Project by knackonwood | posted 02-15-2009 05:18 AM | 7515 views | 17 times favorited | 10 comments | ![]() |
![]() |
| |||||||
|
DISCLAIMER: Any posts on LJ are posted by individuals acting in their own right and do not necessarily reflect the views of LJ. LJ will not be held liable for the actions of any user.
10 comments so far
Craftsman on the lake
home | projects | blog
3896 posts in 4892 days
#1 posted 02-15-2009 05:47 AM
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.
Karson
home | projects | blog
35300 posts in 5855 days
#2 posted 02-15-2009 07:36 AM
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] †
BigFoot Products Canada
home | projects | blog
711 posts in 4848 days
#3 posted 02-15-2009 03:36 PM
I made some 2..:) Even used Walnut and Maple.. My fovourite woods.
Yours turned out nice..
cabinetmaster
home | projects | blog
10872 posts in 5013 days
#4 posted 02-15-2009 04:59 PM
Now I do need a few of those myself. Great looking sanding blocks.
-- Jerry--A man can never have enough tools or clamps
rowdy
home | projects | blog
375 posts in 4897 days
#5 posted 02-15-2009 07:31 PM
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
Zac
home | projects | blog
48 posts in 4843 days
#6 posted 02-15-2009 11:52 PM
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"
WoodSpanker
home | projects | blog
576 posts in 4847 days
#7 posted 02-17-2009 09:58 PM
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.
joey
home | projects | blog
396 posts in 5359 days
#8 posted 03-16-2009 04:53 PM
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/
USCJeff
home | projects | blog
1065 posts in 5523 days
#9 posted 03-26-2009 04:25 AM
Made the same one. Used adhesive felt for the bottom. Seems like a lot of people use cork as well.
-- Jeff, South Carolina
Gerald Etto
home | projects | blog
43 posts in 600 days
#10 posted 05-07-2021 01:51 AM
Walnut and maple is always a grea tcombo, your project turned out great!
-- Weekend Woodworker @ https://ettowoodworking.com
Have your say...