New Listings in the WFB Buy/Sell/Trade Facebook Group: DCS 2.0, American Sanders EZ-E, More

Aug 7, 2024

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I’ve found that people have a hard time knowing the correct pace to use when planetary sanding, so I started using a metronome.

Rhythmic Sanding: Better Results by Planetary Sanding to the Beat

New Listings in WFB FB Buy/Sell/Trade Group: Trailer, HydraSand, More

Wood floor pro Paul Massey started on the big machine at a young age.

Readers Respond: What Was the Big Machine You Learned On?

Fb Group Listings

Latest Listings in the WFB Buy/Sell/Trade Facebook Group: Hummels, Edgers, Multi-Disc

Rhythmic Sanding: Better Results by Planetary Sanding to the Beat

In my job helping contractors learn to work with the latest products in the industry, I have seen that there can sometimes be a substantial learning curve when they are working with planetary sanders for the first time, so I came up with this technique.

I’ve found that people have a hard time knowing the correct pace to use when planetary sanding, so I started using a metronome.

New Listings in WFB FB Buy/Sell/Trade Group: Trailer, HydraSand, More

New listings in the WFB Facebook Buy/Sell/Trade Group include an enclosed trailer, a HydraSand, a Hummel and various floor vents.

Readers Respond: What Was the Big Machine You Learned On?

Wood flooring pros tell us which big machine they learned on—and some even share some fantastic photos.

Wood floor pro Paul Massey started on the big machine at a young age.

Latest Listings in the WFB Buy/Sell/Trade Facebook Group: Hummels, Edgers, Multi-Disc

See the latest used items for sale in the Wood Floor Business Buy/Sell/Trade Facebook Group.

Fb Group Listings

WFB FB Buy, Sell, Trade Listings: Two Hummels, Bostitch Nailers, Fein Sander

See the latest used items for sale in the Wood Floor Business Buy/Sell/Trade Facebook Group.

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Meet the Repairman Turning Edgers Into Artwork

Aaron Stieferman takes broken edgers and turns them into sought-after works of functional art.

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Tools + Equipment

Readers Respond: What’s One Thing You Hesitated To Buy and Now Can’t Live Without?

WFB asked followers on Facebook and Instagram to list something they hesitated to buy and now can’t live without.

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Troubleshooting

Get Better Sanding by Taking Care of Your Drum

Here are some tips from sanding drum expert Jerry Brainerd for getting a longer life for your big machine drums and ensuring you get better, more consistent sanding in the meantime.

Some drum problems we see (clockwise from top left): a deep nail groove; chunks missing and the rubber almost melted on a rider drum; a chunk missing from next to the slot on a Galaxy drum from running it as a belt without having a shim in the slot; and a crack in the actual metal.

Tools + Equipment

What Tool or Piece of Equipment Could You Not Live Without?

WFB asked its followers on Facebook and Instagram what they absolutely could not live without in their wood flooring lives. Here's a sampling of what they said.

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How Do You Control Dust on Your Wood Flooring Jobs?

Readers of Wood Floor Business share which tools and techniques they use to contain dust when installing and sanding on their wood flooring job sites.

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My Trigger Phrase: ‘Been Doing It That Way for 35 Years’

T.J. Haas's father, Mark Haas, was highly motivated, supremely intelligent and well-liked among his peers in the industry, but a series of electrical hookup accidents may have contributed to his premature death.

My dad was an innovator in the industry, but his life ended too early, potentially in part due to being electrocuted when hooking up power. In this photo he is running a Sharpless Built Super Sander, which was a hardplate belt sander we used for our intermediate cuts and leveling.

Tricks of the Trade

Trick of the Trade: This Trick Leaves You Hanging … Your Buffer Attachments

Wood floor pro Joshua Crossman now offers these handy buffer attachment hangers for sale.

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