Gosh folks, people can really get their knickers in a twist over sanding! It seems to bring more ire than an assault on a favorite turning technique. Lighten up folks. Get the best finish you can through fine cutting with a honed edge, shear scraping, sanding through umpteen thousand or worn 36 grit, or prayer. Let us get back to friendly tuning. No ugly turners here (ignoring my mirror for the moment) just friends we have not met.
Green Sandpaper Revisited
Feb 21, 2005
41 Replies
Yeah, I don't sand. Just too many decisions and expenses involved: powered or passive; wave-edge or round; soft backing or medium; peel-n-stick or velcro; 80/100/120/150/180...; Sioux, Milwaulkie, Makita angle drills, or maybe a flex-shaft on spare motor; Klingspor, Mirka, 3M.
(Akshulee, I'm a sander-neander. Practically all of my sanding, whether on bowls, boxes or spindles, is done by hand-holding tri-folded strips of Mirka sheet paper with finish sanding done with Mirka Abralon up to
2000 or 4000. I've had no problems sanding out ridges or minor tearout in reasonably short times as long as I start with an appropriate grit - of which 100 is the coarsest I buy.)Join the Discussion
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