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Drum Sander replacement paper - Need Advice

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A few years back I bought a Ryobi 1600WDS Drum sander off craigslist for $75. Had to replace the electrical circuit, but since then it has worked great. I also added the Grizzly H&L kit for easy sandpaper change. Shortly after doing this I ordered 80 grit sandpaper rolls from somewhere??

Now the issue. It's time to buy more sandpaper.
+ What is the difference between H&L and cloth backed sandpaper? Would they both work?
+ What weight sandpaper. I'm thinking J weight, but I can only find X-weight H&L paper. That seems too heavy to me.
+ Where do you buy replacement rolls - everywhere I usually go seem to have cloth back but not H&L.
 
#13 ·
Just curious why you felt the need to go the hook and loop path. I have a Jet and changing the belts is a piece of cake. Just clamp in the leading edge, and rotate the drum while winding the paper on with a small gap between wraps. Leave a bit more room between the last two wraps to accommodate expansion, and clamp the trailing end. Done! Simple as pie. What is the supposed problem that requires hook and loop? I just don't get it. Wrapping a new grit of paper on my drum sander is one of the easiest chores in my shop.
 
#14 ·
Just curious why you felt the need to go the hook and loop path. I have a Jet and changing the belts is a piece of cake. Just clamp in the leading edge, and rotate the drum while winding the paper on with a small gap between wraps. Leave a bit more room between the last two wraps to accommodate expansion, and clamp the trailing end. Done! Simple as pie. What is the supposed problem that requires hook and loop? I just don t get it. Wrapping a new grit of paper on my drum sander is one of the easiest chores in my shop.

- Kazooman
In my case I bought the unit used. The clamps that hold the paper on the left side were broken off. I tried to find a replacement and could not. As I was researching the H&L option I read somewhere that the H&L also held an advantage in lifting the paper slightly off the drum which allowed it to run cooler eliminating burn marks. Not sure if that's true or not. In any case I tuck the leading edge into the slot with a little double sided tape and then wrap the drum. Seems to work fine for me.
 
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