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How to Install Built-up Crown Molding
Use these time-tested design principles and basic carpentry techniques to create beautiful layered crown and cornice trim details that will dress up any room in your house.
Specialist Sander
SurfPrep's 3-in. by 4-in. Electric Ray orbital sander automatically adjusts its motor speed based on how much pressure you're using to help you sand moldings efficiently without ruining the profile of the molding.
Cheap Sanding Sponge
Extra life for worn-out products.
Five Questions About Festool’s PRO 5 LTD Sander — Answered
Fine Homebuilding Ambassador Kiefer Limeback, aka Toolaholic, takes a look at an interesting sander offer.
Custom Sanding Block for Perfect Coped Joints
Fine-tuning a joint with this homemade tool made from scrap molding and sandpaper is more efficient and effective than using a file.
Simple, Effective Sanding Block
One thing that comes with me to every job site is a simple block made for hand-sanding. I take a 2x4 and rip it to just less than 3 in.…
Torture Test: Sanding Disks
Hook-and-loop sanding disks are disposable items, but we separate the performers from the throwaways.
Make Your Own Sanding Block
You can go to the hardware store and buy a sanding block, but better yet, you can make your own with materials you already have
Sanding Lots of Pegs at Once
This clever tricks lets you sand hundreds of small pegs at the same time.
Touching Up Coped Joints
The drawing shows a trick that I teach my students for making perfect coped joints. We use water-based contact cement to glue a sheet of 220-grit sandpaper to a piece…

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