I've not been able to find any info on this subject so I thought I'd ask the interwebs.
do you have a preference for running a drum sander with or without hook and loop paper? I have run both, and never really had a bit of trouble getting my paper to stay on without the aid of velcro. It seems to me like they cut better without the hook and loop.
background: I have had five different drum sanders, a ryobi open end (garbage) a grizzly 24" dual drum, an ultrasand dual drum, and currently a shop fox 26" dual drum, and a woodmaster 38" single drum. The grizzly and ultrasand both had solid drums without the stikit velcrow stuff. the woodmaster and shopfox both have the velcro.
It seems to me that the sanders running a solid drum seem to do much better making heavy cuts with coarse paper than the Velcro equipped sanders do. has anyone else ever noticed this in practice?
my primary use for these sanders is for cleaning up thin stock that is rough sawn for guitar tops, running them through a planer is not an option becuase they are to thin, figured, and delicated for it. I just seems like my old 24" sanders were able to hog a lot more material.
for fine sanding I don't mind the velcro backing, I think it makes a for a slightly better finish. but for my 38" sander I've been thinking I might take the hook and loop stuff off the drum once I run out of loop backed paper.
do you have a preference for running a drum sander with or without hook and loop paper? I have run both, and never really had a bit of trouble getting my paper to stay on without the aid of velcro. It seems to me like they cut better without the hook and loop.
background: I have had five different drum sanders, a ryobi open end (garbage) a grizzly 24" dual drum, an ultrasand dual drum, and currently a shop fox 26" dual drum, and a woodmaster 38" single drum. The grizzly and ultrasand both had solid drums without the stikit velcrow stuff. the woodmaster and shopfox both have the velcro.
It seems to me that the sanders running a solid drum seem to do much better making heavy cuts with coarse paper than the Velcro equipped sanders do. has anyone else ever noticed this in practice?
my primary use for these sanders is for cleaning up thin stock that is rough sawn for guitar tops, running them through a planer is not an option becuase they are to thin, figured, and delicated for it. I just seems like my old 24" sanders were able to hog a lot more material.
for fine sanding I don't mind the velcro backing, I think it makes a for a slightly better finish. but for my 38" sander I've been thinking I might take the hook and loop stuff off the drum once I run out of loop backed paper.