Korban
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Can't believe it's been over two weeks without an update. Last week I made the decision to leave the company I co-founded four years ago and am now a full-time freelance web developer. Couple that with some tax-related issues and it still feels like it's April 1st to me! I did sand a bit in that time, but not much. Fortunately I have the next 10 hours open, and most of tomorrow, too, so no excuses!
Thank you! This is going to help immensely.
We don't have Harbor Freight here, but I went to multiple hardware stores and they were all confused about the rasping tool, ha. I managed to sand it down a fair bit before I went looking, so I'm not sure it'd benefit me much at this point, but I'll definitely try to get one for my next project.
I did end up getting four different sanding-related rotary tool pieces to experiment with sanding some of the trickier areas. No clue if any of them will work, but I'll see today. I'll post an update a little bit later! (There, now I said it, so I can't disappoint now!
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Here's some input for when you're tackling the sanding of the face plate.
It might be easier to "ignore" the mouth grill when you're sanding, and just cut that out later. Ignoring the mouth grill, most of the faceplate can be sanded as as one "plane" (see the image below). When you get to the lower left side of the mouth there is an under bite where the lower faceplate begins to jut out (although you might not want it lopsided like the original). On both sides, from about the last tooth to the sides of the curved nodules, the lower faceplate sticks up higher than the upper (marked by the purple lines). Red lines demonstrate that the upper and lower faceplates are on the same plane. Hope this helps!
Thank you! This is going to help immensely.
Find a Harbor Freight and buy a rasping tool to use instead of sanding. Thank me later.
We don't have Harbor Freight here, but I went to multiple hardware stores and they were all confused about the rasping tool, ha. I managed to sand it down a fair bit before I went looking, so I'm not sure it'd benefit me much at this point, but I'll definitely try to get one for my next project.
I did end up getting four different sanding-related rotary tool pieces to experiment with sanding some of the trickier areas. No clue if any of them will work, but I'll see today. I'll post an update a little bit later! (There, now I said it, so I can't disappoint now!