Thread: Odds and Ends

Originally Posted by ClintO

When you use the sander for the mitres do you make them in pairs so the lengths match, this is always a problem for me and I end up with a perfect pair of mitres but shorter than I wanted

The way I do it is to mark the length of on of each pair using a marking knife, then mark the opposite sides from the ones you've already done. When you sand the mitre, you get a small feather, which drops off exactly when it reaches the marked line.

Repairs I think went well, and the third coat of interior varnish was applied yesterday,(thats why no posts for a time).

Alex thanks for your tip using a knife line, ( have used a bit of 600 grit to take off the feather in the past).

I have to sand each strip length seperately for my boxes

The patch repair is the poorest effort but it works, there was an offcut laying on the bench at the time and it was the correct length with help of the hammer, I go the easy way these days.

So two sets of pics, outside so you can see the extent of repairs, and an internal close up shot showing the shine.

Thank you for the update