CraigT

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Hello Craig,

Welcome to LJs. I am sure that you will find this to be an exciting and rewarding part of your woodworking journey.

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Thanks to all for the big welcome. Looking forward to digging in and getting to know everyone.

-- Craig, North Carolina

Welcome to Lumberjocks . This is a great community of people with like interests.There is much to learn here & you will have the opportunity to share your skills & ideas with others. I hope you enjoy LJ’s as much as I do.

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Congratulations on your upcoming anniversary as a Lumber Jock! I look forward to more of your posts.

-- gjd Southcentral Wisconsin

Congratulations on your Anniversary. Hope you have many more on LumberJocks. We appreciate your posts and projects.

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Hi Craig
You are definitly right about taking longer to sand than to carve.
Once I have my pieces blocked out I use a dremel with a 60 grit sanding cylinder to get down to where I want the carving to be. Then I use a small flat disc with a velco backing on a dremel tool I don’t remember the exact name of it. It is about a 100 grit. After using this for what seems like forever I start hand sanding. I usually start at about 150 and work down to about 220. I don’t know about everyone else but after i do this I wet the whole piece. My grand father taught me this. For some reason especially with Mahogany all of the pours of the wood open up. If there are still rough patches I repeat until it is all smooth.
Craig I hope this helps.
Let me know
Rod

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Another year has rolled by. We must be having too much fun, cause it seems like just yesterday when I congratulated you on 1 year. Congratulations on your 2nd anniversary at Lumber Jocks. Thanks for helping make LJ a great place to visit and happy anniversary!

-- gjd Southcentral Wisconsin