Method and fixture for attaching a sanding disc to a hand sander

A hand sander and sanding disc fixture for attaching a sanding disc to a hand sander comprising:

• a table having a top;
• a sander storage station on the table, the sander storage station having a holder holding a hand sander having a sander pad on the top of the table;
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• a sanding disc storage station on the table, the sanding disc storage station having a central spindle extending from the top of the table, the central spindle holding a stack of sanding discs with the central spindle extending through a central hole of each sanding disc;
• an application station on the table, the application station having at least two datum pegs extending from the top of the table, the datum pegs holding a stack of sanding discs with attaching sides of the sanding discs facing away from the top of the table for attachment to the hand sander, the datum pegs passing through datum holes in the sanding discs to align the sanding discs with the sander pad when the sander pad is pressed against the attaching side of the outermost sanding disc.

A method of attaching a sanding disc to a hand sander comprising:

• providing at least two datum pegs extending from a top of a table;
• positioning a sanding disc with the at least two datum pegs extending through corresponding datum holes in the sanding disc, the sanding disc being positioned with an attaching side of the sanding disc facing away from the top of the table;
• aligning a hand sander with the sanding disc by pressing the hand sander against the at least two datum pegs such that the corresponding datum notches in an outer diameter of a sander pad of the hand sander each receive a corresponding one of the at least two datum pegs;
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• sliding the hand sander toward the top of the table along the at least two datum pegs until the sanding pad is pressed against the attaching side of the sanding disc.

A sander pad comprising:

• an attachment shaft extending from a first surface of the sander pad for coupling the sander pad to a sanding device;
• an attachment surface positioned on a second surface of the sander pad, opposite to the first surface of the sander pad, and configured to removably couple a sanding disc to the sander pad;
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• a plurality of datum notches formed in a perimeter of the sander pad and configured to facilitate alignment of the sanding disc and the sander pad.