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First woodworking project and light restore!
So the other day I was looking in my garage at my belt/disc table top sander. I bought it this summer with the intentions to use it but never had. I've never done any wood working in my life save a few times trying to carve.
Remember this is my first time making anything. So be gentle!
I found a roughly 2 inch diameter branch of birch wood. I cut it in half and proceeded to belt sand it until I had achieved a rough shape. I then sanded through grits until they were perfect to me. I then made a wedge out of a home depot paint stir stick. The wedge was the worst part of the process. I struggled a bit with that and in the end I ended up with a barely tapered wedge. It isn't the greatest but it works. Then pinning I used a nail to do it. It turned out decently, I wish I had gotten them a bit tighter but it was my first time.
I then cleaned the blade up and polished it a bit.
Tips for next time?
A big thanks to Charlie Lewis!! His tutorial helped tremendously. Although starting with a 2 inch diameter branch is different then a 1/8 piece of wood I used parts of his process here and there where it worked for me. I can only imagine how much faster I would have been done if I had a 1/8 piece. On a side note I bought a piece of wood at leevalley today so more scales to come :)
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