Drum Sander

Hi Jimbo

Jim I would build a sander/table/box rather than use my lathe for that, wood dust and sandpaper grit are not very good for your lathe to start of and You can do the sanding on a lot less costly setup than your lathe. Got a link here for you, they carry kits for building the sander, from basic to the works, and have plans on how to build a floor model, it's very simple to build a basic sander setup imo.

Jimbo wrote:

I have a dust collector that I will be hooking up to it. I was hoping to avoid buying a motor for it. Stockroom does have some interesting parts for sanders that is for sure.

I like the setup from the link Jim Staley posted. I will probably make some modifications to that setup. I'll post links to pictures as I move along on this.

Thanks for the input!

I built one of those. Got the parts from Nicks. As far as know it's the

same stuff -- slightly different kits.

You can see a finished sander here. The link to the supplier is there.

Isn't this like saying that driving on your tires isn't good for them? Well, yeah, it does wear them out but isn't that what they're designed and intended for?

;)

Hi Owen

No it's more like using a combine to mow your gras while a lawn mower would do, why use a relative expensive lathe to do what you could do with a rather inexpensive sander, or to put it another way, why use a 18 wheeler when a pickup will do ??

Have fun and take care Leo Van Der Loo

Owen Lowe wrote: