Hey... Could you tell us more about your sander?

33 minutes ago, Kevin Beitz said:

Hey... Could you tell us more about your sander?

I think I have a blog about it somewhere. I’ll post it. 

@lew

I'll let you know when my eyes return to their sockets. 

Too cool!  Optical illusions are just that:  they twist the brain.  The more you look at it (and measure it), the less the brain misinterprets.  Lew doesn't see the curves anymore (smart brain).  It jumps off the page to the rest of us.

3 hours ago, PeteM said:

Optical illusions are just that:  they twist the brain.

...So is that what happened? And all this time I thought it was Dyslexia.

 

On 11/22/2019 at 10:44 PM, Kevin Beitz said:

Hey... Could you tell us more about your sander?

I've reposted the blog on the thickness sander.

Great.... How do I find it?

 

9 hours ago, Kevin Beitz said:

Great.... How do I find it?

 

Part 1 starts here-

additional parts linked from that page

Thanks... I'm checking it out...

You might also check out "diy drum sander".  Also "SandFlee sander".  I have a SandFlee, and I love the simultaneous jointing and sanding action.  However it is not a thickness planer.  I see a lot of instructions on how to use a bandsaw to resaw and veneer.  Wouldn't the bandsaw do 1/8" slices?

1 minute ago, PeteM said:

Wouldn't the bandsaw do 1/8" slices?

Yes, easily, but the problem is that the surface is not smooth enough to create perfectly tight glue joints on the rolling pin ellipses. 

 

 

We have one of Lew's French pins and THERE AIN'T NO GAPS twixt his layers. Which attests to the worthiness of his drum sander. Those lucky enough to own a Shopsmith might find this blog about a thickness sander interesting. 

https://www.lumberjocks.com/shipwright/blog/26701

Wow... Kool...

Did you ever think about adding a feed belt?

Look into Zero-max drives.

 

https://www.zero-max.com/cd-adjustable-speed-drives#1

33 minutes ago, Kevin Beitz said:

Did you ever think about adding a feed belt?

I had considered it but this works well for what I need. Thanks for the link!

27 minutes ago, lew said:

I had considered it but this works well for what I need. Thanks for the link!

Those little gear boxes will give you 0 to 1/2 output of what ever you feed to the input side. Once you set the speed control lever it stays at that speed and will not change with the load. You can find them cheap on e-bay. Great for many builds. They come in different Hp sizes.

@lew,

Very interesting blog on the drum sander. 

...I wonder if my neighbor still has the rollers off of the wringer washer he scrapped out.

Just might have to make one to fit my old lathe. 

3 hours ago, Larry Buskirk said:

@lew,

Very interesting blog on the drum sander. 

...I wonder if my neighbor still has the rollers off of the wringer washer he scrapped out.

Just might have to make one to fit my old lathe. 

You might want a little bigger circumference in your drum, Larry. 

Love it~!! and indeed  there is  an optical illusion.  those little square pegs manage to fool the eye

7 minutes ago, Cliff said:

Love it~!! and indeed  there is  an optical illusion.  those little square pegs manage to fool the eye

Thanks, Cliff!