Shop Built Thickness Sander

[shipwright]

Wish I lived in Phoenix. That sander would be sold.

Keep your eyes open. This one http://www.shopsmith.net/forums/showpos ... ostcount=2 only cost me $1100 (Canadian no less). It may be big and heavy but it's worth the extra $350.

Paul M

[dwevans]

dwevans,
What material did you use to build the drum. I had been wanting to build a sander for segmented ring flattening. I had recently got my lathe duplicator from SS and want to create a drum using Nick's method with the duplicator on cutting a perfect taper. Clamping the duplicator down and using the way tubes to keep everything straight. Also how did you attach the drum to the shaft?

I used Baltic Birch for the drum. I cut them all out with my router circle jig. I made a Jig to drill the holes in the center, then put them all on a 5/8" shaft and glued them together. 2 disks in from each end I put a pin through the shaft and cut notches in the disk to receive the pin. This keeps the drum from spinning free on the shaft. Once this was completed and dried, I mounted some sand paper on the bed of the thickness sander and raised the bed till it was in contact with the drum and sanded it smooth.