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Old 02-19-2007, 03:06 PM
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Default Re: Aluminum Valve Cover Question

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Originally Posted by UncleJimmi
I have always preferred to use a pneumatic 6" DA sander that locks the pad in a grinder like mode.
Only problems with my belt are 1) it works so fast that I sometimes overestimate how much I've done and have to go back a step...and 2) not much chance to go crosswise with a flange along the bottom of the valve cover, so picking out the previous scratches is tough. The foam does make it nice for curved surfaces too, very forgiving.

But I do think I now know why I couldn't find a factory-made foam-roller belt sander...it's a b*tch getting a belt to track right with "flubbery drums". Sounds like a horrible disease, don't it...?
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