Stan,
Very nice work. The wood appears to be walnut. I'm sure lots of time
sanding the spindles. What kind of finish did you use? Some poly or tongue
oil?
On Tuesday, August 9, 2016 at 10:02:31 PM UTC-5, Stan Eichelberger wrote:
> candy dish made for Mansfield State Prison honor guard to than
nice work
On Thu, Aug 11, 2016 at 10:09 AM, Dexter Bland
wrote:
> Stan,
> Very nice work. The wood appears to be walnut. I'm sure lots of time
> sanding the spindles. What kind of finish did you use? Some poly or tongue
> oil?
>
>
> On Tuesday, August 9, 2016 at 10:02:31 PM UTC-5, Stan Eichelber
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 exper
Hey There Tim
That's exactly what Ive done in the past. I sand the outer edges pretty much
the normal way, on the lathe or Legacy, then I take sand cloth (I like the mesh
type, It sorta looks like door screen, and come in roles, 3/4"-1" wide. with a
wide range of grits. ) and sand the inside ed
Leave it chucked in and start it moving on a slow rotation
Use a section of sandpaper cut in 1/2" strips. I use 20" strips of shop
roll, 80 grit to start.
pass it around the twist and do a shoe shine buff on it
you will be able to handle the inside as well as the outside by passing
the pape
I use strips of cloth back sand paper too to shape it then sanding mops and
small flap sanders in a dermal and some times buffs to polish.
Bill
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