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Sanding A Windmill???

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Sanding A Windmill???

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Sanding A Windmill???

Mark Mandell - Gone Round In Jersey

>Doing a pair of plank bowls. Bowl portions are about 12" x 6" and the end wings (about 5/8" thick) are another 6" beyond the bowl rim. While turning these things was an adventure both wet and dry (the WHIRRRR is pretty fierce), I'm now at the point where the wing surfaces have to be sanded, and I'm wondering how others have done this. Power-sand off the lathe(Belt/RO/etc.)? Power sand on the lathe? Power sand on the lathe when spinning? Fast or slow? Outsource'em? Make up some fluff about maker's marks and don't sand at all?

All suggestions that are not calculated to put me in the ER will be considered.

Mark

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Power sand on lathe with spindle locked

Russ Fairfield

>Anything else is aking for trouble

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-e-

>mark, i hand-sand off the lathe ... using a sanding pad

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john Lucas

>I sand with the work on the lathe and the lathe turned off. I used to use my index wheel on my old lathe. I don't have my index wheel set up yet on the powermatic so I put a strap clamp around the lathe bed and over the spindle. Tension it until it takes a fair amount of force to move it. Then I can sand a little, move the bowl, sand some more etc.

I think that was a tip by Bob Rosand which was a follow up tip by another turner whose name I can't remember.

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Bill Grumbine, Kutztown PA

>Mark, I sand these as much as possible on the lathe - i.e. the parts where I can maintain continuous contact with the wood. Once that is done, I take them off the lathe, get comfortable in a chair, and go at it with a couple of power sanders. I have two Festool sanders, one a 6" RO sander, and the other their Deltex RO detail sander. The detail sander is great for getting into that tight spot where the bowl meets the wing. Both can be used for long periods of time, although the big one can get heavy. Both can also be hooked up to their dust extraction system, a.k.a. shop vac. Finally, it is down to some hand sanding to get as many marks out as possible.

Good luck with it. These things are exciting.

Bill

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Re: Thanks, Gents

Mark Mandell - Gone Round In Jersey

>Have a bit more to do with the gouge, but I think the indexing wheel and the sanders will be getting a bit of a workout on these. I really didn't think anyone would seriously propose doing this with the lathe running, but I did have to ask. In fact, I'm tempted to follow that old label (authored by some products liability lawyer, no doubt) proclaiming "Disconnect Tool From Power Source Before Attempting This Operation."

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Mark