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07-11-2011 09:49 PM |
Most lathes come with faceplates: something you can screw a board to and then thread onto your lathe spindle for turning. What if I screwed a piece of plywood to a faceplate, stuck some sandpaper to it and made a box that sits on the lathe bed to act as a table. Now I have a disc sander! Can anyone think why this might be a bad idea? Alan |
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#1 posted 07-11-2011 09:54 PM |
NO it’s done all the time in fact I have this very facility on two of my lathes but rarely use it as I have two dedicated sanders one in each work room. Alistair -- excuse my typing as I have a form of parkinsons disease |
#2 posted 07-11-2011 09:59 PM |
Cool! I just found this nice example of this idea: http://americanwoodworker.com/blogs/shop/archive/2009/11/10/lathe-and-disc-sander-combo.aspx Alan |
#3 posted 07-11-2011 11:35 PM |
I have seen some examples of just that. I am thinking of taking an old drill and doing something like that. Did not see any pictrures of you and Ben playing in the shop while they were on vacation. -- Just learning the craft my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ practiced. |
#4 posted 07-11-2011 11:59 PM |
Remember to stick Velcroe to the disk, then you can use velroe backed paper for quick change when going down thru the grades. -- Pete G: If you always do what you always did you'll always get what you always got |
#5 posted 07-19-2011 09:07 AM |
I use mine all the time I glue the disc to MDF, the discs last a long time and arte cheap to buy, I use a 10” one and that give room for big pieces |
#6 posted 07-19-2011 04:47 PM |
The sanding disc with a table used to be a standard option on lathes, I have two different discs (one fine,one -- As ever, Gus-the 79 yr young apprentice carpenter |
#7 posted 07-19-2011 04:56 PM |
I did it. A fellow woodworker near me received a waste 3/4” BB ply disk from me to build his. (I messed up measurements for a Thien baffle, and had no use for the disk any more…). Works great and saves a TON of space in the shop versus a dedicated sander… You might want to pick up a spare faceplate instead of installing / removing the faceplate to make sure everything stays true… -- Please like and subscribe to my YouTube Channel https://www.youtube.com/c/daves-workshop |
#8 posted 07-31-2011 03:07 AM |
I made a set-up for my JET VS mini lathe and applied Velcro to the MDF disc that I turned….now for the dust collection table : ) -- I'm absolutely positive that I couldn't be more uncertain! |
#9 posted 07-31-2011 03:40 AM |
Yup lots of accessories can be made to fit on your faceplate, limited only by your imagination and safety. I made my 5” sanding disk to fit my faceplate or my 1 3/8” expandable collet chuck that way if one is occupied with a project I can put the sander on the other. Oh, 5” why you might ask well Carborundum used to make sandpaper here in Niagara Falls and I got loads of them free like some of my sandpaper. MIKE -- See pictures on Flickr - http://www.flickr.com/photos/44216106@N07/ And visit my Facebook page - facebook.com/MTEnterprises |
#10 posted 07-31-2011 04:08 AM |
I just got the new FWW magazine in the mail yesterday and sure enough this was one of the tips in the front of the mag with a box to fit on the lathe bed and a miter slot and gauge :) -- - Eric Noblesville, IN |
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