Home made drum sander

that’s pretty cool!
thanks for sharing.

That’s cool!

-- You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation. (Plato)

Nice. I’ve never considered a shop-built drum sander – until now that is. Thanks!

-- Dave J. Oakdale, MN

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here I go

-- No piece is cut too short. It was meant for a smaller project.

Cool Dave! What feeds the workpiece through?

I have to use a push board. I would like to come up with a belt In time. Thanks for all the great feed back.

-- Davesfunwoodworking

Very nice Job. Shopnotes magazine just published a Tools and Jigs edition that has plans for a shop made sander. It is on page 82.

-- We must guard our enthusiasm as we would our life - James Krenov

Shop Notes Tools and Jigs Just published has a Thickness Sander powered by your table saw. Page 82. it also shows a hand operated feed table.

Nice job.

-- I've been blessed with a father who liked to tinker in wood, and a wife who lets me tinker in wood. Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

Lol. We were posting at the same time Karson.

-- We must guard our enthusiasm as we would our life - James Krenov

thats a great looking sander. what did you use for the drum?
i solved my sanding problem by building a stroke sander. part of the fun of woodworking is building your tools to work with. keep up the good work.

-- jerryw-wva.

The drum is made out of 4 inch round 3/4 inch mdf. I think i used 18 or 20 of them glued together. I drilled out the center and put them on a shaft and glued them up.

-- Davesfunwoodworking

thats a good idea for making the drum. how do you fasten the sanding belt on to the drum?

-- jerryw-wva.

I cut the end of the drum and put a wedge in to hold the paper. It to will need to be changed. Not sure yet how.

-- Davesfunwoodworking

Sounds a lot like the version in ShopNotes. I considered making one of these about 6 years ago and then I found a great buy on a Ryobi Reconditioned sander. They are very useful. Good luck on your use of it. be careful of cherry wood. When the sandpaper builds up a corn, you then get a big burn strip down the board. Maple will do it also but it seems to be harder to do.

-- I've been blessed with a father who liked to tinker in wood, and a wife who lets me tinker in wood. Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

That’s on my list of things.
Great job . You wont regret having tha in your shop.
What size motor are you using and is it adequate?

Bob

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