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Old 07-16-2010, 05:12 AM
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You said you had NO tool experience. Work up to the chisels Grasshopper. I watched a lady at Martin shape braces with a chisel. In those hands she did in seconds what you worked at. If you'd tried her moves we would have ended up at the ER lol.
No on the sander. I'll youtube for a tutorial. Yesterday I dug the skunk stripe trench. Sycamore sawdust wants to stay and clump! I saved the sawdust for any OOPS's down the road. I got the back strip in. When I did the first build I only dug in about 1/2 the thickness of the stripe so I had a center hump to sand (and pull out in places) This time I inlaid it flush so I have room to sand. I also shaped the other 2 back braces. I did mine with a band saw and the planer. Shop teacher would have given me an F for safety. If I stick with the design I have many Jigs in mind to simplify the process. I don't want to spend 2 hours on a Jig to save 45 minutes.
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