Drum/Thickness Sander #2: The finally is almost here.

Love the flip wheels …

-- Pat - Worker of Wood, Collector of Tools, Father of one

Looks like a great accomplishment and addition to the shop. Congrats!!!

Will you be painting or staining/finishing tthe wood? Inquiring minds want to know!!!

-- Randy-- I may not be good...but I am slow!

Randy, I think I’m just going to give it a coat or 2 of brush oil and call it a day.

-- There is nothing like the sound of a well tuned hand plane. - http://timetestedtools.wordpress.com (timetestedtools at hotmail dot c0m)

Don this is a great build
I use cloth abrasive, last a while and is easy cleaned.
Jamie

-- Who is the happiest of men? He who values the merits of others, and in their pleasure takes joy, even as though 'twere his own. --Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

That looks like it was easier than I imagined? The flip up wheels are an ingenious touch. How bout a vid when it’s up and running?

-- " I'll try to be nicer, if you'll try to be smarter" gfadvm

Ingenious Don. I had a chuckle at the thought of you swapping out all of your motors so that you had the right one for the sander. Nice wheels too.

-- Andy -- Old Chinese proverb say: If you think something can't be done, don't interrupt man who is doing it.

Don

You are a better man than I am. I was thinking about building one but went and bought a Jet. Nice job!

Post a video of it in action, would love to see how it works. I use my drum sander quite often.

-- Mike.... West Virginia. "Man is a tool using animal. Without tools he is nothing, with tools he is all.". T Carlyle

+1 to the video request. Looks great Don.

-- ~Tony

Looking forward to seeing what it can do! Looks like a great build too.

-- Mike, American in Norway

I will see what I can do about the video. It will be a while I think. Shop time will be shrinking over the next few weeks.

But as they say “Good things come slow”

-- There is nothing like the sound of a well tuned hand plane. - http://timetestedtools.wordpress.com (timetestedtools at hotmail dot c0m)

We don’t need a video Don. Just let us know how well it works! One question about these drum sanders. Do they usually go through the different grits to sand a workpiece or is one grit good enough just to get it flat and dimensioned?

-- Mike, American in Norway

ok, velcro, sand paper, and switch ordered from grizzly.

Mike, I know Ross wrote “Made 2 drums so that I didn’t have to keep changing grits for rough and fine sanding.” in the first part of this series. I’m not sure how much of an issue that will be with the velcro. I’ll let you know after some use.

-- There is nothing like the sound of a well tuned hand plane. - http://timetestedtools.wordpress.com (timetestedtools at hotmail dot c0m)

Don check out this site
https://www.supergrit.com/

might save a buck or 2.
I use their belts for metal work (2×42) cleans up plane soles in a hurry.

-- Sawdust and shavings are therapeutic

Thanks Slim, I’ve been using 2sand, but they did not have the converter backing. I’ll check out supergrit when I need more sand paper.

I also added cost to the blog.

-- There is nothing like the sound of a well tuned hand plane. - http://timetestedtools.wordpress.com (timetestedtools at hotmail dot c0m)

An impressive build, Don! Anxious to read the tool review of the DonYoda SandBelt One! The wheels are an ingenious addition, and like Andy I chuckled too at the motor dance you’re going through. It’s very much what I’d do, as there are quite a few motors around my shop that I’m not using to potential.

Congrats on nearing completion!

-- Don't anthropomorphize your handplanes. They hate it when you do that. -- OldTools Archive