When it comes to tinkering in the workshop, I'll try anything once.

I received an email the other day from a reader that had just seen a project over at Make Online. They made a detail sander form an electric toothbrush for finishing models. The reader thought it looked like a tool that could be useful for sanding delicate fretwork. I thought I would give it a try.

A trip to the grocery store and I had the disposable electric toothbrush for $4.50. Back to the workshop and a little tinkering was all that was needed to be the proud owner of an electric detail sander.

I can't really tell yet how useful it will be or how long the non-replaceable batteries will last.

I put together a short video showing how I made my sander.

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