Lathe tool rack.

[Yorkie]

I was surprised that he still had any fingers after the way he sanded the inside. Not to be recommended I wouldn't think.

Alan

On larger bowls you'd use a flexible sanding arbor with either Velcro attached sanding discs or Abranet, such as this:

http://www.t-jtools.co.uk/abrasive-discs...ing-arbor/

Some are fitted into a power drill, others rotate in a bearing in contact with the revolving object.

He did use paper rather then cloth for polishing, which makes sense and he did explain that he used it for two reasons - safety as it tears, and kitchen paper towels are made from wood, which is good for polishing wood.

He did seem to be a competent experienced turner, though I didn't see him slow the lathe speed down for sanding, but I don't know what speed he was turning at, and in a belt change lathe it is a bit of a pain to change speed. The smaller the diameter the faster the lathe need to run as it's the peripheral speed past the tool that matters as Alan and Colin will know. If you sand a thin-walled bowl, say 10" in diameter, at the same speed it was turned at, it's an invitation to overheat the bowl, possibly generate steam, and cause it to crack. But then anyone who can turn a 10" diameter thin-walled bowl without it flying off the lathe would know that.