Abrasive storage

[Bigbud78]

Looking for inspiration but my head explodes, I have a draw full of full sheets and disks. None of its in order and I end up rooting around for the grade I want Anyone got any suggestions for storing and organising sand paper with limited room ?

Jim

 

[Dave Brookes]

Jim,
If you can't go out, go up! Try using metal binder clips (the ones with the folding mechanism) and hang them on a string on the wall or, if you can reach, hang them from the ceiling/roof. With a label fixed to each one, you will be able to see what you have.
Dave

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Rapesco-Large-F ... aper+clips

 

[Dalboy]

You have the storage in front of you The draw which they are in at the moment all you need to do is make dividers so that all the sanding bits and pieces stand in the sections. This does depend on the height of the draw

 

[NazNomad]

How limited is your storage space? http://www.runnerduck.com/sand.htm

 

[bugbear]

Sheets and discs?

This ought to do it nicely.

(works for me)

http://www.smead.com/Director.aspx?NodeId=272

BugBear

 

[marcros]

for turning, I have bought the 1" or so strips on a roll. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Woodturning-T ... 1182842367

they are cheaper elsewhere, but that is the product.

It is much more convenient for me and may be worth considering.

 

[Rhossydd]

I keep small sanding sheets in bins above the lathe. I use Abranet 80/110/120/150/180/240/320 in 70x125 sheets and just keep one or two in each bin. Abranet besides being a good abrasive also doesn't seem to suffer curling in my often damp garage workshop.

For disks, I use a Simon Hope sander and keep it and all the associated disks in a storage box bought from B&Q (actually pretty rubbish, but it does for now). The sanding disks are kept in their original seal-able plastic bags to keep them dry, marked with the grit.

I'm now looking for inspiration to store my Pro Edge belts sensibly.

 

[duncanh]

I use 2 types of abrasive:

Cloth backed bought on a roll, with the roll in a box. Push a length of plastic pipe through the side of one box, through the centre of the plastic roll and out the other side of the box. Do the same with the other boxes so that the grit is in the right order. Then run a piece of string through the pipe and hang both ends from nails.

Velcro back discs, ready cut. These come individual cardboard boxes for each grit. I have a long wooden box which is wide enough for a disc. I've glued plywood separators along the box, one for each grit. I usually keep about 5-10 of each grit in this box to make them easily accessible. The individual cardboard boxes are stored elsewhere.
For the discs I'm currently using I have a length of velcro glued and screwed to the roof directly above the lathe, within arms length. When I want to change grit I simply remove the current one from the arbour, replace it in the correct location on the roof velcro and get the next piece that I want.

I also have a length of loop velcro glued under a shelf - I use this for storing my arbours neatly out of the way

 

[Bigbud78]

Some great idea thanks, I've had a massive tidy up of my garage and the I'm now trying to sort out my work space and sharpening jigs.

I might actually make more soon xD

Current work area, I might pop a picture up of the lot when ive tidied up a bit more lol

 

[lurker]

Sheets and discs?

This ought to do it nicely.

(works for me)

http://www.smead.com/Director.aspx?NodeId=272

BugBear

Thats what I do too. I think I picked that up after Alf suggested it.