Day 5: Sanding

Mondays are horrible. Today was quite an experience. I spent literally almost the entire day sanding the twelve lids we cut. Who would of though that sanding can take so long, but picture twelve 1/4" inch thick steel plates that are 21" inches in diameter getting sanded by hand and you can imagine how tedious it can be. I had to sand the edges on both sides of each plate as well as outside of the lids to make sure that it is continuously smooth all around with no rough edges. This is very important because if the edges are not sanded it is extremely dangerous and can easily cut your hand. Each lid took about ten minutes because as we all know sanding steel is not as smooth as cutting butter, it can take some time. By the time I was done I could not hold my hand steady because the power sander literally vibrates like its going through a seizure or something. It was one of the weirdest after effects I ever experienced from using a power tool by far.