Originally Posted by
johnmw1
Jason simply beautiful, and something we all can aspire to :)
Why is it important to sand perpendicular to the edge, as opposed to just sanding lengthwise down the blade? Is this where your sanding drums come into use with the dremel and you sand perpendicular to the edge while working along the length of the blade? I would have thought if you were just sanding by hand that sanding perpendicular would be a very difficult thing to do as opposed to sanding lengthwise.
Another question while I'm at it is in one of Vlad's restoration posts he mentioned about using Sterol instead of water for the wet and dry sanding process. He said it helped the cutting of the wet and dry better etc. But in other posts since I have seen mineral oil being used, is there any difference one way or another with Sterol or mineral oil?
Cheers
John