Hello All,
I'll be taking delivery of a Grizzly G0819 15 inch open end machine this week and have some questions regarding belt sources and types.
I make traditional Spanish guitars, and am looking to reduce hand sanding to a minimum---at 78 years old hand sanding takes more energy than I can spare!
Oddly enough the G0819 has a polishing platen, in spite of it's being an entry level machine. I'm hoping that, in combination with fine grit belts, will get me
good enough surfaces to send my instruments on to the French polishers.
So, I'm looking for advice on sources and types of belts. Years ago received wisdom was to use cloth backed, coarse grit, aluminum oxide belts for mill mark removal,
and fine grit, paper backed, garnet belts for finishing. That was then, and this is now, so what say you?
Cheers,
Brian Burns