HoosierBuddy
Well-known member
Hey guys,
I'll post up this whole project when complete, but basically what I have done is scratch build a 24-inch drum sander. It works and will sand boards. My next step is to use it to sand an actual project. I was thinking I'd build a cutting board using oak and walnut strips glued up and then see how the sander handles that.
One thing I'm positive of....this sander creates more saw dust per second than anything I've had access to before. I do not have a dust collection system at home, but I can see how it would be possible to create a 25-inch wide hood over the top of my sanding drum and hook that to my shop vac for some dust sucking. Then I got thinking that is going to be an awfully large suction hood and a lot of work to fab (probably out of aluminum) just to find it won't work.
Thoughts?
In the meantime, I'm glad I built it with casters. I'm going to push it outside to use it and position myself upwind. Using this thing inside without dust collection would be about half a disaster.
I'll post up this whole project when complete, but basically what I have done is scratch build a 24-inch drum sander. It works and will sand boards. My next step is to use it to sand an actual project. I was thinking I'd build a cutting board using oak and walnut strips glued up and then see how the sander handles that.
One thing I'm positive of....this sander creates more saw dust per second than anything I've had access to before. I do not have a dust collection system at home, but I can see how it would be possible to create a 25-inch wide hood over the top of my sanding drum and hook that to my shop vac for some dust sucking. Then I got thinking that is going to be an awfully large suction hood and a lot of work to fab (probably out of aluminum) just to find it won't work.
Thoughts?
In the meantime, I'm glad I built it with casters. I'm going to push it outside to use it and position myself upwind. Using this thing inside without dust collection would be about half a disaster.