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Doug Balzer
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So the most frustrating part of my shop is the ineffective means by which I store my sandpaper. I've got to take a different approach but would love to gather some ideas/pics from the collective wisdom of the forum. Any ideas out there worth sharing?

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Here is my bulk storage and since I like to keep my sand paper clean..... :roll: it works pretty good for me.


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James Ringelspaugh
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One of those accordion-style file folders... the grits are labelled on the right from low to high:


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Andy Birko
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James Ringelspaugh wrote:
One of those accordion-style file folders... the grits are labelled on the right from low to high:


Dangit! I'm too late. Same here.

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I have a 2 drawer file cabinet that fits underneath one of my benches. 1 drawer for sandpaper with a separator for each grit; pieces smaller than a full sheet are in a labeled manila folder. The other drawer holds clean rags.

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Hanging folders like Hesh. Yay Hesh!

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+1 accordion file from wally world. mine is blue and travels around the shop.like james The other stationary one is made from plywood like todd/s and lives in the bsmt. As I have 3 seperate work areas.
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I'm not building nearly as many instruments as some of these guys, so I don't handle nearly as much sand paper.
For my needs, I've found that a 3" binder works really well. I punch all my sheets with a three hole punch, and the binder works coarse to fine, front to back.
This doesn't solve the problems of what to do with small sanding-block-size pieces. But it's a great way of handling the full sheets.

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Filippo, I am shocked, on the bottom row you went right to left, and on the two upper rows you go left to right ???? idunno laughing6-hehe Is there a reason to this madness?
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Wow you guys are incredibly organized. I just throw mine in a box leaving it in the original packaging.
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I also use an accordion folder, works great!

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