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Adapting Shopsmith 10" sanding disk to regular lathe.
smitty10101 posted a topic in Shopsmith Pride and Use
Background: I'm currently been tasked with making several segmented bowls and will need to flatten the made up rings. I have an OLD Shopsmith 10" sanding disk and was "brainstorming" using it on a regular lathe. My 1st thought was to mount it on the tail stock with a MT2 rod with a 5/8" end. The sanding disk has a grub screw to hold it on. I'm expecting the disk to remain stationary while the wood spins. If need be, I could put a flat on the shaft to land the grub screw. Then, the gray matter said to mount it on the motorized end. Maybe through the 4 jaw chuck with a 5/8" round rod. The rod PROBABLY wouldn't need to be tapered then.(?) Has anyone successfully done something similar? And where did you get the MT2 taper "rod"? Was it successful and was it worth the effort? Also the disk would be used to help assemble the rings into the bowl. As an aside---I have access to several horizontal belt sanders. TIA Smitty -
I don't know why I never thought of this, it's so common too, just another way to turn an existing tool into another. @Gene Howe. Does Shopsmith till make the sander for the lathe, I could not find it. OR
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