Drum sanders and what i hate about them

[knockonit]

boy what a time saver, but boy howdy changing belts is a pia,  especially when you can't hardly get your fat fingers into the clamping area, rumor is they have a feltcrow type system, but i'm not changing what isn't broken till well i break the dang thing, i have two of these pia units ,a 16/32 and a 18-36 i think, the big one is under a grill cover on the patio, and i chose not to pull it out as i haven't put a dust hose out on patio yet, next big job once it warms up, 

so anyways was using the other one since the big planer was having issues, had to change the belt, i tend to be successful about 50% of the time, i sometimes miss the inboard clamp and when i turn it on it destroys the dang roll, getting better at it, but today of course i didnt have any 100 grit for the little guy, so had to size a large one to fit. 

but once done, made short work of squaring away some boards, just dropped 14 of the smaller ones in the oil bath, gonna let the ole gals pull'm out and put on racks to drip dry, i'd rather the get the turkey dinna ready, ole guy needs his vittles, and then a nice well earned nap.

 

[4DThinker]

I've got one, and use it when I have panels wider than my planer's capability (12") or leveling glued up panels too short to run through the planer. Thinking about it mine is likely the most used tool in my shop besides my CNC.  I agree though the changing the belt is a literal pain.   

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