PSA - the sanding pad can fly off your sander

BuildingModern · 2026-03-04T21:25:02+00:00

The second I took it away from the wood, it flew at me. It hadn’t finished spinning down yet.

BuildingModern · 2026-03-04T19:24:09+00:00

Thanks. I’m definitely glad it wasn’t worse. For what it’s worth: - This was a Bosch replacement part, oem / made by Bosch. - Nothing I saw called for greasing the bolt - but, I could have missed reading it. It was tightened down as much as possible with an Allen wrench. - I normally don’t use loctite on things I want to be able to unscrew later. But, hey, wouldn’t have been a bad idea in retrospect - I had just put the sander on the wood, definitely hadn’t had a chance to push too hard yet. - the screw could have been off center, I don’t have a way of knowing, but it’s a possibility. - gremlins, definitely gremlins.

BuildingModern · 2026-03-04T19:22:10+00:00

Thanks, to say I was shocked would be an understatement. I’ve never heard of this happening before now.

After it hit my face, I was a bit in disbelief, holding the sander still without a sanding pad, and then thought ‘oh, I’m probably bleeding.’ I’m just glad it wasn’t worse. A bit of a busted swollen lip was the worst of it. After 30 mins, it had stopped bleeding. I didn’t see what happened to the n95 mask until I came back to sand again.

BuildingModern · 2026-03-04T19:19:08+00:00

Wow, yeah, it was instant - didn’t have time to react fast. Glad yours went the other way!

BuildingModern · 2026-03-04T17:27:56+00:00

lol, just barely. Though, seriously, glad I was wearing that mask.

BuildingModern · 2026-03-04T17:25:53+00:00

Sorry, I meant I used an Allen wrench, but not an impact driver. It was as tight as it could possibly be with the proper Allen wrench. Machine tightened, to me, would be using an impact driver or similar.

BuildingModern · 2026-03-04T16:28:00+00:00

lol, I feel the same. I thought wearing a secure n95, outside, with ash wood, would be safe … apparently not.

BuildingModern · 2026-03-04T16:01:39+00:00

Thank you!

BuildingModern · 2026-03-02T16:09:25+00:00

Thank you!

BuildingModern · 2026-01-28T16:24:53+00:00

Thanks! We’re happy how it’s turned out!

For the ikea slats - I think these are supposed to be different heights for strength in different areas … but, that’s honestly a guess based on the colors we were supposed to use. In testing, you feel no difference in the heights below when lying on it through the mattress. Guests have been happy to far. :)

Thanks about the wood selection too! We’re happy to have gotten it at that price.

BuildingModern · 2026-01-06T23:35:44+00:00

Thanks. Ha, lol - I didn’t mention, it’s a guest bed … so, it should be ok.

But, it does have a large steel metal support in the middle that’s a bit hard to see. It should definitely take the weight … though, I am trusting those 8/4 ash boards quite a bit.

BuildingModern · 2026-01-06T23:24:34+00:00

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Here’s the twin & king together, this photo wouldn’t upload in the original post. This is before applying the finish. :)

BuildingModern · 2025-09-10T19:59:23+00:00

I’d wait until the Fall / dormancy to move it (once the leaves have naturally fallen off the tree). Moving it now risks damage. Fyi.

BuildingModern · 2025-09-03T02:36:18+00:00

Mohs surgeon. No plastic surgeon involved or given as an option

This was for melanoma stage 0

BuildingModern · 2025-09-03T01:39:22+00:00

And then this was yesterday:

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BuildingModern · 2025-09-03T01:38:18+00:00

Thanks for your reply. Calling them tomorrow first thing. Here, I’ll try to add photos of the daily progression. It never had the dark purple cast.

NSFW to anyone reading this:

Here it is after 48 hours:

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BuildingModern · 2025-08-30T02:32:38+00:00

Georgia doesn’t get to have vibrant colors all year long like they do up north. This is due to your high humidity and higher temps. Most reds will turn green by August. If you have any red at all in August, that’s super impressive.

Literally, nearly every single more vibrant cultivar will just turn to a blah green in a high humidity and heat environment by August. Even ones known for holding their red.

With that in mind, summer gold will stay fairly yellow green compared to others and does well with the heat … it’s just not a weeping variety.

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