Hi, I'm new to the forum, *wave*.
Anyone can thread this if they need to talk to me, but my main reason for posting is to get a cheap dirty finishing technique I just learned webbed. I wouldn't be so hubristic but I've never seen it online or dead tree published and I found it to be really useful.
My shop has only been producing for six months or so, so I consider myself def' the neophyte, but finishing can really make a mediocre piece look classy.
What I found, was that while I was using a drill press set to high rpm, with a sanding drum(the kind with a rubber roundy thing) that if I dropped the sleeve of the drum halfway down and used a strong abrasive I got miraculous results.
Now, high end shops sell drums that can be inflated/deflated and this would probably achieve the same affect, but this setup can be done for ten bucks or so... as opposed to fifty.
Now, if I had a sanding belt, which I've played with so few times, I'm sure I could get the same results. But this is cheap and dirty. Maybe someone could pull it off with a drill motor?
Anyway, I hope this helps someone out. And thanks to the admins for the site, I know this post is probably in the wrong forum, but I beg lenience on grounds of newberi.
thanks all,
