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Posted: Sun May 10, 2009 3:05 pm
by vjgrevem
I finally received the backordered discs.
8iowa, I sent you a PM. Thanks again for the loan of your discs. That enabled me to finish a little project I had instead of waiting on SS to fulfill the order. The conical sander is a great once you get it set up properly.
Posted: Sun May 10, 2009 4:26 pm
by dusty
vjgrevem wrote:I finally received the backordered discs.
8iowa, I sent you a PM. Thanks again for the loan of your discs. That enabled me to finish a little project I had instead of waiting on SS to fulfill the order. The conical sander is a great once you get it set up properly.
Thanks for the good news. I need to order sanding disks.
What sort of difficulties did you experience getting setup for conical sanding?
Posted: Sun May 10, 2009 5:31 pm
by JPG
dusty wrote:Thanks for the good news. I need to order sanding disks.
What sort of difficulties did you experience getting setup for conical sanding?
I would almost bet it involved 4 degrees!
Posted: Sun May 10, 2009 9:44 pm
by vjgrevem
Can I take that bet???
Posted: Sun May 10, 2009 10:10 pm
by vjgrevem
The 4 degree tilt was not hard to get right - checking with a square betw the sander and the table gets you zeroed in pretty quick.
The problem I was having is how much material gets removed per pass. The 50 grit paper I'm using was taking off too much and it took a while playing with speed and how tight I had the board against the sander before I got comfortable. I went back to the instructions and saw where it spells out the max. amount of removal for each of the grits: 1/8" for 50 grit. 1/16" for 80 grit and 1/32" for 150 grit. Good thing I was practicing with scrap boards before using any good stuff.
Posted: Sun May 10, 2009 10:44 pm
by JPG
vjgrevem wrote:Can I take that bet???
I said ALMOST! I have come to the conclusion that aligning to a square is the ONLY way to do it. Setting the table tilt to 4 degrees is inaccurate. After watching Nick's sawdust session I have come to the conclusion that it is NOT 4 degrees(slightly less). Perhaps there are variations from disc to disc.
Glad you got it figgered out!:)
Posted: Mon May 11, 2009 9:12 am
by moose
Wixey is better than my old eyes
Posted: Mon May 11, 2009 11:50 am
by JPG
ashbury wrote:Wixey is better than my old eyes
Does Wixey say 4.0 degrees???
Posted: Mon May 11, 2009 12:08 pm
by dusty
JPG40504 wrote:Does Wixey say 4.0 degrees???
I don't think you were asking me but I have a comment anyhow. NO, the Wixey does NOT indicate 4 degrees. My Wixey indicates 3 degrees.
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Posted: Mon May 11, 2009 12:17 pm
by JPG
dusty wrote:I don't think you were asking me but I have a comment anyhow. NO, the Wixey does NOT indicate 4 degrees. My Wixey indicates 3 degrees.
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THANK YOU! I did/do not care which/whose Wixey spoke/speaks. You have confirmed my own observations(without a wixey). The SS literature(when it was printed) states "precise 4 degrees". An overstatement to be sure!:)