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Reverse Sanding?

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Thom Schuck

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I have noticed over on YouTube that some turners are doing power sanding with their machines running in reverse. Can anyone please tell me the advantage of reverse sanding? Is it dust collection? I have a Laguna 1216 and have my dust collection set up on the front of my lathe. I turn sitting in my wheelchair with the 4” hose tuned at a 90* so it does not interfear with my legs. It seems to work well in my dust collection. Can you folks give me a heads-up? Thanks!
Thom Schuck
Portland, Oregon
 
I do not use it on every bowl but I do find that sometimes have torn or raised grain . In this case the reverse sanding clears the problem much faster. Also sometimes there will be little fuzzies that lay down when turning in one direction and reverse gets these off quickly.
 
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