Carbatec Drum Sander - I Found a Better Manual

For those of us with the open end drum sanders such as the generic 16-32 or wds-400 drum sanders from Carbatec, Timbecon etc, there is a much better manual available from Jet for their equivalent sander. See below.

It is vastly superior in terms of providing guidance for:

1. Fitting new sanding strips
2. Aligning the drum
3. How and why to Fine tune the pressure for the guide rollers

I must admit I would have looked at buying the Jet in the first instance but was put off after the last time I went to PTMS in Perth. They are the only JET dealer here and carry very minimal stock levels.

http://content.wmhtoolgroup.com/manuals/man_629004K.pdf

Thanks for the link TP1. I have the timbecon version. I found the tool to install the end of the paper interesting. Do you have one of these, didn't get one with my machine.

Squirrel.

Hi TP1,

Thaks for that. Don't have a drum sander but you never know when the urge might overcome one. :)

Cheers
Pops

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Originally Posted by Squirrel

Thanks for the link TP1. I have the timbecon version. I found the tool to install the end of the paper interesting. Do you have one of these, didn't get one with my machine.

Squirrel.

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No I didn't Squirrel. I think Jet add a few more goodies into their products. However, I am much more confident about what to do now after reading the JET manual. I was originally worried after reading some earlier threads about these sanders, hence my search for a better manual.

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Originally Posted by Pops

Hi TP1,

Thaks for that. Don't have a drum sander but you never know when the urge might overcome one. :)

Cheers
Pops

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Hi Pops,

I have been sitting on the fence about this for some time. But I recently had a bad experience with a glue up for a coffee table. It hasn't happened before but this time there was a measurable bow in the centre. I was a bit worried about how perfect I could get the entire surface area after planing/sanding it down, and this was the motivation I needed to take the plunge.

Once I aligned it properly and figured out the do's and don'ts with some test timber, it worked like a charm and my table top is now dead flat!

Thankyou, thankyou, thankyou... far better than the manual I got with the timbecon unit.

Kev

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Originally Posted by Brudda

Thankyou, thankyou, thankyou... far better than the manual I got with the timbecon unit.

Kev

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You're welcome!!