THE ULTIMATE SANDING BAR - $14.99
This is very similar to my favorite OOP Great Planes Easy Touch sanding block. It's the same price as the comparable Du-Bro Kwik Sand Block. Sure the price seems high, but these are the BEST sanding blocks.
The Estes Sanding Bar comes with some 120 grit sandpaper. That's pretty rough for sanding balsa. I have two Great Planes blocks. One has 220 grit for shaping, the other has 400 grit for smoothing.
The great thing about these blocks are the raised hand grip running down the back. The self adhesive sandpaper holds strong to the flat bottom face. You can concentrate on shaping a fin without having to grip the sandpaper at the same time.
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Nice -- gonna have to order this one. I've got the longer one from Great Planes (which is a tad too long for use on model rockets). The hand grip is definitely nice -- easier to handle than the earlier T-shaped sanding bars that preceded it.
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