Anyone here have much experience using abrasive cord for wood turning applications? Along the same concept anyone using cord for applying polishing compounds in hard to reach coves.
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Abrasive Cord
- Thread starter Mike Johnson
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For the times I have to sand in a cove or narrow cut, I take some emery or cloth backed abrasive, tear a ½ inch strip off of it and twist that up till it becomes like a cord, and use that to do the sanding, works for me, even much narrower strips I have use to clean up cut lines around a turning.
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I bought some a long time ago. Have not used it much. Don’t know what became of it.
As I recall the cord sort of rounds the sharp detail made by a skew or spindle gouge.
I found I don’t need to sand the bottoms of grooves cut with a skew on spindles
For beads on bowls cut with a spindle gouge a cut sheet of paper does a nice job without rounding the bottom of the groove.
As I recall the cord sort of rounds the sharp detail made by a skew or spindle gouge.
I found I don’t need to sand the bottoms of grooves cut with a skew on spindles
For beads on bowls cut with a spindle gouge a cut sheet of paper does a nice job without rounding the bottom of the groove.
john lucas
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Ditto What Leo said. I use 1" wide strips about 3 or 4 inches long than I twist into a tight cord. I've tried some of the custom shaped abrasives over the years and they simply wear out too fast so by the time your finished with one project you have used up all the abrasives. Much better to use spray adhesive and sticks to create your own abrasive sticks.