[Woodcarver] sanding

[Denny]

There is an alternative to sanding for getting wood smooth.  It is scraping
A scraper is a flat piece of metal that can be ground into any shape needed
You simply draw the scraper across the area to be smoothed and it removes
small amounts of wood with each pass.  Look up ³wood scrapers² on GOOGLE
and you will get an idea about what I am talking about.  A friend of mine
does bowls out of burls and he does all his finishing with scrapers.  Most
of the time he uses pieces of glass from jars he has smashed.  He gets a
variety of shapes and they can be thrown away when the edge wears off.  If
you try the glass, wear leather gloves or tape over the edge you hold it
by... All the edges are sharp on the glass.

Denny



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