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Title: home made drum sander Finished!
Post by: scottm on April 08, 2012, 12:53:00 AM

Here is my drum sander finished.I havent ground any lams with it yet but ive tested it on some scrap lumber and checked it with a micrometer.It seems to be very accurate.So far I have around $50.00 invested in it and a lot of time.Thanks for looking Scott   (http://i643.photobucket.com/albums/uu154/618scottm/finishedlamdbgrinder2.jpg)
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Title: Re: home made drum sander Finished!
Post by: red hill on April 08, 2012, 11:19:00 AM

Impressive,Scott. Looks like it'll work.   :clapper:

Title: Re: home made drum sander Finished!
Post by: KellyG on April 08, 2012, 02:39:00 PM

now that is sweet hope it works for ya.

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Post by: JJB on April 08, 2012, 04:18:00 PM

Now that's impressive!
-Jay

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Post by: macbow on April 08, 2012, 05:16:00 PM

Scott are you controlling the feed rate by hand. I have a small simple one, the feed rate being constant is my biggest problem.
Looks good.
Ron

Title: Re: home made drum sander Finished!
Post by: jess stuart on April 08, 2012, 07:19:00 PM

Great job Scott, bet you are going to enjoy it.

Title: Re: home made drum sander Finished!
Post by: scottm on April 08, 2012, 09:16:00 PM

Ron so far just testing with some scrap pine and oak i havent seen an issue with feeding by hand.But i did make my infeed and outfeed table long enough that i can push it through without having to catch it on the other side.I go slow,take light passes,and dont stop feeding until the product is completly out the other side.Also my table is very slick(laminated flooring)which i think helps.So for its worked great.

Title: Re: home made drum sander Finished!
Post by: scottm on April 08, 2012, 09:20:00 PM

Thanks for the complements!

Title: Re: home made drum sander Finished!
Post by: turmoiler on April 09, 2012, 09:56:00 AM

Nicely done!! But I hope you never grind any lamb...

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Post by: wookiewebster on April 09, 2012, 12:33:00 PM

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Originally posted by turmoiler:
Nicely done!! But I hope you never grind any lamb...

LOL, grinding lamb, that would be a mess!   :biglaugh:

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Post by: bjansen on April 09, 2012, 10:22:00 PM

Great job.  Way to be creative and save some machinery money

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Post by: Glunt on April 09, 2012, 10:36:00 PM

Really cool project.  I've been watching for deal on one, but may give building one a go. Some instability at work so I might have a whole bunch of time on my hands soon.

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Post by: johnny girardi on April 10, 2012, 03:56:00 PM

WOW!!! My grinders have wood table bases also.You glue the paper on?

Title: Re: home made drum sander Finished!
Post by: scottm on April 10, 2012, 09:41:00 PM

John i used spray glue.So far so good.Thanks Scott

Title: Re: home made drum sander Finished!
Post by: kennym on April 10, 2012, 10:09:00 PM

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Originally posted by wookiewebster:
 

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Originally posted by turmoiler:
Nicely done!! But I hope you never grind any lamb...

LOL, grinding lamb, that would be a mess!    :biglaugh:  [/b]

A grinding lamb, hmmm

Ahh,never mind....  :laughing: