On Friday 11 December 2015 10:15:52 Mark wrote: > 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 > And locally, we have not such a critter as a body shop supplier. NAPA plays at the game, but poorly, everything is special order.
I should check with Charley Denison, who did the rust restoration of my WV Caddy (a 99 GMC 3 door short box pickup) a year ago. Charleston perhaps, or Pittsburgh for sure. But if Charley has some, I'll let him make a dollar or 2 off me just because I can drive over and bring it home, about 20 miles over hill & dale & around the mountain(s) from here. Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Some mill pix are at: Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene/GO704-pix> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
