drum sander

From woodworkerspost.com This is a test run of a home made drum sander that I made. I need to add some more pieces.I made it because I'm trying to build a guitar and I want to use it for the fretboard. I talk more about it on woodworkerspost.com. Its a new forum, join up and show things you made also!! Or try the youtube channel for woodworkerspost

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• drum sander
• bandsaw
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[orlandofriend]

Looks like my homemade.... sort of. I need to post the final video on mine... it was still in progress.

[trex117427]

@orlandofriend I'm thinking of tearing it all down and making it look nice. mines a very slow work in progress

[THSurvivalGear]

That is too cool brother! You should check out the Matthiaswandel channel here on youtube and see if he couldn't help you out with setting up some wooden gears that would give you a set increment of ascent and descent of the table so that you can sand dimensional wood...

[trex117427]

@THSurvivalGear Thanks! I will check his channel. There is another guy I ordered gear making plans from -  Stevengarrison (dot) com ,,a genius. I use a large threaded rod to raise and lower the table but it is a lot of turning if the thickness of wood is thick and I was set at thin (or vice versa).

[orlandofriend]

It sounds like you need to keep better tension on the belt because when the drum hits a high spot of wood you can hear the motor vibrating.

[trex117427]

@orlandofriend thanks,,I'll have to check it out. I havent run it for a while and was thinking of rebuilding the whole thing to make it look nicer. Maybe a shorter belt will work better.

[trex117427]

@fluterampal I dont think that is the way to go. Not sure, theres a big chance the lid and more are veneered. You may sand through it. If it is solid wood, hand sanding should be fine, working to higher grits. A hand plane will leave the smoothest finish and get rid of glue seams from the lid panels. The glass like finish depends on the result of the wood but the finish is a technique all in itself. Wet sand from 400 up to micro glazes. i'd ask a piano restoration place first.

[fluterampal]

@brandiclay where can i buy a drum 6 feet wide?

[fluterampal]

Where can i buy a drum like that 6 feet wide? Im doing a lid of a piano that must be glass like in flatness when polished. Thanks in advance

[trex117427]

@bloodynuts2 but the home made drum sander from Japan can take your picture too!! LOL