JET JSG-96CS circle sanding birch end grain glue-up

My new sander came with a bit that locks into the miter slot for sanding circles. I can do just over an 18" circle with it on this table. Here I'm using an old end grain glue-up I made from thin cutoffs of birch 1x8 planks back when I was seeing what I could do to reuse even my smallest scraps for fun and profit. I inch in with the pivot piece to turn the small rectangle into a little coaster, showing that you can not only sand the edges of circles, but create them in the first place.

This is a bit more wasteful than I'd normally be, as I sacrifice quite a bit from the long ends of the rectangle, but after a year, I haven't found anything else to do with this little smoothly planed plank, so I figured I'd see how well the circle sanding feature worked at the disc sander side of this machine. It works great! I made a little coaster in under 8 minutes, and it was safe. Now I might add a decorative edge with a router and bearing bit to turn it into a decorative wooden stand.

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[scavenom2008]

i highly recommend buying a band saw or a jig saw to speed up the process by a bunch at least 70 percent faster

[gfixler]

@scavenom2008 - I have both! You're right, of course, but I was just seeing what my new disc sander could do. I'm impressed it can sand this much this quickly, but it's also a waste of the sanding disc, wearing it out long before its time. One thing I do like is how safe this is. The jig saw is also very safe, but my band saw is very large and very scary, especially with the 1" blades.

[SPITFIRECARPENTRY]

cut the piece into an octagon first. Save time and your disc