RE: How do you sand the leading edge of the elevator?
I just 3m spray sandpaper on the back of an 18" or block. Place the piece needing sanding at the edge of your bench such that the ruler can reston the bench corner and you angle as needed. couple minutes and your done. I have the great planes sanding bar deal with round and angled lengthwise shapes but found you need to continually clean out (blow) the dust out of the channels your using.