ToddMR
Member
I have been noticing lately that I get a lot of fine scratches building up around my pens when doing my 150-600 grit dry sanding. At first I thought I was applying too much pressure so I backed off on it and still got them. Basically I am having to turn off the lathe and sand with the grain to get them where I see very little to no scratches. Then once I move to micro-mesh and turn the lathe back on everything is fine. Now I did just read how you should wipe down the blank after each grit sanding. Is that true? I am running at about 1725 RPM, maybe that is the issue too. The only thing that makes sense is that since I am sanding back and forth with the grain, but the lathe is spinning, it is actually causing the sanding to go against the grain thus causing fine scratches all the was around the pen. Does anyone have an idea as to what I can do to correct this?
Thanks!
Thanks!