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Leland Cypress (2)

Thanks Ted. The "method" is whatever I can use to get at it with. Here there were plenty of openings for my small drill sander, my 90 deg drill motor on a stick, a long stick with paper stapled to the end, my hand, etc. Even with all the open spaces there's plenty of sides and areas that are...
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Leland Cypress (2)

Wow Randy, beautiful! What’s your inside sanding method?
- Today at 8:13 AM
Woodturning Experimentation: Wins, Fails, and Lessons Learned

Video of all the things I tried:
- Yesterday at 3:04 PM
Lidded Gathering Basket Illusion

Ethan Hoff said:

Very nice piece, Mark. A well-chosen design.

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Thank you very much Ethan. It was fun to do. I did historical F&I war reenactment for 20 years in my younger days. The brain tanned finger pull came from the leggings I wore for 15 of the 20.
- Yesterday at 1:36 PM
Basket Illusion

Alan Weinberg said:

Wow. Is there a story behind the design?

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Alan, I probably work a bit different when it comes to Basket illusion designs. I come up with a main element. In this case, the 6 black spokes. Study for a while and then put the red and black “arrow head” design between each. Study some more...
- Yesterday at 1:33 PM

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