Home Made 22" Drum Sander

looks great

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I need one!

Looks very well made.
Thanks for sharing with us and welcome to Lumberjocks community.

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Nice job on the sander.I like the way you put the dust collector on also.

-- Dustygirl..Hastings,Ontario.. How much wood can 1 gal chuck if 1 gal can't cut wood?

I’d love to have one of these.

How much do you think the total cost of this would be if you started from scratch, allowing say $100 for a used/surplus motor?

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

I’d like to have an idea of total cost also. I have the plans already. Just too much other stuff going to get started.

looks great!

-- Father of two sons. Both Eagle Scouts.

I did start from scratch except for the table, which is just some particle board which I laminated. IIRC, I got the motor for $60 off of ebay. The bearings were cheap, maybe $10, and the rest is just framing lumber.

So I’d say around $200-$225.

great job

Woody.

-- Woody, UK

cool job, will be building one of puppies soon!

-- eric post, tallahassee FL

I’ve got a Ryobi 16/32” model that I use and the putting on the sandpaper is the pits. I might go for the Velcro on to my aluminum drum so I can change grits faster and easier.

The Delta and the Ryobi both use a spring clip to hold the starting and ending ends below the surface and they are always the pits to get tight. They are in close quarters at the end of the drum and the frame.

I noticed a cut in the end of the last disk. It that where you put the beginning of the sandpaper so the edge doesn’t get kicked up while sanding.

Great job. Well worth the effort.

-- What happens in the workshop stays in the workshop. No wait that doesn't sound right. Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

By the way check out this site, RedHill Abrasives or Supergrit for you sandpaper rolls.

-- What happens in the workshop stays in the workshop. No wait that doesn't sound right. Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

Nice work! I envy you guys that make your own sanders. That is one valuable tool to have in your shop…I too, am curious how much the total investment is to make one of these..and yours is one of the nicer ones I have seen! Also I am curious about the lack of a feed mechanism..whats the deal…you push your piece to be sanded through with a thinner board behind it?

-- David, South Windsor, CT "I love the smell of sawdust in the morning"

There appears to be a stress crack on the drum end…something controllable???

-- /\/\/\ BarryW /\/\/\ Stay so busy you don't have time to die.

No crack, just a slot I cut by hand to tuck the paper into, otherwise the edge could catch and unravel (or so I’m told ;-)

As far as the feed, I made a push board that’s 1/2” thick, since I’m usually sanding pieces that are 5/8” or 3/4” or so.

Nice, job! Did you desgn this on your own or from existing plans?

-- Garyb6, “Make everything as simple as possible, but not simpler” - Albert Einstein

What HP motor did you use? Is it enough, or would you increase it some? #5 on my shop list is to make one of these (no’s 1-4 belong to SWMBO).

-- Paul, Shelbyville, KY; (Ps 145: 1-2)

I’ve read that heat generated by the sanding process can destroy the Velcro hooks and loops . Have you experienced anything like that yet ?
I wish I could get my money back for the Delta X5 drum sander that I bought….It is really a piece of $&#@
My old Ryobi WDS1600 kicks Delta’s butt !!!
Maybe I should sell the Delta and buy parts to make my own as you have done here .

-- You know you're getting old when you know the difference between you're (you are) and your (belonging to you) AND how to use them in a sentence .

I’m going to make one of these one of these days. I’m favoriting this one.

-- Gary, South Central Wisconsin. So much to learn, so little time!

I adapted an existing design into my own.
The motor is rated at 1.5hp. Works plenty good
Haven’t had any problems with the velcro getting too hot. This stuff is designed for drum sanders, so it’s probably not your standard stuff.

Nice job. These are very useful machines.
One thing I would worry a a bit about would be the table flexing left-right because of the elevation mechanism.
You could also add two screws (instead of one) to two sides and tie them down together with a chain and sprocket. That way turning one will turn the other too.
I built one last year with a conveyor and DC motor. It works great.

Thanks for the Velcro feedback : )

-- You know you're getting old when you know the difference between you're (you are) and your (belonging to you) AND how to use them in a sentence .

I have been wanting to make one of these. I was concerned about getting the cylinder exactly round and parallel to the table. You just showed me a simple and effective method. If anything, I need it to be simple. Thanks for sharing this great plan.

Great work – I paid $1,800 for my open arm drum sander – yours looks like it works just as well and I’m pretty sure it didn’t cost $1,800.

How does the wood go through the machine? Is there a power feeder?

-- Andy, Liberty,Indiana, www.mccormickwoodworking.com

I’d like to see a photo of the router jig used to make the discs

-- Joe