A Guide To Setting Up A Flap Wheel Head After The Molder
Monday, July 12th, 2010If you want to help to get rid of surface markings and create a better product, then sanding your molding with a flap wheel head after the molder is the way to go. Whenever you’re working with molders, it’s very important that you keep the spindle tool sharp, clean and well balanced. By doing this, and making sure that you don’t overdrive feed speeds, you can achieve a decent profile with most molders.
The next step is proper sanding of the material after the shapes have been created. I have found only two methods that will work well for sanding profiled material. One is using a shaped wheel that matches the profile of your product. These shaped wheels are similar in nature to a grinding wheel. These shaped wheels can remove a fair amount of material and will help with removing tooling marks but will not denibb your surface nor help with color balance. You will also need a head to match each profile you want to create.