what do you cut sandpaper with?

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  • JimD
    Veteran Member
    • Feb 2003
    • 4187
    • Lexington, SC.

    #16
    I'm not sure it will work on a sanding belt but I fold sandpaper and insert a steel ruler. The ruler is "sharp" enough to cut the paper on the fold.

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    • Condoman44
      Established Member
      • Nov 2013
      • 178
      • CT near Norwich
      • Ryobi BT3000

      #17
      I have an old paper cutter that I use. I noticed one day that the grid is actually a kerf in the table filled with some white material. I was able to dig out enough to put a temporary strip on tin as a gauge for my hand sanders. I have been using this method for many years.

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      • RAV2
        Established Member
        • Aug 2007
        • 233
        • Massachusetts
        • 21829

        #18
        Originally posted by wardprobst
        I like dedicated cutters and have made three. One is mounted on a file box I keep sandpaper in, just a hacksaw blade bolted to the top. Slide the paper under, pull up and you are done. The other two are mounted on blocks of UHMW plastic and sized for sanders we own- insert paper under hacksaw blade, line up with edge of block then tear. It's fast and old hacksaw blades are easy to come by here.
        DP
        Same here - hacksaw blade bolted to a piece of plywood...

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        • LCHIEN
          Internet Fact Checker
          • Dec 2002
          • 20913
          • Katy, TX, USA.
          • BT3000 vintage 1999

          #19
          I built a (probably) over-designed sandpaper cutter. Saw one somewhere that used a hacksaw blade as the cutter. Routed some T-slots for the guide - new to me, was easy with a Woodline 1291-5 bit which is .468" wide and just the right size for a 7/16 hex head on a 1/4-20 bolt. The cutting height was .150 so i had to lower


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          Loring in Katy, TX USA
          If your only tool is a hammer, you tend to treat all problems as if they were nails.
          BT3 FAQ - https://www.sawdustzone.org/forum/di...sked-questions

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          • leehljp
            Just me
            • Dec 2002
            • 8429
            • Tunica, MS
            • BT3000/3100

            #20
            That is nice! You spent some time on that!

            Here is what I use now: https://www.rockler.com/rockler-sandpaper-cutter
            Hank Lee

            Experience is what you get when you don't get what you wanted!

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            • LCHIEN
              Internet Fact Checker
              • Dec 2002
              • 20913
              • Katy, TX, USA.
              • BT3000 vintage 1999

              #21
              Lots of projects are a learning experience.
              I learned about T-slots and making a grid pattern with a router and found out how to use a hacksaw blade as a tearing edge.
              And it was useful need for all those sanding blocks I made.

              Actually this was in 2014... I just decided to recycle the post.
              Last edited by LCHIEN; 11-26-2020, 12:46 AM.
              Loring in Katy, TX USA
              If your only tool is a hammer, you tend to treat all problems as if they were nails.
              BT3 FAQ - https://www.sawdustzone.org/forum/di...sked-questions

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              • Formon
                Handtools only
                • May 2021
                • 3

                #22
                one option: run a nail on the cloth side of the sandpaper and then tear it off.

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