Yes, it has been some time now since I last posted, and no, I still have not completed my drum sander. I was able a couple weeks ago to get a bunch of blocks of MDF glued together so all I have to do now is get it turned round on my lathe. The one thing that I'm still trying to figure out is exactly how I'm going to attache the drum to my lathe. I'm worried about making sure that it turns square to my table each time I put it back on my lathe. I also need/want to re-build my sander bed so that I have a little more depth available to work with between the sander and the bed.
In the mean time I have worked on a couple small projects. Unfortunately I do not have any pictures of these. I turned a plate and made a stand for it for a lady at my work. She gave me a picture of her kids to put on the plate and I made a small plaque that said "Happy Father's Day 2011". She wanted to give it to her husband for fathers day. It turned out pretty nice. Also I have put together a small case to hold some hand tools that I use most often. Right now it is hanging on the wall behind my lathe. I used my Kreg Pocket Hole Jig to put it together and it seems to be holding up great.
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Showing posts with label Drum Sander. Show all posts
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
Monday, February 7, 2011
Thickness Drum Sander
I have been looking for a little while at homemade thinkes/drum sanders. I have seen many made with motors from old dryers, some made with a drive belt attached to a table saw, and some powered by a lathe. I decided to give it a try and have started making one to be powered by my lathe. I have made a bed that is adjustable and am currently working on the drum which will be turned between centers on my lathe. The way I have it currently there is only approx 1 1/4 in max thickness that can be sanded, so I'm sure I'll take another crack at it some day, but for now I'm kind of prototyping to see if I can at least get one made that will work. My main reason for wanting to make one of these is so that I can do some more segmented turning. With this I will be able to ensure that my individual rings are sanded flush and parallel top to bottom. I'll take some pictures of what I have so far and post them, then put up another post when it is completed and discuss how it works.
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