I remember Tracy's sales pitch at the wood shows. He would say making a hollow
twist in his high school class was the biggest challenge and now he can make
them in no time on the legacy. The shoe shine method was the only way I could
see it being done.
Regarding Stuart's methods, they seem to be the one I learned in shop and in
fine woodworking articles. It's tedious work. He came to our woodturning club
but I had others that thought they where more important. It's something I do
regret.
I don't know if I'm too inspired to try making some, but I guess my life with
Legacy won't be complete until I've made one or two :-)
Thanks for all the input.
-Tim
----- Original Message -----
From: Dexter Bland
To: Legacy Ornamental Mills
Sent: Friday, August 12, 2016 8:48 AM
Subject: Re: candy dish
Yes, Tim there is lots of sanding on doing spirals. Due to cutting into a
cylinder, you are exposing a lot of end grain that is not easy to get smooth. A
good sharp router bit is best to start with as smooth a cut as possible. Most
of the spiral turnings that I have done were before I added a motor so I just
sit in a chair and sanded all by hand. With the wood being Walnut, that makes
the sanding even more difficult because that is a pretty "hard" wood. I have
resisted getting a sanding mop since it is something I would not use that often
and the sandpaper you use on it could not be used on any of the other sanders I
already have. I already own about 6 other kind of sanders. OK Mike gives the
most practical suggestion of using strips of sandpaper to "shoeshine" the
turning while it is still slowing turning on the machine. Sanding is the most
un-fun part of woodworking, but a bad job will show like wart on your nose when
finish is applied.
On Thursday, August 11, 2016 at 8:40:55 PM UTC-5, Tim wrote:
Good comment Dexter,
I'm going to admit something as your fearless leader, I've never done a
spiral! Is there a lot of sanding involved when doing a twist? I'm guessing
the quickest way would be to use some cloth backed sandpaper strips and go up
the grits. Can anyone please share some experience here.
-Tim
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