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Summary: Learn how to use a power sander for your woodcarving project in this free woodworking tips video from our expert wood carver.
Husain Abdul Alim, originally from Philadelphia, became an artist upon retiring as a chemistry teacher. Inspired by Joe Savage at an art fair, Husain was trained by Savage and became...read more
"On behalf of Expert Village, my name is Husain Abdul Alim and I am here to tell you all about wood carving. These are the most valuable pieces here; heavy duty sanding is always required. You know, so this one needs a change of paper. It is just about done, just needs some sanding. Its having a good ole time and this is how you change the paper on these guys. Which it really needs a little paper tightening, there it is. So I got a roll of sandpaper that I cut up and put on here. So the palm sander is excellent for small spaces and tight corners. (sanding wood) Okay, some areas you can't get so you are going to need some regular sandpaper to get up in there. Heavy duty sandpaper to get up in the corners, that kind of thing, smooth it out. Nothing power here but the muscle. What else do we have? Okay, we got the jack here for the portable sanders and drillers and that is how that goes. Warm it up and put your sander in there and you can be on the road at a show and you don't have to worry about electricity. That is the pretty much extent of our power tools. I will like to have a lave set up on the tables so I can hollow out some of these pieces for my in scent burners, but for the most parts there are already natural like that I do some digging. But to have a lave, you want to hollow out pieces, nothing wrong with that and that is pretty much it in the extent of the power tools that we use. "