Sanding Block

Nice design. And you’re right, a simple, attractive, clever device that you can start and finish in a short time. Satisfying.

-- The smell of wood, coffee in the cup, the wife let's me do my thing, the lake is peaceful.

Ah yes Wood Magazine. I made them myself a while back.

I’m going to lead a workshop on making them at our woodworking club in a month or so.

I put 1/16” cork on the bottom of the block to help with the sanding. It gives the sanding paper a softer feel on the sanding.

-- I've been blessed with a father who liked to tinker in wood, and a wife who lets me tinker in wood. Appomattox Virginia [email protected] †

I made some 2..:) Even used Walnut and Maple.. My fovourite woods.
Yours turned out nice..

Now I do need a few of those myself. Great looking sanding blocks.

-- Jerry--A man can never have enough tools or clamps

I too have made several of these and have given all of them away except for one that I kept for my own use. The reaction often has been sort of like the one I get to the cutting boards I give away as gifts—the comment being “that is too pretty to ding up by using it in the shop every day”.

-- Rowdy in Kechi, Kansas

Cool beans! I have a Veritas sanding block from Lee Valley that I absolutely LOVE. After sitting back and looking at it – I didn’t think it’d be too awful hard to make. I really like the ones you made – they are sure much nicer looking! :)

Zac

-- "Start with ten.....end with ten"

I think I’ll make some of those… lend a touch of class to my… uh…. Rustic? shall we say…. shop.

-- Turning perfectly good wood into sawdust and kindling since 1990.

I made a couple of these back in 1986 when the project first came out in the magazine and they are still going strong.
Joey

-- Joey~~Sabina, Ohio http://sleepydogwoodworking.blogspot.com/

Made the same one. Used adhesive felt for the bottom. Seems like a lot of people use cork as well.

-- Jeff, South Carolina

Walnut and maple is always a grea tcombo, your project turned out great!

-- Weekend Woodworker @ https://ettowoodworking.com