Re: sanning veneer

"Smaug Ichorfang" <sm@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
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>I just cut some lacewood to make some "veneer" (it's not really, but
that's
> the best way to describe it).  The problem I have is how to now sand out
> the marks left by the band saw.  The pieces are about 3/4" wide, 4 1/4"
> long, and just under 1/16" thick.  I've got a belt dander, a 1/4-sheet 
> hand
> sander and a 5" ROS.  Final thickness is not really an issue. Pictures
> posted on the binaries group.  Any ideas?

I'd be inclined to use a hand plane to smooth one side, glue it down, and 
then either use a plane or scraper to clean up the other side. Depending
on 
how thick the stock is a simple stop or double sided tape can be used to 
hold the work.

I typically smooth the chunk of wood after each cut so that I have one 
smooth side on each slice. That way there is only one rough side that can
be 
clean up after gluing...

John