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Woodworking Forum => Woodworking Forum => Topic started by: fflintstone on October 21, 2012, 09:44:30 PM

Title: not old but home made.
Post by: fflintstone on October 21, 2012, 09:44:30 PM: I picked up a homemade thickness sander off CL today. From the pictures it looked well made and In person I was impressed. It is a wooden frame, it has a Dayton motor, and foot actuated casters to move it around, and a typical 18” wide drum. The only downside is it is manual feed. Since a new one is around $1200 I figured I could live with manual feed for $50.

Here is a commercial one.

http://www.northerntool.com/shop/tools/product_200450950_200450950?cm_mmc=Google-pla-_-Woodworking-_-Woodworking%20Sanders-_-123579&ci_sku=123579&ci_gpa=pla&ci_kw={keyword}
Title: Re: not old but home made.
Post by: john k on October 21, 2012, 10:07:20 PM: It might be shop built, but darn professionally. Is that a foot operated on off switch? The quality of it just shouts, you done good.
Title: Re: not old but home made.
Post by: fflintstone on October 21, 2012, 10:35:10 PM: Quote from: john k on October 21, 2012, 10:07:20 PM
It might be shop built, but darn professionally. Is that a foot operated on off switch? The quality of it just shouts, you done good.

No not a switch, you step on it and the casters go down lifting the unit to roll around.
It has a swich on the front.
I might look for a push button on/off.
Title: Re: not old but home made.
Post by: clovis on October 22, 2012, 06:54:23 AM: Nice find!!!

I would have been all over that for $50!
Title: Re: not old but home made.
Post by: rusty on October 22, 2012, 08:43:38 PM: The more I look at that, the more I like it. Someone did a *real* nice job. As to $50....the bearing set will cost you $40, so I think you stole it ;P
Title: Re: not old but home made.
Post by: scottg on October 23, 2012, 05:00:28 PM: I really loved seeing this, thanks!!
Guitarmakers sander. Made with real heart, I can see it from here.
Just wonderful!
yours Scott

PS Can I have a really good picture of the caster/lift linkage?? Please?
also, how big are the shafts/bearings?
Title: Re: not old but home made.
Post by: fflintstone on October 28, 2012, 07:11:27 PM: Quote from: scottg on October 23, 2012, 05:00:28 PM
I really loved seeing this, thanks!!
Guitarmakers sander. Made with real heart, I can see it from here.
Just wonderful!
yours Scott

PS Can I have a really good picture of the caster/lift linkage?? Please?
also, how big are the shafts/bearings?

I will do Scott; I just recycled his CL pictures.

My guess is the shaft is around ¾”. The caster set up is really neat though.

I do have some bad news thought, when the wife and I wrestled it out of my car, and into the shop two of the boards came loose. I will re glue them and C’bore a drywall or Kreg screw in each joint, also it did not make it back to the wood working area, and the flat surfaces have already collected boxes of auto repair parts from Amazon and rock auto.