madawgony Posted January 17, 2012 Report Share Posted January 17, 2012 I started this about 3 years ago and spent about two weeks working on and off. It got shelved until a couple of months ago when I dusted it off and finished it up. I have some tiger maple that is crying out to be made into a 335 type 6 string. I have the dust hood finished but not pictured. I really need to get a cover over that pulley and belt, thats an accident waiting to happen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
demonx Posted January 17, 2012 Report Share Posted January 17, 2012 Wow... I give you massive respect! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottR Posted January 18, 2012 Report Share Posted January 18, 2012 Ummm....what he said! SR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ljbarbeau Posted January 18, 2012 Report Share Posted January 18, 2012 We do homemade drum sanders here also.. Is your drum made of wood? We usually make ours out of iron but aluminum would do also. One very important step that people tend to forget is the drum needs to be balanced or it could become a safety hasard... Also we drill some holes on each side to help ventilate and lower the risk of unwanted wood burn... Hope that makes sense. Of course I don't know what rpm yours run at so maybe it doesn't matter for yours.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madawgony Posted January 18, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 18, 2012 We do homemade drum sanders here also.. Is your drum made of wood? I made the drum out of 3/4" MDF. Very consistent density which helps with balance. It runs pretty smooth. The test will be to see how it runs under load. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kammo1 Posted January 19, 2012 Report Share Posted January 19, 2012 Wow bro that is pure genius \m/ I also love the way to have adapted it to run from your circular saw motor now that is bloody amazing I will be following this thread and well done my man on some clever ingenuity Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madawgony Posted January 20, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 20, 2012 Wow bro that is pure genius \m/ I also love the way to have adapted it to run from your circular saw motor now that is bloody amazing I will be following this thread and well done my man on some clever ingenuity Thanks. I wish that I could take credit for the concept but this was my interpretation of a plan published in Shop Notes. I made a couple of tweaks, widened the platten and drum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chile Posted July 5, 2012 Report Share Posted July 5, 2012 great! I'd like to see that plan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chile Posted July 5, 2012 Report Share Posted July 5, 2012 well, if it isn't copyrighted... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madawgony Posted July 12, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 12, 2012 Here is a link to the Shop notes plan: http://www.shopnotes.com/plans/thickness-sander/ We just moved to a new house and I am still looking for stuff. If/when I find my modifications I will post them. One huge gotcha I didn't take into account was the motor requirements. I ended up burning up the motor in that table saw (very old, bottom-tier Craftsman). So if you are planning on making a sander that relies on an external motor choose wisely. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chile Posted July 18, 2012 Report Share Posted July 18, 2012 thank you Madawgony! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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