Homemade drum sander... Thoughts?

[OkKeith]

I watch this guy on YouTube occasionally. I like his projects and have made a few myself. These plans for a do-it-yourself two stage drum sander are interesting to me for bow building. I have a 4X belt sander with a disk on the side (standard B&D model) that I have been making due with. I don't know if building this would be any cheaper than buying one or not.

http://www.stumpynubs.com/two-stage-drum-sander.html

I like the idea of being able to sand using the top feature.

What do all ya'll think?

OkKeith

[kennym]

I could see me working on it a long time and not getting the results I want. LOL

[Flem]

When I was thinking about building mine, I checked out that one and some other refined versions. Decided it was a crapload of work and the time spent to money saved ratio was not good enough to justify that build.

[Roy from Pa]

I made this one:)

https://youtu.be/iCHSrbJkkcY

[David Flanrey]

Dang Roy, yours looks just like mine.  How'd that happen?

Just my two cents, buy a baby drum from Grizzly.

[Flem]

As a fellow DIY tool builder, I highly recommend you build your drum sander. But I don't think it needs to be so complex. Crude can be accurate. This one is dead on, unless the feed mechanism stutters (me)
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Apologies to those who have seen my posted tools ad nauseam, the subject keeps coming up!

[Ringbill]

As a DIY'er when I first decided I want to build bows I built a small drum sander. The drum is only 5" wide. I used scrap I had laying around and scrounged up a motor. I had to pay for the belt and the bearings. It is simple and accurate. I do have to feed it manually but for a couple nights work (fun) and not much money I was able to grind my own lams. The harder part was making the tapered sleds.  That said if I had to purchase the motor I would have not built one but since I was able to do it for very little cost it was worth the time and effort. I can't seem to find a picture of it but it is similar to this but the motor is mounted underneath with a belt to the drum and the table is a bit longer for better support for the sled

http://buildyourownbow.com/how-to-make-a-simple-thickness-sander-for-bow-laminations/

[Buemaker]

This is what I use, works very good I must say.

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[Flem]

Hey Bue, I'll trade you straight up, if you pay the shipping

[Buemaker]

Shipping cost for 1100 pounds means I have to go out of retirement and start working again.

[Buemaker]

This one was made by Brandon Stahl who should need no introduction.
He said it was so accurate he never messed with it.

[Flem]

You might be in luck Keith. bsmith1 stated that he is making a stumpy sander in another thread.

[OkKeith]

Thanks Flem...

Where'd you see that?

OkKeith

[Flem]

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