297 days ago
by Andrew |
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Out of curiosity, I ran some calculations on power requirements:
If I have a 1.5 HP motor, I can use a force of 2.88 lbs on a 25” piece. This would mean a low removal rate for larger pieces. I could not determine how much of a removal rate. Some sources say they would remove at a rate of 1/128” each pass. This seems reasonable for a 3 lb force. On smaller pieces more force can be applied. A 1” piece would stall the motor at 72.12 lbs. This amount of force applied to the m...
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297 days ago
by Andrew |
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After doing some work on my kitchen cabinets, I thought that a drum sander would provide better results and take less time. So, I’m going to build one.
A few sites that have given me my inspiration:
http://woodgears.ca/sander/thickness.html
http://www.woodcentral.com/cgi-bin/readarticle.pl?dir=powertools&file=articles_528.shtml
The design so far…
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1406 days ago
by SimonSKL |
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Inspired by Jeff’s (Jcoulam) homemade cyclone dust collector, I decided to make one just like his. This blog is written to show how I built it.
At a local home center, I purchased one 8”x24 metal duct, a 5-ft 2” PVC pipe, a 2” PVC elbow, and two 2” couplers for about $18.
The first step is to make the cone. I tried to twist the metal sheet into a cone but just couldn’t make it look right and managed to get a small cut in my hand in the process. Ou...
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1479 days ago
by kenn |
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It is time to assemble the base for this massive bench. I gathered some air dried oak that I had left over from wedge stock when making windsor chairs and my drawknife.
I carefully took the oak down to 5/16” thick since that was the size of holes I chose to drill to hold this all together.
At first, I made the pegs square and cut them to length. Then I wised up and realized that if I carefully split that baby, I could save myself some effort and get 2 sets of pegs from one piece...
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