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20th February 2021, 03:24 PM #1Golden Member
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Anyone with a large drum sander I can use?
Hi folks,
Been a very long time since I've been here. Finally got a place with a garage again and got my gear back into it.
I have 4 large slabs (800mm x 2.4m) that I would like to clean up. A 900mm drum sander would do the job nicely. Anyone around the Dandenong Ranges that wouldn't mind helping me with this? I'm happy to pay for time and materials, etc.
Thanks,
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20th February 2021, 04:31 PM #2GOLD MEMBER
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Af, seeing you have posted this in Woodturning General you may not get many bites. I would think you would be better off in one of the other topics on offer..
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20th February 2021, 05:57 PM #3Golden Member
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Damn. Thanks for picking that up Crocy. Just moved the thread.
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21st February 2021, 03:59 PM #4GOLD MEMBER
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When you say slabs I imagine we are talking 50mm plus in thickness? Hardwood? In or out of wind? All these factors will have a detrimental effect on the average drum sander, they are not up to the load. They are a finishing sander. You would be better putting them under a stroke sander.
I have a 1m wide drum sander, a 600mm wide drum sander and a stroke sander. I never put large slabs through the drum sanders.
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21st February 2021, 07:43 PM #5GOLD MEMBER
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Agree with rustynail, use the stroke sander, trying to put a big heavy slab through a drum sander is asking for pain.
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21st February 2021, 07:54 PM #6Golden Member
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Hi Rusty,
Thanks for the reply and info. Yes about 50mm thick hardwood. They were in wind for their first year and then inside in a storage shed for a number of years since. They're pretty dirty to be honest.
I haven't heard of a stroke sander before. Would you consider a drum sander for a slab once it's already been cleaned up, just to get it nice and flat?
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21st February 2021, 09:00 PM #7Taking a break
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If you're up for a drive to Moorabbin, my old work has a 1300mm wide-belt sander that will happily chew though them. Also a big CNC router if they need flattening first.
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22nd February 2021, 10:11 AM #8GOLD MEMBER
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I meant wind as in shape of the slab, not wind as in atmospheric. A drum sander is not the machine for the job, the drive motor on the feed belt will hate you and the belt itself will probably slip, or worse still, break. Google stroke sander and you will get the idea. They can sand out high spots without compromising the rest of the slab and then used to general sand the flattened slab. Elen's suggestion is your best bet as the CNC can bring your slabs back to flat and the wide belt sander will be able to finish them properly. The wide belt sander is a heavy duty machine that has the capability for this sort of material.
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22nd February 2021, 11:46 AM #9Golden Member
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Doh! Wind, not wind lol Shows you how long I've been out of the business
Thanks again for the thoughts. Those stroke sanders are pretty interesting. Not sure how popular they might be though given they're so large.
At the moment I think I might build a router jig to flatten the slabs first, and then seek out someone with a wide belt sander to finish it up.
So ... anyone out there with a wide belt sander I can use? Dandenong Ranges area or thereabouts (Dandenong, Bayswater, or further south).___________________________________________________________
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If you’re going to machine them flat with a router, all you’ll need afterwards is a belt sander and a random orbital or a cabinet scraper.
Most of the time, with big, heavy lumps of wood, like slabs and laminated benchtops and such, it’s better and easier to take the tool to the job, rather than the job to the machine.
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23rd February 2021, 12:54 PM #12GOLD MEMBER
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I do the flatening with a Lucasmill fitted with a planer head. Should be someone wandering round your area that can help.
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23rd February 2021, 02:07 PM #13
Old fashioned stroke sanders are completely obsolete nowadaze.
I tried selling mine for about 6 months and finally flagged it thru gumtree for a $100.
Had twice that in new belts with it.
They take up a lot of space and are hard to dust extract effectively.
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23rd February 2021, 07:11 PM #14GOLD MEMBER
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Obsolete to most, but when it comes to slabs they still have a place. Mine cost me $40. As for space, you need plenty. Dust extraction by pressure not suction.
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