Router burn sanding

[Bill in Buena Park]

Hi all,
I'm working on a toy chest seat for my youngest, and to "carve" in the outline of a beloved cartoon character, I had to do a bit of free-hand routing with my dremel yesterday on a piece of red oak. I was using a dremel-brand high-speed steel bit that produced a 1/8in channel that has round-over edges, and in spots there is some minor burn.

My question is about the best way to sand the burn from these channels - I don't seem to have a sanding drum bit small enough, and folding sandpaper to fit seems my only option. Any thoughts on this?

[John Hunter]

I think I would try a sanding sponge and use a small screw driver to force it into the routed area. http://www.rockler.com/ecom7/product...erings_id=5466

[drumpriest]

not much help, but is that lightning mcqueen??

Oh yeah, working with Pixar does that to a guy.....

here's a detail sander from rockler that could help.

http://www.rockler.com/product.cfm?p...g&cookietest=1

[Uncle Cracker]

These work pretty good, but do require a bit of elbow grease...

[Bill in Buena Park]

Those sanding sticks look like they just might work. I've got both stores (Woodcraft and Rockler) nearby - interesting that Rockler has the cheaper tool and more costly belts, while Woodcraft has the more costly tool and cheaper belts...

DP - yep, its supposed to be Lightning. We've been watching the movie daily since he became aware of it - which was about 6 weeks ago when he turned 15 months.

[LCHIEN]

oh, those kids can watch a favorite movie every day for a year.
I remember a few movies I was totally sick of.

[pecker]

When I was engraving this box top I had to do some very intricate wood removal.

Dremel has a large variety of shapes and sizes of high speed steel cutters that I think would be more effective than manually sanding. Try this place:
http://www.widgetsupply.com/page/WS/...el-burr-cutter

[LinuxRandal]

Two things,

If your going to paint the inside blade, like in the Hannah picture, won't the black cover the burn, or is it over the edge?

Secondly, what about those sanding sponges that you can get in the hardware stores and such. They are cheap enough, and you could cut one down on its thickness.

[rnelson0]

I for one have to say that I see no burn marks. Sure, I'm not up close and personal with it, but it looks great from here!

[rja]

I don't see any burn marks either. Looks like a great job to me. Try emery boards (like the ladies use to file their fingernails).

[scmhogg]

Bill,

I glue sandpaper to popcicle sticks to sand small areas. I bought a big box of them at a crafts store for a few bucks. They make great stir sticks. I cut some in half, at an angle, to mix epoxy and apply glue in tight places.

Steve

[downtheroad]

I've used rubber sanding profiles to get into tight contours. May not work for every situation, but they sure are handy anyways.
http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.a...83&cat=1,42500

[Bill in Buena Park]

Thanks for all the suggestions

Because the channels are small, I may have to try several of these good suggestions. Hadn't thought about popsicle sticks - sometimes the obvious answers are easy to overlook.

I'll post back on which method I ended up finding most effective and convenient.