Mike. I use this same technique but with a slight change. I swivel the tool rest so it is behind what I am sanding. Then I put one end of the board with the sandpaper on the tool rest and hold the other end. It helps to keep the sandpaper straight and it doesn't jump around as much as trying to hold it with two hands. Like your tips. Keep up the good work.
Thanks for this one Mike. I've made a 12" sanding disc to mount on the lathe, but it is mounted with a commercial faceplate. I want to swap it out with a threaded wood block, and have been thinking about how to ensure that the face of the block is perfectly flat so I won't have any wobble in the disc. Your video supplied the inspiration!
Thanks Mike - good tip. On an unrelated issue - I want to make some small miniature bird houses for Christmas ornaments or just to hang from a wire. I have seen your video on making these birdhouses and you always out a small bird on the perch which is the "added touch" I want to include. But! - I cannot find a place to buy the tiny little birds. The ones I have searched on Amazon in Canada are all too big. I know they are inexpensive, and the species etc is not an issue to me. Can you tell me where to buy them? Thanks Dennis Beamish Cambridge Ontario Canada
At the 1 minute part in this video you have the tool rest setup parallel to the piece. If I was setting up a blank to make a bowl how do I know the tool rest is parallel so the surface will be faced flat?
Mike. I use this same technique but with a slight change. I swivel the tool rest so it is behind what I am sanding. Then I put one end of the board with the sandpaper on the tool rest and hold the other end. It helps to keep the sandpaper straight and it doesn't jump around as much as trying to hold it with two hands.
Like your tips. Keep up the good work.
That is a great tip! Thanks for sharing.
Great tip Mike, I've been using that method quite a while now, andfind it very effective.
Take care
Mike
good tip. I also mark the surface with a pencil and sand until the marks are gone
Nice Art piece Mike
Thanks Mike
Thanks for this one Mike. I've made a 12" sanding disc to mount on the lathe, but it is mounted with a commercial faceplate. I want to swap it out with a threaded wood block, and have been thinking about how to ensure that the face of the block is perfectly flat so I won't have any wobble in the disc. Your video supplied the inspiration!
great info mike
Thanks Mike - good tip.
On an unrelated issue - I want to make some small miniature bird houses for Christmas ornaments or just to hang from a wire. I have seen your video on making these birdhouses and you always out a small bird on the perch which is the "added touch" I want to include. But! - I cannot find a place to buy the tiny little birds. The ones I have searched on Amazon in Canada are all too big. I know they are inexpensive, and the species etc is not an issue to me.
Can you tell me where to buy them?
Thanks
Dennis Beamish Cambridge Ontario Canada
You need to go back and rewatch! I started turning them of wood. th-cam.com/users/edit?o=U&video_id=2izZRx9IwNY
At the 1 minute part in this video you have the tool rest setup parallel to the piece. If I was setting up a blank to make a bowl how do I know the tool rest is parallel so the surface will be faced flat?
You can tell visually. You manipulate the tool to remove high spots that you can see as you sight down the piece.