Yesterday was the day to begin working out the concepts of the window valences. That involved setting up the oscillating disc sander and creating a table with a guide ring. The oscillating unit works very well with one exception. The cable they send to connect the unit to the quill gave way almost instantly. The ferule was not completely mashed and the cable slipped out. A piece of 1/4" nylon line solved the problem in about 30 seconds and works fine. As usual it only takes about 5 min or less to set up. It sanded the inside profile on 4 1/4" alder perfectly with no burns.
Paul
Oscillating Drum Sander
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Re: Oscillating Drum Sander
You sir are an amazing Shopsmither ....
Always quality work!
Always quality work!
Dick
1965 Mark VII S/N 407684
1951 10 ER S/N ER 44570 -- Reborn 9/16/14
1950 10 ER S/N ER 33479 Reborn July 2016
1950 10 ER S/N ER 39671
1951 jigsaw X 2
1951 !0 ER #3 in rebuild
500, Jointer, Bsaw, Bsander, Planer
2014 Mark 7 W/Lift assist - 14 4" Jointer - DC3300
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1965 Mark VII S/N 407684
1951 10 ER S/N ER 44570 -- Reborn 9/16/14
1950 10 ER S/N ER 33479 Reborn July 2016
1950 10 ER S/N ER 39671
1951 jigsaw X 2
1951 !0 ER #3 in rebuild
500, Jointer, Bsaw, Bsander, Planer
2014 Mark 7 W/Lift assist - 14 4" Jointer - DC3300
And a plethora of small stuff .....
"The trouble with quotes on the Internet is that you can never know if they are genuine." - Benjamin Franklin
Re: Oscillating Drum Sander
The exact same thing happened to me. I was able to get the cable back through the ferule and smashed down to hold. However, I had the arm installed on the quill pinion shaft adjusted improperly. With the cable fixed it held but the arm bottomed out on the down stroke of the drum and broke the delrin gear in the drive housing. The SS web site said both the gear and cable were available but it turned out the gear was no longer available. I called SS and CS said send it to us and we will fix it. They fixed it for no charge even though it was my fault.masonsailor2 wrote:Yesterday was the day to begin working out the concepts of the window valences. That involved setting up the oscillating disc sander and creating a table with a guide ring. The oscillating unit works very well with one exception. The cable they send to connect the unit to the quill gave way almost instantly. The ferule was not completely mashed and the cable slipped out. A piece of 1/4" nylon line solved the problem in about 30 seconds and works fine. As usual it only takes about 5 min or less to set up. It sanded the inside profile on 4 1/4" alder perfectly with no burns.
Paul
Since I have a dedicated drill press I leave the gear box attached all the time and just slide it up on the way tubes when not in use so it does not run all the time. I decided to leave the quill pinion shaft arm installed and moved the drill press feed handle to the left side. I did mark the pinion shaft and the arm with a center punch dimple in case I ever have to remove the arm. That way I can easily put the arm back on in proper alignment.
Having the feed handle is not a real problem for me but I have toyed with the idea of rotating the sander gear box 180° on the bracket on putting the arm on the left side of the pinion shaft.
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Re: Oscillating Drum Sander
After a day in the shop, part of which was dealing with the drum sander to make the valences I am very pleased with the machine. I profile sanded both the inside and outside curves with it and the results are great.
Paul
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Re: Oscillating Drum Sander
Amazing work, as usual! I love the jig, really clever!
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