Don't make these 5 mistakes with a random orbit sander.

Five dumb sanding mistakes I've made and how to avoid them.

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[Benwinch]

You forgot the ol “Drinking a few too many beers and forgetting to check if your sanding pad is attached and then sanding with just the Velcro for 20 minutes and now your pads won’t stick to the sander anymore”

[mcdon]

The wonderful thing about power tools, they allow you screw things up so much quicker than you can by hand.

[Loredad]

Another hopefully helpful tip to add to this:

The weight of the sander is all the pressure you need. Just use your hand to guide the tool not push down on it. Your sandpaper will last longer and you'll be less likely to get deep gouges.

[Myoldaccount-muof]

This comes just in time because I'm making a ton of mistakes tomorrow.

[drewzybluezy]

RIP, Sacrificial Sanding Mistake Demo Box

[MaydaysCustomWoodworks]

I seriously love your channel Steve. I'm a pro woodworker. Woodworking is intimidating to learn now days. People assume they need 20k of tools to make something nice. Thank you for your work on this channel

[ThriftDiving]

There is one very important tip that wasn't included: be sure to not move your orbital sander faster than about 1" per second. Otherwise, you'll get pigtails, which are those curly swirls that you may not see until you apply stain. Move at a steady pace, 1" per second, especially when using a sander to strip off dressers and such. And you'll be fine. Great tips you shared.

[pthover]

I love your common sense approach to woodworking and talking about very important details like sanding that perhaps many people have not considered...until they create a mistake that you have just shown! Thanks for the video!

[finnigan]

Steve,
For me, this has been one of your best videos! It's a fantastic demonstration of the various, pitfalls of an often neglected topic, and has been very helpful! Thank you.

[dh]

Pre-sanding before assembling is helpful as well. Great video!

[Calamity_Jack]

In addition to the usual circular random orbital sander, you can attach a sanding pad to an oscillating multi-tool. The triangular-shaped head is great for getting into right corners.

[BlackDogWoodwork]

I'm what I would consider a intermediate woodworker, and I always find your videos very helpful. Thanks

[Craftswright]

The turning a big box paint stick into a sanding stick is genius. Gonna have to try that myself. One extra tip my dad (retired fiberglass worker) taught me is never sand with a power tool in horizontal or vertical motion. Always figure eights. Helps keep things more even. Great video Steve, looking forward to the next!

[cwoodworking.charlie]

Hey Steve this is Charlie I have been a fan of yours 2 years I watch your video content and some cases even try to build what you built but mostly I do my own stuff I really enjoy the project videos they inspire me

[timothyroche]

Good job, as a builder, carpenter for several decades, I can attest, listen to Steve, he knows what he is doing, good advice

[thomastieffenbacherdocsava]

Finally had a real spring day and spent it outside in my outdoors shop, in the sanding zone for several hours. Sawdust is organic and goes back to the soil. Recently looking at 2 big box stores on veneered plywood. I think your being generous in saying paper thin. Now I know why people do their own veneer work! Thanks for the reminders of Murphy's mentoring!

[MicheleLaCagnina]

This was really helpful! I just bought my first random orbital sander and sounds like this covers the basic mistakes.

[bruceregittko]

Great tips, Steve. I’m glad you had the grit to tackle such a rough topic.

[nabailarina]

I’m absolutely in love with your videos. They’re so instructive and fun to watch!
Keep up the good work!
Love from Brazil

[gpvirzi]

I like the way these videos are made, right to the point. Steve has tons of knowledge for both beginners and intermediate woodworkers.