Cheap Power Sander

[Scooterman]

OK I know this belongs in the hints & tips section but I wanted to show pics.

Got this online somewhere and thought why didn't I ever try that before.  Go to your local $1 store and find a battery powered toobrush. I have the one that the head piviots back and forth.  Remove the bristles and cut a small strip of sheet plastic and glue it onto the head.

[Scooterman]

Now cut a strip of your favorite sanding medium (I'm using a piece of Flex-I-File) glue it on the strip and leave just a tad of overhang.

[Scooterman]

Bingo!  Instant power sander.  It's powerful enough to use heavy grit but it will bog down under load so it doesn't destroy what you're sanding.

[John Howling Mouse]

Scooterman, I think I love you!  In a completely hetero-modeling way!  

And a guy could use specific shapes too (such as Evergreen half-round) for different needs.

Or sponge-backed sandpaper for contouring.

Send this in to FSM!

[anthonyp]

Scooterman, god of Macguyvered tools, has been added to my modelling pantheon!

(bowing and prostrating myself at the altar in the Temple of Skyhawk)

Seriously cool!  And so simple even I got do one up  :dum:

[B777LR]

You will have to remember not to use it on your teeth though...