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Thread: Sanding mitre joins
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27th January 2009, 05:49 PM #1
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Sanding mitre joins
Hi All,
I have just assembled a drawers top with jarrah framing a ply centre. I mitred the jarrah How can I sand with the grain when they cross at the corners? I guess I could relax and lightly sand my way up through all the grades instead of the 80, 120,240, 400 I usually do. Or I could clamp blocks so I won't overlap onto the crossed grain. I have started sanding by hand so iI can see and hear whats happening with the wood and cricket.
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27th January 2009, 06:24 PM #2
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When you have finished basic sanding, try putting your finest sand paper on your block/sanding pad and line it up along the mitre, then sand back along the grain
Cheers,
Chipman
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27th January 2009, 07:02 PM #3
How big are the drawers??
Box makers sometimes use a method involving sandpaper stuck on a flat surface (like mdf) .
They then move the surface to be sander in a circular pattern over the sandpaper.
It works great for mitred corners on the top and bottom for boxes, so I guess its just a bigger bit of mdf, and more sandpaper.
I currently have 4 bits of sandpaper stuck down for a larger box
Just another 2 cents worth.
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