MorganGrafixx
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I decided it was time to step up my game and create something that looked to be a little more difficult than my self-perceived talents could pull off. So I started looking around for ideas and found a really nice candle holder with spiraling ropes around the outside of it. I thought, why not...I'll give it a shot. How hard can it be right! Here are some pics of my progress so far.
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=495187011999&set=a.300927136999.156574.727086999
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?f...999.156574.727086999&pid=6575456&id=727086999
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?f...999.156574.727086999&pid=6575457&id=727086999
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?f...999.156574.727086999&pid=6575459&id=727086999
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?f...999.156574.727086999&pid=6580753&id=727086999
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?f...999.156574.727086999&pid=6580754&id=727086999
Well folks, I'm here to tell you, if you ever decide to try this one out, choose a little softer wood than the one I picked. After almost a week, progress has slowed to a crawl. You can't imagine how hard it is to try to round these spirals on the inside when the wood is Purpleheart! For the last 3 days and nights, I have tried every possible power tool in my arsenal and I haven't found anything that works quite as well as the trusty old hand chisel, sandpaper and some elbow grease.
So here's my question to all of you out there. How in the world would you go about sanding the inside of these spirals? I've used strips of sandpaper (80 grit) and did the whole shoe buffing motion trying to round the inside faces of them but it is VERY slow going. I've got a dremel with the pen extension thing and about 4 million tiny attachments, but Purpleheart just laughs at that thing. Anyone out there got any ideas.
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?f...999.156574.727086999&pid=6575456&id=727086999
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?f...999.156574.727086999&pid=6575457&id=727086999
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?f...999.156574.727086999&pid=6575459&id=727086999
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?f...999.156574.727086999&pid=6580753&id=727086999
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?f...999.156574.727086999&pid=6580754&id=727086999
Well folks, I'm here to tell you, if you ever decide to try this one out, choose a little softer wood than the one I picked. After almost a week, progress has slowed to a crawl. You can't imagine how hard it is to try to round these spirals on the inside when the wood is Purpleheart! For the last 3 days and nights, I have tried every possible power tool in my arsenal and I haven't found anything that works quite as well as the trusty old hand chisel, sandpaper and some elbow grease.
So here's my question to all of you out there. How in the world would you go about sanding the inside of these spirals? I've used strips of sandpaper (80 grit) and did the whole shoe buffing motion trying to round the inside faces of them but it is VERY slow going. I've got a dremel with the pen extension thing and about 4 million tiny attachments, but Purpleheart just laughs at that thing. Anyone out there got any ideas.
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