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Cool Tools: Tiny Handheld Belt Sander for Detail Work
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In the build video for that Moccle bicycle, there's a blink-and-you'll-miss-it moment of a craftsman using this unusual tool:
That's a handheld pneumatic belt sander. The craftsman above is in Japan, where pneumatic tool manufacturer Shinano offers several versions, with belts as narrow as 10mm (a little over 3/8"). The angle of the sander arm can be adjusted.
They also make longer versions, for those hard-to-reach places…
…and wider-capacity versions. The two models below have belt widths of 20mm and 30mm, respectively (roughly 3/4" and 1 1/8").
'Stateside, you can pick up a 3/8" model, made by Central Pneumatic, at Harbor Freight for $28.
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They're called more general Band Files. You can get all kinds of different configurations if you know where to look.
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I might be a little biased but Milwaukee Tool has a pretty spiffy looking Bandfile as well ;)
If you don't have a compressor, I can warmly recommend Proxxon's electric one
Stateside:
Yeah, they've been around for awhile now. They were old hat more than a decade ago when I used them as a finisher in a kitchen equipment fabrication company.
These tools are always good to have around, they're just the powered verion of the beat up old bastard file in every toolchest :)