The anatomy of the orbital floor predisposes it to fracture.
Floor of orbit orbital.
Orbital sanders are much easier to control.
Orbital floor sander 12 in.
When we refer to an orbital floor fracture in this text a blow out fracture is meant.
Its sanding surfaces is 12 by 18 with an ergonomic handle for.
The floor is likely to collapse because the bones of the roof and lateral walls are robust.
We did purchase a very small random orbital floor cleaner which we have started using in one room to sand the old finish off.
Refinishing your hardwood floors is a task many homeowners prefer to do themselves but deciding on the necessary tools can be puzzling.
A blowout fracture is a break in the floor or inner wall of the orbit or eye socket.
This floor sander sometimes called a jitterbug removes less material than a drum sander so it is ideal for hardwood flooring that needs little to medium sanding.
Those machines have fairly thick and raised catching surfaces that are like.
What are the benefits of an orbital sander.
Complete light to medium sanding with this walk behind random orbital sander.
We want the floor to look old and worn anyway have 4 kids and 3 dogs so perfect isn t our goal.
An orbital blowout fracture is a traumatic deformity of the orbital floor or medial wall typically resulting from impact of a blunt object larger than the orbital aperture or eye socket most commonly the inferior orbital wall i e.
Drum sanding for hardwood floors.
Does not even come close to being as stiff as you see on other types of floor finishers such as the random orbital rectangular sanding finishing machines with pads that are 12x18 or larger.
The medial wall is formed primarily by the orbital plate of ethmoid as well as contributions from the frontal process of maxilla the lacrimal bone and a small part of the body of the sphenoid.
The orbital machine is 12 and were going from 60 80 120 grit.
A crack in the very thin bone that makes up these walls can pinch muscles and other structures around the eye keeping the eyeball from moving properly.
Orbital floor fractures can present as blow out fractures or in combination with a zygoma or le fort fractures.
Fractures of the orbital floor are common.
They can sand both the field or body of the floor and the edges which a drum sander cannot.
It is estimated that about 10 of all facial fractures are isolated orbital wall fractures the majority of these being the orbital floor and that 30 40 of all facial fractures involve the orbit.
An orbital sander will create a scratch pattern of little swirls.
Getting hit with a baseball or a fist often causes a blowout fracture.