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cutters, burrs, and rasps can be found online. Just Google any of the names I have used in this article.
A er I thought the shaping was nished, I had a last critical look at the whole stand and decided that the platform was too thick and thinned it down by removing more wood from its underside using the Arbortech Mini Grinder.
A er that the stand was sanded all over —quite a task! Smoothing out rough spots was done with a variety of miniature les and small sanding drums in the Dremel ex sha , including ne sandpaper wrapped on a split mandrel. Photo 11.
When all that was done, I applied Brown Japan stain, then two coats of oil followed by two coats of wax, to give the final result in Photos 12 and 13. It took 19 hours from start to finish, which was mostly because the wood was so hard. Just for fun, I made another smaller root wood stand in soft, Jelutong wood. 18 cm high.
It took less than 5 hours from start to finish, see Photo 14, compared to the 15 cm high Gidgee stand in Photo 1, which took 15 hours start to finish. So the time and difficulty is very much determined by the type of wood you choose. Also, harder, fine grained timbers can give a smooth, more professional looking finish.
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