I have an electric sander, but pretty much have to do these bits by hand. It's the curved bits of the rail.
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sarameg - Mar 31, 2011 2:54:53 pm PDT #1124 of 30001
sarameg - Mar 31, 2011 2:57:41 pm PDT #1125 of 30001
Concave curved, I should mention. The convex, I can go over with the sander in all but a few places.
sarameg - Mar 31, 2011 3:01:08 pm PDT #1126 of 30001
Hey, looks like the This Old House in Silverlake is putting in inlay in the same pattern mine is!
§ ita § - Mar 31, 2011 3:03:38 pm PDT #1127 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Tsk, tsk, Dinosaur comics. Gay couples reproduce too.
sarameg - Mar 31, 2011 3:06:12 pm PDT #1128 of 30001
Wait, mine is fancier. Heehee! See? [link]
Zenkitty - Mar 31, 2011 3:09:52 pm PDT #1129 of 30001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Wow, that is some fancy inlay.
sarameg - Mar 31, 2011 3:11:59 pm PDT #1130 of 30001
It's in both rooms on the first floor. No inlay upstairs. But yeah, I love it. One corner is a little rough and someday I'll probably want to replace some boards, but I'm going to preserve/replicate it when the time comes.
Amy - Mar 31, 2011 3:35:08 pm PDT #1131 of 30001
Because books.
Dremel Rotary Tool for the curved bits, sara? I want one so much, even though it scares me a little. I loved my Black and DeckerMouse Sander, too, but then it broke.
sarameg - Mar 31, 2011 3:41:05 pm PDT #1132 of 30001
Overkill for the kind of sanding I'm doing. If I were using it to take off paint, sure. But I'm just smoothing the surface, as stain will cover the variations in color. And probably would require more fine motor skills than I have.
sarameg - Mar 31, 2011 3:56:02 pm PDT #1133 of 30001
My TOH obsession totally paid off tonight. Learned things I can use! Including options that don't involve drilling into the foundation if I ever wanted to put in a full bath in the basement (I have a flush, so existing sewer connection down there, but to put in a shower or tub...)
eta: it must be spring, weather notwithstanding. I've got more energy for this sort of thing than I've had since October.