I'm looking for plans for a home built lam grinder. I want to try grinding lams from our local Alaska white birch. I'd apreciate any help!
Do a search on this site for 'lam grinder' or a variation of those words. I have read those threads and you should find what you need.
Go talk to Jack H, he's in wasilla. He'll hook you up with idears......
Also google "thickness sander" and you will find several plans out there, some free, some just a couple bucks.
Mike
Thanks, for the reply I'll try all of your suggestions.
I use a drum sander on a drill press. Seems to work good. What I did was clamp a square board to the drill press as a guide and I use a digital thickness tool to help me with the size I'm looking for. To make tapered laminations you will need to buy a tapered lam from binghams and glue it to a square board and make a sled. After I get the lam to the thickness I'm looking for I then hold it to the sled and guide it thru the sander on the drill press and it tapers it. Like I said it works great and is a cheap way to go as the thickness sanders are around $800.00 plus dollars.
Bill
I used a drum sander on a drill press for years, works very well...Glenn...
Good thread for me,,, let's see some pics of those set ups.