After puttying the outside of a wooden shell, what is the best way to sand it?
Someone suggested I use my 4" stationary belt sander…I thought it was a bad idea since if you tilt to the right or left you'd leave a big scar. But as slow as sanding by hand was going I had to try it, and guess what…left a big scar and had to redo the putty.
I've seen specialty knifemaking belt sanders which allow the belt to curve around the object naturally (like this one: http://barkriverknives.com/albums2/JD2007/100_2895.jpg). That would seem to be best, but I'm currently nowhere near building or buying one of those suckers.
I have a vibrating electric sander from Harbor Freight but again am leery of flattening out the curve in places. Maybe if I keep it moving it's fine, not sure.
Sounds like an obvious question for many of you, so would love to hear from your experiences.
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