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From our Fall 2021 Woodcraft Catalog, we featured a short scoop on a Checkerboard build with one of our interns, Nikhil Narwani. Although his only woodworking experience was in the novice category of woodturning pens, he wanted to take this opportunity to learn more. No better time and place to add to his resume with this experience, than with Woodcraft and its staff of experienced woodworkers both at the Parkersburg Woodcraft store and from our corporate office. You can have fun being the “King” of the workshop with this enjoyable project build and in playing the game; it’s a win-win for everyone!

Not many people enjoy sanding.  Even with powered equipment it can be hard, repetitive work.  But it’s very important to have a smooth level surface on your projects.  Not only does it look better when you apply the finish, it feels better to the touch.  Everyone knows that you start with a low grit and work your way up.

Everyone knows that sanding is the best part of woodworking.  I bet every time you tackle a project, you just can’t wait to grab that sander.  Since it is so much fun you probably don’t care if it takes extra time, but there are ways to be more efficient.

Sanding is the key to a beautiful finish.  If there are scratches or imperfections when you’re done sanding, the finish won’t hide them – it will highlight them.   So if you are going to have to sand, it would be good to be able to do it well.

Sandpaper is sandpaper, right? Not exactly.  Each piece of sandpaper has finely (or not so finely) ground particles of rock attached to it. The type of rock and the substrate attaching it to the paper – and sometimes even the paper – can vary greatly between products.

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Festool offers a fully integrated sanding solution for everything from aggressive stock removal to super fine, finish sanding.

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