Tool:

5″ Sanding Mouse
http://amzn.to/2u6s8ts

As recommended by Nick Offerman:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gh6H7Md_L2k

Transcript:

It’s time for another Cool Tools review. This time I’ve got a sanding mouse. I picked this up for $10 just last week after seeing Nick Offerman mention them in a This Old House video that I’ll link to. If you want to pick this same one up, using the Amazon link in the video description helps support my videos and the Cool Tools blog.

A sanding block is one of the most basic woodworking tools, great for smoothing and shaping wood by hand.

And up until now, I’ve thought of sanding blocks as either a literal block of wood wrapped in sandpaper, or one of these contraptions where you pinch or wedge sandpaper into a block.

These will always work, but the paper is prone to tearing, and it’s awkward to hold and a tends to waste the bits of paper around the edges.

This sanding mouse is a great alternative. It’s made of a relatively lightweight foam that’s contoured for your hand and fingers like a fancy computer mouse.

The bottom is made of the stiff, hook side of Velcro and designed to perfectly fit common 5-inch sanding discs from an orbital sander.

Now, maybe I’m biased because I already own a 5-inch orbital sander and have picked up a bunch of sandpaper discs at yard sales over the years — but I love having another way to put my sandpaper stock to use.

I also like that, because the entire surface of both the sandpaper and the block are covered in hook and loop — you can get really aggressive with this and not worry about a rip or snag sending you back for a new piece of paper.

And when you do need a new piece, or just want to change your grit, the old piece just peels right off.

So that’s the sanding mouse. You can pick one up on Amazon using the link in the description and you can see thousands of reader recommended tools like this at Cool-Tools.org.

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