tangimango
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after you flush trim the top and back with a flush trim router bit. whats your method to smooth out the trim leftovers? oribital, belt ,mouse sander, hand sanding block?
your method of sanding the sides?
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sequoia
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I hand sand using a round closet dowel with 120 paper taped. Pretty quick and gets into the waist nicely. If you are close it doesn't take long. I'm primitive in that I don't use a flush trim router but a thumb plane to trim up the top and back sides.
Timbuck
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hand sanding block...and a file at the area where the neck joins.
Sven
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I bought a really nice rolling pin sander for my cordless drill from Dominator, he made a thread about it here. It's a short thread but there are pics.
http://forum.ukuleleunderground.com...ne-Need-a-Rolling-Pin-Sander&highlight=sander
And this popped up on my youtube recommendations, if I hadn't bought the one from Dom I'd make one of these.
Edit: I should add that I trim back the overhang with a 1 3/4" chisel before scraping and sanding the sides.
http://forum.ukuleleunderground.com...ne-Need-a-Rolling-Pin-Sander&highlight=sander
And this popped up on my youtube recommendations, if I hadn't bought the one from Dom I'd make one of these.
Edit: I should add that I trim back the overhang with a 1 3/4" chisel before scraping and sanding the sides.
Dan Gleibitz
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I'm _more_ primitive; I used a Morakniv carving knife for trimming mine (and for carving the neck). The routed binding rebate finished the top and back.
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I cut a shallow binding rabbet before I sand/scrape the sides.
Michael N.
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Sharp scraper does it in a few minutes and without all the terrible sanding dust. It may not get you a flat across the width side though. If you like very flat, high gloss finishes you are almost certainly going to have to sand them as well.
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