bvalentine Posted January 7, 2007 Report Share Posted January 7, 2007 Last night I put a drum-sander bit in my table-mounted router. It worked very well. Is this common? Am I tearing anything up? I noticed that it easily burned the wood if not used carefully. I also read this thread, which is kinda the same idea: http://projectguitar.ibforums.com/index.ph...hl=sanding+drum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Posted January 7, 2007 Report Share Posted January 7, 2007 I predict that in a few minutes this thread will be full of; ARGH no! dont do it! Router spins way too fast for bits intended for drills! etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bvalentine Posted January 7, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 7, 2007 Router spins way too fast for bits intended for drills Yeah, I kinda figured that was why it was burning up the wood so fast. I had to be gentle and move quickly. The other problems with it was, of course, I couldnt have the drum scrapeing my router table (that would have made an interesting sound huh?) so I raised it about an 1/8 in. This meant that the bottom 1/8 wasnt getting sanded. So I got a small piece of plywood to jack up my guitar body. No big deal. I'd rather have a real drum router. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bvalentine Posted January 7, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 7, 2007 O.k. Sorry folks, this topic has been addressed alread: http://projectguitar.ibforums.com/index.ph...6&hl=router I promise I really do search before I post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattia Posted January 7, 2007 Report Share Posted January 7, 2007 Please do. Thing is this bears repeating: Never, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever put ANYTHING other than a router bit in a router. EVER. Except maybe an end mill. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlGeeEater Posted January 7, 2007 Report Share Posted January 7, 2007 I doubt the drum sander that you're using was even designed to widthstand the RPMs of the router. I'd wear safety goggles if you keep on doing it, which I don't suggest. Chuck it in your drill press atleast. Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prostheta Posted January 8, 2007 Report Share Posted January 8, 2007 Okay, lets math this one. A 12'000rpm router with a 2cm sanding drum (TINY!). The drum has a circumference of just under 6.28cm. Multiply the circumference by the rpm, divide by sixty. The edge of the drum will traverse 12.6m in a SECOND. An 8cm drum, just over 50m per second. That's 112mph. 162fps. A .38 Special's bullet probably travels about 500fps. Imagine bits of your nice normally safe sanding drum flying at your soft compliant damageable body at that speed. Probably very hot and melty by that point too. Unpleasant is too flowery a term for this one. Russian Roulette is more appropriate I believe. Your fingers won't grow back. Or your teeth, nose, lumps of arm, etc. DO IT PROPERLY. Sorry to be so blunt, but that's the way it is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spazzyone Posted January 8, 2007 Report Share Posted January 8, 2007 are you f@#king nuts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fryovanni Posted January 8, 2007 Report Share Posted January 8, 2007 Agreed. That is not a good idea. At drill speeds it may be just fine(you should verify that against the rating of the sanding drum). Routers just operate way to fast for sanding like that. Rich Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doeringer Posted January 8, 2007 Report Share Posted January 8, 2007 Agreed, bad idea - I like the way Prostheta put it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prostheta Posted January 8, 2007 Report Share Posted January 8, 2007 Well, just called me attached to those finger and eye things I have, you know? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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