Dunlap Sander Restore #3: The completly unique sander
It’s been around a year since I finished restoring this sander. Something about the sander always bugged me, and I spent some time looking at old catalogs and postings by other people and it finally struck me. The belt portion of this sander is 6” wide, but takes a 36” belt. On top of that the outboard bearing support that connects to the body casting through the table support hole did not exist on any recorded 4” sander or any 6” sander that uses the same body casting style. It has been seen 1 one 6” sander with the flat body casting. it takes a longer shaft to accommodate this extra bearing so it needed to be supported from the factory. Th...
