Random-orbit sanders (top): For removing large amounts of wood from large surfaces, random-orbit sanders can’t be beat. They are less suitable for small areas, and their shape prevents them from ...

Sanding is never fun, but everything about how you're doing it makes it far worse than it needs to be. Here are some master ...

One of the final steps in a custom woodworking project, and arguably the most important step in the finishing process, is sanding. But sanding can be a long and arduous process that many people often ...

Sanding wood is a process that, if done correctly, makes the wood surface very smooth by "machining" the surface of the wood with a multitude of very small sharp edges; in other words, sanding is the ...

The past two weeks I’ve been talking about sanding. I would like to continue that discussion with a look at more ideas that could be valuable to you in preparing your projects for their finish coats ...

Question: I have several projects facing me, and some involve sanding large areas of wood. I don’t have much experience doing this and wonder whether you can minimize mistakes I might unknowingly make ...