me linisher and he   
   > found it so useful he kept popping round to use it, in the end he bought   
   > his own and got it at a good price I guess as the auction finished   
   > Sunday lunchtime when the football was on.   
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   > After I ordered some 1/2" x 12" sanding belts for an auto body air   
   > sander I began seeing ads for the same size belts in very fine grits   
   > for a sharpener. I also have a 1" x 30" belt sander with some   
   > unsupported space above the platen that I use for freehand deburring.   
   > Do these sound like good candidates for "linishing"?   
   >   
   > The blacksmith/knife maker whose class I took had a large and powerful   
   > shop-made 3 wheel belt sander for shaping blades. I tried it, but I'm   
   > experienced enough with a 7" angle grinder to remove metal as fast and   
   > reasonably neatly, with the work in a vise so it doesn't burn my hand.   
   >   
   Sounds like we have some of the same kit, I too have a 1/2" x 12"(12mm x   
   300mm) air belt sander and the linisher, maybe you'd call it a vertical   
   belt sander, sounds much the same though is 25mm x 1065mm (1" x 42").   
   The bit above the platen does get the most use, the platen not so much.   
   I refurbish glass blowing jacks occasionally and reshape the parts built   
   up freehand with an angle grinder, one can do surprisingly fine work   
   with care and the right choice of discs.   
      
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