Turned Aspis Project in Progress

[Athena Areias]

Last pic at this time. Once we cut away the "post", Ed chiseled and sanded away the interior. He stopped with a 15 inch (381mm) diameter flat circle in the center of the interior. The rest is hand sanding it away to achieve the interior pattern. That's when I took it home. I have removed about 1/4" (6mm) of material. The shield is still about an inch thick at the center. I plan on removing about another 1/4". (Better safe than sorry.) The aspis weighed 15 pounds (6.82kg) when I took it home. It'll lose another 3/4 pound (0.34kg) when I quit sanding. I'm using an orbital hand sander with 60 grit discs. I'll finish with as soft 200 grit pad to bring back the beauty Ed left me with. Pray for sun - I have to do this outside...