Making an Aspis - Ring Method (Visual Aids)

[Chris B]

Okay. Today I sanded the outside of the aspis. At the start of the day, the aspis was in two pieces (1-8 and 9,10). I mis-spoke in the video and these are the correct ring numbers. It is easiest to sand the bowl apart from the rim for the outside work. This allows you to sand holding the belt sander perpindicular to the ground while you work on the bowl and allows you to get the right angles on the rim which would be impossible if they were together.






I use a 21" variable speed belt sander with 60 grit sand paper. It does leave a few very minor tears using coarse sand paper that will have to be wood puttied, BUT I have found that it does no worse to the shield than using finer sand paper and takes a fraction of the time. The entire sand job for the outside only took me 2 to 2 1/2 hours to complete.

I hold the belt sander perpindicular to the edge of the shield and work on a few rings at a time holding it across the outer edge of the rings.