Thread: Jet 10-20 Drum Sander advice

Wok,

You can use standard abrasive papers. I get mine from The Sandpaper Man; one of the forum sponsors.

I buy mine in 10 metre rolls of 3" wide. It is preferable to buy the 3" as opposed to 75mm. Although this doesn't seem any different...3" is actually 75.72mm wide and if you use the 75mm, there is a small gap between each turn as you cover the entire drum.

Did you get an abrasive piece already on the drum...is so remove it from the drum and make a template of the strip out of a long piece of MDF or ply .....this can be used for cutting the rolls with the truncated ends then roll the abrasive back on the drum for use.

Can not help with the laminate other than maybe to place the machine on to give a solid base so the table doesn't warp.

Hope this helps

Skot

Thanks heaps, Skot. The abrasive advice is what I really need. Brilliant, I shall get onto it tomorrow!

Cheers

Wok...Just had another thought....

As I mentioned, remove the abrasive strip that comes with the machine (if it didn't have one try the internet for this info) ...now measure the overall length of the abrasive paper. I said in the previous post about buying 10m rolls BUT I have a 22/44 Drum sander and I buy my rolls in multiple of the abrasive length eg my strip may be 3.75m long so if I purchased 10m roll I end up with a lot of wastage.......2 strips and a piece 2.5 m leftover so I buy mine in multiples of 3.75m eg. 11.25m or 22.5m (23 metres) which means less useless pieces.

Hope that makes sense.

Skot

I have the 16/32 and fine that anything above 120 grit tends to clog up pretty fast and finer grits tend to burn the timber.
My main choice is 80 grit then 120 for finishing. From then on it's festo or hand sanding..

I find I can put boards through twice in the same setting and still remove stock before lowering the head for further sanding.

Cheers

Steve

Originally Posted by fineboxes

I have the 16/32 and fine that anything above 120 grit tends to clog up pretty fast and finer grits tend to burn the timber.
My main choice is 80 grit then 120 for finishing. From then on it's festo or hand sanding..

I find I can put boards through twice in the same setting and still remove stock before lowering the head for further sanding.

Cheers

Steve

I couldn't agree more Steve, I also only go to 120 then the Rotex for the fine finish. I also use the 2 pass trick. One thing I was advised by an "expert" at one of the wood shows was that a small gap between the paper helps clear the dust.
No idea what the piece of board is for wok, I must have missed that boat.

Cheers, Ian

Thanks heaps guys, I'll give the 120 a go and see how that travels. Work up in small increments, eh?

Today is a day for fiddling with sanders!

Wok