Does anyone have a drum style panel sander

[Ed in Tampa]

Hear are two pictures of homemade drum sanders. I don't remember where they came from but they look great.
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[rudiful2]

Boostfan

I have a Performax 22" x 44" drum sander and it works great. However, the height of what you can run through it is limited. I have had several commissions for large desks, upon instruction for cost purposes, the carcasses were made from particle-board. The design they chose for the base were quite robust and could not be sanded with the Performax sander.
I built myself a drum sander from a kit from: http://www.stockroomsupply.ca/shop/home/
This works fantastic, I sanded the bulky carcasses flat to receive the veneer and had a very happy customer.
P.S. If you decide to build your own, make sure you build in leveling screws for adjustment.

Rudy;)

[Gene Howe]

I had a Performax. Hated it. Never could keep it aligned. Sold it and bought the Stockroom supply "V" Sander kit. It works great.
If I ever have the need for another "thickness sander", I'll be looking at a closed end one, like Paul's.

[allsas]

I AGREE w/Gene. Built a Hook and Loop (V Drum) sander for Mark V.

The Hook and Loop sander collects 90% of the dust in the case that supports the table. DC is an option and the drawdown should capture 9% more. Remember sanding creates a lot of dust and even 1% floating around is a lot. One of several advantages of Hook and Loop Sander is that it will remove paint without clogging the sandpaper for the same reason that it is unlikely to burn the wood!

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I have free plan for Sander Case and building a hook and loop drum for the first Forum member that will commit to building a case and drum for himself and informing Forum members.

[mgdesigns]

If you have plans for that I'd love to have them. My dad's next door neighbor made the Shop Notes one and has it attach to his PowerMatic Table Saw pulley. I could see the use of your design for my '55 SS MkV. Thanks ahead of time. It would be great addition to tools for making my electric guitars.

I made one which works fairly well for thicknessing acoustic guitar sides. I borrowed ideas from ShopNotes (tm) and Nick Englers sanding book. Here is what it looks like:


Just have to watch the exit as it does tend to want to through the piece. I limited that by adding a top roller on the outfeed to maintain downward pressure on the feed belt. That resolved 95% of that issue.

Almost forgot to mention, it's a full 18" wide. and just barely fits on the Shopsmith, but it will sand acoustic tops and backs that are already glued to size.