On a whim, I just took the belt sander to the bottom of this thing and took out about 95% if the rocking. It’s acceptable now. Any more sanding could lead to negative unintended consequences. By the way, sanding while still wet with mineral oil was actually great. No dust in the air and it kept the sander fairly cool. I sanded with 36 grit belt and I’m not going to finish sand the bottom. I’m just going to resoak it with mineral oil.

Losing fingers since 1969