On Mon, 25 Feb 2008 21:02:08 GMT, "Bob Daun" wrote:

This is just a general interest question. A few weeks ago I purchased the
Beall Bowl polishing system and am very pleased with the performance. In
the process of polishing some bowls, I found one that for some reason or
other I didn't have the inside sanded very well prior to finishing. I can
go back and re-sand the inside if I so choose but this brought a thought to
my mind. It is not easy to sand inside bowl surfaces with most sanding
devices (electric drill, dremel, etc.) I wonder how it would work if one
took one of the Beall balls, moistened it with water and added some fine
abrasive and use this to sand the interior of bowls. It is relatively easy
to get very fine abrasives from places that sell them to be used in rock
tumblers. Anyone tried anything like this?

I think you'd just end up with a mess in the bowl bottom and a job cleaning the
buff or wheel..
Much easier to throw the bowl back on the lathe in a vac chuck or jumbo jaws and
sand it, or even hand sand the sucker..

I find that on bowls, the inside is the easiest part to sand.. using either a 2"
or 3" holder and H&L sanding disks..


mac

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