ozwinner
1st May 2004, 04:15 PM
Sturdee’s apprentice.
Hi all
Here is a drum sander I am part way through making.
The drum is made up of pine, ripped to 11.25 degrees so it forms a circle.
I then biscuited them together.
The drum is 200mm in diameter and 600mm long, with 16 segments ripped at 40mm ish.
I used ply for the end plates, and glued and screwed them to the pine drum.
I then whacked the whole lot on the lathe to get some sort of roundness out of it all.
I will have to sand the entire thing when it is all up and running, so as to get it really round in situ.
The bench was an old desk we had with a really thick top, the top is 40mm thick chipboard with a laminate top.
I will hinge the drum carriage to the back of the desk at the bottom.
When fully forward, or back, which ever way you look at it, it will sand down to 6mm, when fully pivoted forward, or back, it will sand just over 100mm.
The height adjustment will be a screw from the rear of the desk.
I hope to place the motor on the frame under the desk, and run the belt up through the desk.
The dust/safety cover will probably cover the whole thing, I also intend to put a BIG stop switch on top somewhere just in case it wants to sand me too.
All up so far it has cost about $100 as I already have a motor.
But as yet I still need to get a stepped pulley for the drum itself.
So I envisage maybe $200 all up.
Not bad, when you consider the price of factory made units.
Cheers, Allan
Hi all
Here is a drum sander I am part way through making.
The drum is made up of pine, ripped to 11.25 degrees so it forms a circle.
I then biscuited them together.
The drum is 200mm in diameter and 600mm long, with 16 segments ripped at 40mm ish.
I used ply for the end plates, and glued and screwed them to the pine drum.
I then whacked the whole lot on the lathe to get some sort of roundness out of it all.
I will have to sand the entire thing when it is all up and running, so as to get it really round in situ.
The bench was an old desk we had with a really thick top, the top is 40mm thick chipboard with a laminate top.
I will hinge the drum carriage to the back of the desk at the bottom.
When fully forward, or back, which ever way you look at it, it will sand down to 6mm, when fully pivoted forward, or back, it will sand just over 100mm.
The height adjustment will be a screw from the rear of the desk.
I hope to place the motor on the frame under the desk, and run the belt up through the desk.
The dust/safety cover will probably cover the whole thing, I also intend to put a BIG stop switch on top somewhere just in case it wants to sand me too.
All up so far it has cost about $100 as I already have a motor.
But as yet I still need to get a stepped pulley for the drum itself.
So I envisage maybe $200 all up.
Not bad, when you consider the price of factory made units.
Cheers, Allan