Power Sander

I converted a cheap, basic electric toothbrush (no spinning heads; no bells, whistles or other gadgets) to a small power sander by removing the toothbrush head, flattening down two sides of the round shaft, then super gluing Testor's wet-or-dry sanding film to the flattened sides. The toothbrush came with two or three exchangeable heads so I was able to do several different grits of the sandpaper just by switching the toothbrush heads.

thats a great idea for a power sander!! i think im gonna make one soon.

I am going to try using 2-sided mounting tape on a completely shaved down circular electric toothbrush head. That tape is padded, so you can push down onto what you're sanding/polishing. The tape comes in different levels of tack, so the one labeled "permanent" would be it.

I have that Wahl tool you asked about. I didn't use it much. It's just not as powerful as hand sanding with wet coarser grit sandpaper. Let me know if you want mine. I'll sell it cheap.

If you want a cheap "power sander" then do Swanny's tip and buy an electric toothbrush that has the spinning type of head, cut the bristles on the brush down as far as possible and then glue a piece of sandpaper onto the toothbrush head. It works great and costs you maybe $10.

Mike

I haven't personally used one, but i prefer to stick to hand-sanding. It can be a bit exhausting at times when trying to sand larger areas, but you have way better control. All it takes is one slip with a power sander to mess something up, or get an unexpected result which you may have to later repair, and yes, re-sand.

Granted i hardly think this device would do severe damage, but i'm fickle and like to stick with my trusty sandpaper.

Not to mention, i could buy a whole lot of sandpaper with $68 bucks that would last me forever. It also looks like the only paper available for that is 100-grit at $4.50 a pop?? Ouch!

Sure you could glue different grit paper onto the attachments, but hardly seems worth it.