On 12/11/2015 09:57 AM, Gene Heskett wrote: >> >> With the work I do on cane rodmaking, 320 grit is still pretty damn >> coarse. ;-) Maybe they'll eventually come out with a 600 grit. I >> work down to 2000 grit on the finish, but there I can use wet/dry >> paper. But 600 grit is a good final cut before the finish goes on. >> >> Mark >> >> Mark > Out of curiosity, where do you source anything finer than 600 in > wet-r-dry? I'm stuck at 0000 steel wool for a gloss breaker when > re-coating finish. > > I stopped at the WoodCraft store, near Parkersburg WV, a couple times but > their stock stopped at 320, which both surprised and disappointed me. > So the only thing I came away with was a Kuhn scraper plane, which > turned out to have a sheet of cold roll for a blade, edge gone in one > stroke on straight grained maple. I thought it would make a great final > flattener but haven't stumbled over a good blade for it. Its sole > wasn't flat either, took an hours work on a sheet of 600 stuck to my > surface plate to get it 50% flat, so it still isn't truly flat. I gave > up, its still in the box. I pull it off the shelf occasionally to see if > its improved with age & burnish up an edge, using the shank of a broken > 1/4" solid carbide mill I superglued into an 8" x 3/4" dowel for a > handle. Dulls so fast it just slides over the bumps in 2 strokes. Most > useless $90 I ever spent. > > Cheers, Gene Heskett
Gene, When I was still living in Maryland, I sourced most all my finishing products (with the exception of the finish - true marine spar varnish) at the local auto body supply shop. Sand paper, rubbing compound, polishes, finish strainers, etc. The big box stores and hardware stores just don't stock that kind of stuff. The really fine grit sand paper is necessary for auto finishes these days, as is all the other stuff I mentioned. Mark ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
