FOREWORD
Your Porter-Cable Finishing Sander is equipped to accept adhesive-backed
abrasives (4-1/2" width) or conventional abrasive sheets (4-1/2" x 11").
This sander is suitable for coarse, medium, or fine sanding of wood, plaster,
metal, and plastics. It is ideal for leveling wallboard joints, finishing cabinets,
rubbing and polishing furniture, fitting screens and doors, or for general finishing
work.
NOTE: This tool is shipped completely assembled. No assembly time or tools
are required.
SELECTING THE RIGHT ABRASIVE SHEET
When you select the proper type of abrasive, you can achieve the finest finish on
your work. In general, coarser grit sizes will remove the most material and finer
grit sizes will produce the best finishes.
You will obtain the best results if you select the proper size and type of abrasives.
Use only garnet, aluminum oxide, or silicon carbide with finishing sanders. Flint
paper is unsatisfactory for machine sanding due to its weak structure.
Before starting to work, make sure you have the right abrasive for the workpiece.
Make sure you use the correct size abrasive paper or cloth. Cut, do not tear, the
abrasive sheets to size.
ATTACHING ADHESIVE BACKED ABRASIVES
Adhesive-backed abrasives (ten yard
rolls) and a convenient dispenser
are available from your Porter-Cable
distributor.
To install adhesive-backed abra-
sives, cut a 9" long piece of abrasive
from the roll, align the abrasive with
the sander pad, and press it in place
(Fig. 1).
To remove the abrasive, warm the
pad, lift one corner and peel it off.
ATTACHING CONVENTIONAL ABRASIVES
1.
Press the front clip toward
the base. Slip one end of the
abrasive sheet under the clamp
(Fig. 2).
2.
Stretch the abrasive sheet tightly
over the pad (Fig. 3), and bend
up over the pad edge.
3.
Press the rear clip toward the
base. Slip the free end of the
abrasive sheet under the clamp
(Fig. 4).
FUNCTIONAL DESCRIPTION
ASSEMBLY
Fig. 2
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Fig. 1