How much do you hate sanding?

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I can quantify it now. About 3% stepover with Whiteside 1406 bit.

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You can’t feel the ridges. You are just seeing the light reflect differently.

5%, you can feel.

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Sometimes those ridges are from the wood fibers getting compressed in some areas more than others.

  1. I doubt anyone will notice. Don’t point it out.

  2. If they do, they will probably appreciate it.

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Fixed it for you Heffe! LOL

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I would appreciate it. There are some small local consignment shops that sell Colorado specific trinkets and I love it when I can tell how they were made. It is much less interesting to look at molded plastic for form lines and stuff.

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So you are saying I am sanding too much?

Will leave the tool lines, got it

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Hide the tool lines… Use a V-bit to engrave a cross-hatch pattern into the bottom :slight_smile:

Kinda like knurling on a machined knob.

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Have you tried wiping them with a wet cloth and giving it a quick (5min) sanding? I bet that would do most of the work for you. If you can’t feel them in the final product, I would definitely leave them in.