Circular Sander

[snipes2222]

Hey does anyone here know where to get a circular sander that mounts to a drillpress chuck thats over 5"?

I have one thats 5" but need one bigger to do the job.Any help or ideas would be great.

[Mattia]

Y'mean a drum sander?

I wouldn't trust anything that long in a drill press, honestly; drum sanders work OK, but a drill press quill is not designed for the lateral force drum sanding requires, so the chuck falls off from time to time. Not fun.

[snipes2222]

no not a drum sander but a flat circular sander like you use in a normal drill for sanding cars.

and thanks for reading this

Edited February 27, 2006 by snipes2222

[Mattia]

OK, like a sanding disk. 6" is a pretty standard orbital sander size, but is there a reason you can't take multiple overlapping passes with the smaller disk? The bigger the disk, the crazier the angular velocity gets. I know quite a few classical/acoustic gutiar makes use a sanding disk to thin backs and sides, generally a standard 5"to 6" diameter.

[snipes2222]

My drill press is to small for the 5" to reach the center of the wood.I think if I had a larger one it would reach.

Its either that or I figure out how to build the mount for my router to thickness rout.Thanks

[Supernova9]

My drill press is to small for the 5" to reach the center of the wood.I think if I had a larger one it would reach.

Its either that or I figure out how to build the mount for my router to thickness rout.Thanks

If you're looking to thickness stock, build the router planing jig, it'll save you ages compared to trying to sand down using a sanding disc like that. Provided you don't want to go too thin (i.e. <2mm thick), the router jig will be much quicker, and just as good.

[snipes2222]

Sweet dood thanks for all the help. I guess Ill try to build the jig.