I found the PERFECT seam grinding tool

[blinn]

After trying various ginding tools I have found one that ginds these seams like warm knife through butter. It cuts so fast sometimes you have to be careful with the pressure you put on the tool [img]tongue.gif[/img]

I'm a woodworker but don't do any carving so I never bought any of this stuff. While shopping at our local Woodcraft store I noticed a Foredom flexible shaft carver. It uses a tungsten carbide burr and has a standard 1/4" shaft. I bought one and chucked it in my die grinder and layed into a seam. WOW my gelcoat disapeared!

If you don't have a Woodcraft local to you the link is www.woodcraft.com and here's a picture of a burr. Mine is silver and is longer than the H item pictured but you get the idea. Just be careful because it cuts extremely fast. I just love using the right tool for the job!

[DMW]

I found the perfect seam filling tool (after a LOT of trials and errors). I slightly overfill the seams with Rage then, while it is wet, I draw the dull side of a hack saw blade along the seam from back to front giving it an arc to match the un-ground/un-sanded body contour. I just hold the ends of the blade against the body at about a 45 degree angle and give it a little arc. So far this has worked pretty well for rough forming - at least better than other things I've tried.