Originally Posted By: J.R.B.
Did the leather work gnomon? I've even thought of cutting out small disks of 400 wet/dry and use a cohesive to stick them to a dowel rod.


Works very well. I think this is the classic technique. The leather acts as a lap and holds the abrasive.

You'll need to do a few test runs so that each pattern is the same intensity but that is a relatively easy skill.