Front Panel Scrollwork Sanding Done

I've got the front scrollwork sanding done. It turned out pretty good. There are of course minor imperfections, but at this point they aren't enough that to me they stand out.







After spending many hours sanding, I have been looking for some kind of idea to speed up the process on the top piece, not to mention the fact that I have yet to do the side pieces. In order to get in-between the scrollwork, I am having to use needle files as they are small and thin.

This New Years Day, I used a 25% off coupon at Harbor Freight Tools and picked up an oscillating mulitool.





I took a blade from it and ground down the blade with a bench grinder so that I have a thin piece about 3/16” wide. I needed the one side to be curved, so I also ground down the one side to be a bit curved. Using some sticky sided sandpaper, I gave it a try today and although it of course can't do everything, I think this is going to save me a lot of time. It sands down curves very nicely.











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