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   douglas2cats | Nov 10, 2004 10:36pm | #1

   I know Klingspor has them cuz I've ordered most of mine from them. Haven't done a price comparison between them and other souces though.

   I just checked Klingspors site & didn't seem to have too much trouble locating them. Here's the URL http://www.woodworkingshop.com/cgi-bin/1ED822B9/mac/template.mac/loadHtmlPage?htmlPage=chart_lightweight_disc_allpacks.htm

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   Pondfish | Nov 11, 2004 12:01am | #2

   Thanks--I went back to Klingspor's and found that I needed to scroll down a bit to find a "next" button.  After a couple of pages I found what I needed. Prices are competitive or better than Grizzly, so I think I'll give them a try. 

   All the same, if anyone has comments about where to go to get sandpaper, this could be a useful thread.

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   forestgirl | Nov 11, 2004 12:17am | #3

   I'll agree that Klingspor's web site is a pain.  Not uncommon when a site deals with so many variations of basically the same thing.  I really like the quality and price of their paper.  Order some of what you need now and ask for their paper catalog.  Then you can go on-line with the order numbers in hand of what you want, and it will go quickly.

   forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl ;-)
   Another proud member of the  "I Rocked With ToolDoc Club" .... :>) 

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   parrothead | Nov 11, 2004 05:22pm | #4

   Paul, I have had good luck with ordering from http://www.onlineindustrialsupply.com/

   Their prices are very good, and they take paypal.

   We are the people our parents warned us about. J. Buffett
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   Dave45 | Nov 11, 2004 06:05pm | #5

   Recently, I picked up a couple of boxes of Norton H&L disks at Home Depot.  They're blue and have an odd pattern of holes that let them fit either five or eight hole sanders.

   So far, I've been pretty impressed. 

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   SgianDubh | Nov 11, 2004 10:52pm | #6

   When I lived in the US I ordered Mirka brand 5" X 8 hole Bulldog brand disks from Industrial Tool in New York. This is the 23-615 range of disks and they cost between about US $11 and US $15 for a 50 disk pack depending on the grade plus some shipping, a price I always found quite acceptable as I tend to order 6- 10 boxes at a time.

   You'll find the abrasives papers about 1/3 down the page linked to above.

   I like Mirka abrasive products because of what seems to be their their high quality control and lack of faults, such as not finding the odd stray coarse grit or two in a finer grade. More than one other brand I've used has suffered quite badly from faults of this nature. Slainte.

   RJFurniture

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   Paul_Snyder | Nov 12, 2004 03:06am | #7

   A few years ago I switched from Klingspor to Indasa Rhynogrip. The discs last a little longer and don't cost as much. Here's a link to there site - http://www.indasausa.com/en/page010.html

   Paul S
   Website

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   splintergroupie | Nov 12, 2004 07:54am | #9

   Oh, boy, thanks for that site! I've been delighted with the Rhyno products i bought through Industrial Supply, but i didn't know they had all those other goodies for my other sanders.

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   SRToolguy | Nov 12, 2004 06:34am | #8

   Paul, believe it or not, the quality of your sander plays a huge role in how well the sanding disks hold up. Less expensive palm sanders tend to chew through the paper where as a 5" barrel style sander will seem to have less of an appetite for paper and more appetite for wood. A PSA (Pressure sensitive adhesive) no hole disk will clog relatively quickly because there is no method for removing the heat and clearing the dust buildup. A sander with excellent dust collection will cause a sanding disk to last far longer than one with poor or no dust collection.

   I sell Mirka, Porter Cable and Bosch sanding disks. I have one customer who swears by the Bosch brand but the majority of my contractor level buyers choose the Mirka. It is reasonably priced and performs well under a multitude of conditions. The product line is very broad so chances are there will be a disk for most any situation you might come across.

   I have Festool Sanders now so I use the Festool disks which have a very unique hole pattern. The Festool sanders are as dust free as the Fein Sanders when the Festool disks are used and the disks are competitively priced. I don't know who actually produces the disks for Festool but they perform very, very well.

   If you would like me to quote you some prices on the Mirka, just let me know what type and style you want and shoot me an email.

   Steve

   Sincerely;

   The Tool Guy

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   RustyAurand | Nov 12, 2004 08:13am | #10

   Get the Klingspor catalogue. I've been using their discs for several years and have no complaints!