Carving and hand sanding

[Dave Lehnert]

I am in the process of hand carving a small dish the shape of a maple leaf. I actually took a maple leaf and traced the outline on cherry wood. I used a number of carving tools to dish it out. Tonight I spent 3 hours smoothing it out and still not done. Anyone ever make such an item and how do you speed up the sanding process. do to the small size my sheet sander will not help.

[Dale Lesak]

"Dremel high speed roto tool. They make sanding drums, disc's and cutting tool that may help out a lot.

[Per Swenson]

Dave,

Proxxon pen sander.

And its no toy.

Here is a picture,

http://www.amishgourds.com/site/1278922/product/P28594


you are also going to need the transformer.

I suggest a search for price though.

Per

[John Novak]

Try a Typhoon carbide bur - Different shapes are available - ball, cylinder, taper, etc. The basic shape is coverd like a porqupine with needle sharp carbide points. Very aggresive. It sounds like your bowl is about like a life sized maple leaf - 10 or 12 min. should be enough to rough-out the bowel - inside and out. Then sanding drums can finish it off. Typhoons are available thru the following web site - www.fandfwoodcarving.com. You can get them is 1/8" or 1/4" shanks.