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  1. 8th January 2019, 01:33 PM #1
    CgT
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    Default Strip sander

    Started this a year ago, but it's spent most of that time sitting on a shelf half done. So I finally finished it off over the holidays.

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    The motor is from an industrial air con fan and it's running a 1 x 42 belt, rpm is a little on the slow side but it does the job.

    strip sander.jpg

    It's a bit of a pain to get the belt off with the placement of the switch, a little more forethought would have helped. Just glad to finally have this done and to actually have a useful tool.

    Cheers

    Craig
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  3. 8th January 2019, 01:44 PM #2
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    Well done Craig.

    Quote Originally Posted by CgT View Post
    The motor is from an industrial air con fan and it's running a 1 x 42 belt, rpm is a little on the slow side but it does the job.
    It's probably a 1450 rpm motor?

    If so with a drive pulley of around 4"? that gives it a linear speed of 1800 FPM - not too far from the low end of the recommended 2000 - 4000 FPM for wood sanding.

    Have you thought about increasing the size of the drive pulley? It's not like you need a lot of power to drive such a narrow strip.
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  4. 8th January 2019, 05:40 PM #3
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    Thanks Bob

    The drive wheel would be maybe an 1/8 shy of 5"
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