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That's quite the ingenious drum sander you found. I'm sure there is a Shopsmith connection to it. As Dave mentioned, that drum is identical to the design in the Power Tool Woodworking for Everyone book.

One thing you might consider is to add a sheet of formica/laminate to the surface of the table so that feeding stock through the sander be easier, especially after waxing the surface.

Now that just impresses the bee-jeebers out of me.
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pennview wrote:That's quite the ingenious drum sander you found. I'm sure there is a Shopsmith connection to it. As Dave mentioned, that drum is identical to the design in the Power Tool Woodworking for Everyone book.

One thing you might consider is to add a sheet of formica/laminate to the surface of the table so that feeding stock through the sander be easier, especially after waxing the surface.

I was looking at the surface an noticed that the top ply was lifting, and that very thought occured to me. I was going to put some UHMW tape on the slides, and I believe they have a similar product in a shoot form. If not, formica is as good a solution as any. I am taking it all apart for deep cleaning and some painting/finishing this weekend coming, and I hope to have it up by next week.

Derek

pennview wrote:That's quite the ingenious drum sander you found. I'm sure there is a Shopsmith connection to it. As Dave mentioned, that drum is identical to the design in the Power Tool Woodworking for Everyone book.

One thing you might consider is to add a sheet of formica/laminate to the surface of the table so that feeding stock through the sander be easier, especially after waxing the surface.

I'd think too slick might not be wise without some mechanism to control feed thru - too thin of removal & ZING off the piece goes across the room. Maybe a rubberized surface on the outfeed?