Duragrit TruSander carbide sanding block?

[merrill77]

Anyone tried one of these?
http://duragrit.com/us/tools/handsand/index.html

I ran across a review of a similar product (sup-r-sander) in an old issue of FWW (~2000). I try to avoid sandpaper most of the time (favoring a scraper) but still fall back to sanding for some tasks. Curious to hear if they hold up as well as advertised...

 

[Glennbear]

I ran across a similar old magazine ad and it piqued my curiosity. I too would like to hear from some real world users before I laid out the purchase price although the concept sounds good. :wsmile:

 

[BSHuff]

One thing is that most of them are only low grit. I find that if I prep the boards right, and use sharp tools and don't have carvings/curves/etc, I start around 120 with my sanding, and that where these seem to stop, so in my workflow I don't see a lot of use in something like this.

 

[merrill77]

One thing is that most of them are only low grit. I find that if I prep the boards right, and use sharp tools and don't have carvings/curves/etc, I start around 120 with my sanding, and that where these seem to stop, so in my workflow I don't see a lot of use in something like this.

They go up to 150 grit.

Anyway, I was asking if anyone had actually used them and could report on how well they work and how long they lasted?

 

[ErnieM]

I've had one of their flat sanding sticks for at least 20 years. Still works! Has 60 grit on one side and 120 on the other.

Ernie