How to convert the lathe into a DIY drum sander
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- Опубліковано 10 тра 2017
- A thickness sander is a really useful tool. You can easily convert the lathe into one. I made this jig out a sheet of MDF and an old bed I found in the garbage.
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A good way to make sure the drum is true parallel to the surface is to stick sandpaper to a wide piece of MDF and pass it through, smoothing the drum with that before then covering it with sandpaper.
Yes that’s a good idea
Another great video!
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Wow! I have been in need for a Thickness sander and can not afford one since they are so costly. I can do this. Yes in deed. I had not even thought about this. Thanks a Lot.
I actually had the idea to use my lathe as a thickness sander but wanted an easy way to make one. Your design is super simple. I love it!!!
That's one of the smartest inventions I've seen. Now I really have to go and buy myself a lathe.
2 thumbs up.
thanks, actually manyy people have made similar things. The lathe is such an awesome tool! You can convert it to many other stuff!
yet another GREAT IDEA !!!!!
WOW!!!! That's really freaking clever! Well done.
Thanks
Hey, finally I get to comment on a video that's not 5 years old. Very clever, I like it, I like it a lot!
Thank you
thank you swc for giving me ideas when I want to work with wood or anything. I always get stuck on what I should make and so I look at your videos and it inspires me to do so many things. you are amazing, keep being you. god bless
Thank you very much my friend
Loved the last seconds of this close-up :) you rawk!!!!
thank you
Thata a good idea , and job. thanks for posting.
Nice & simple also space saver & inexpensive. Three of my best wants & needs.
Good video, thanks.
Thank you very much. It is a really useful tool indeed!
Nice and simple, does the job, I like it!
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Brilliant!
Excellent idea!
thank you
Great work Dimitris, it's a very useful add on the lathe. Nice video!
Thanks man, glad you liked it
*Mind blown* very cool idea.
thanks
Hi there from Portugal,
Another greet idea:D
Obrigado(Thanks)
Thank you
Now that is really good! Most small drum sanders are only just too small for my projects, and you can make the drum from Any wood on the lathe.
Brilliant idea!
Thanks
So cool idea bro, love it!
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Great idea!!
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Simple and excellent idea. Bravo. 😊
thank you
Seems like it works really well great idea
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Simple, efficient therefore PEERFECT !!!
Thank you!
Awesome job buddy!!
thank you
love it - I would have never thought of that -
Thanks, actually many people have made similar things. This is just my version!
this thing os just amazing
thank you
Nice work!
thanks
Really nice! Maybe a cover on top of the drum?
Very very good idea... thanks for Sharing...
Thanks, glad you liked it
This is the most creative jig i have ever seen. Great job mate!
Thank you, glad you liked it!
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Great idea!! I have to make one.
Awesome
Very nice !
thank you
well done!
thanks man
I did the same thing last fall and was going to shoot a version 2 video. You beat me to it. Great minds....
Awesome. Post your video, everybody does the same thing in a different way! This is an old concept this is just my version of it. We always learn from each other!
Scrap wood City Didn't shoot a video of it. I can't wrap my head around thinking about the project, working out the problems and planning the video at the same time. I was going to do the barrel/shaft like Susan Gardner's machine. First tried a pvc pipe but didn't get it precisely centered.
nice and relatively simple! cool!
thanks my friend
VERY COOL IDEA!!!
thanks
Well, it seems to work!
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Good job !
Thanks
very clever !!
thanks
.............. Great idea ...thumbs up ..... no need to re-invent the wheel ...... use you've got ......
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Крутая до тех пор, пока руку не затянуло под барабан.
what a great idea
Thank you
Neat, simple and super functional. Thanks for sharing.
thank you
hey man u r just great
thank you for the nice words
Thanks this is my next project as i use a lot of pallet wood.
Awesome
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Nice lathe work! 3:41
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Очень крутая идея =)
great idea, lathes can often stand unused in a workshop, good to expand its uses.
I love my lathe and use it all the time! But I agree with you many people just don't use them a lot! The lathe is indeed a very versatile tool. You can harvest the rotating power it provides and convert it to all kinds of stuff! Sanders is just one option!
I upgraded to a big lathe and use my Jet mini as a dedicated buffer with the 3 on 1 Beall buffer. Works great will no fuss or muss.
I think this is your best idea so far. This will save you so much time in sanding. Its great, Good job
Thank you it is really useful! Actually the original idea was out there for a long time. This is just my version of it!
Good craft ! Can save money.
Great video. I have a smithy metal lathe. Id like to make a sander, maybe even a cold saw too with it.
Awesome
I have a very similar lathe so i am building one the same....thanks
Seemed to work out OK for me up to the point at which I attempted to attach the sandpaper roll. I couldn't get what I had to coil tightly around the spindle and I found it easier to use a standard piece of sandpaper 9x12 wrapped short side around the spindle, trimmed to side and attached with double stick tape. Since I have a longer spindle I can use different grits of sandpaper for light or heavy sanding as needed.
Nice!
Cut TWO infeed tables (just the upper half). Glue a strip of 80 grit to the second, sacrificial table. Mount the sanding drum *without* any sandpaper, just raw. With the lathe running and the drum turning at a slow speed gradually advance the "sandpapered" infeed table into the spinning drum. Gradually sand the spinning drum until you have even contact between the table and the drum, no high or low spots. This will ensure parallelism and flatness between drum and infeed table, which you cannot guarantee if you turn the drum and fabricate & mount the infeed table as completely separate operations. When you have trued the table to the drum replace the sacrificial infeed table with the primary one.
ALSO, a single jacking screw is good because dual screws would introduce parallelism error. BUT having that screw bear in the center of the infeed table, directly into the relatively thin sheet goods that is the table, almost guarantees that you wiill bow and warp and hump up the middle of infeed table. Put some thought into a more robust jacking mechanism that spreads the lifting force along the entire width of the table, such as an upside down triangular truss with the jacking screw bearing into a nut embedded in the truncated point of the truss. You might also want some sort of capture column guaranteeing that the infeed table rises perfectly vertically and doesn't tip the infeed table at an anngle as it moves up and down.
Going to have to do this with my Shopsmith, only need to turn the drum since it has a table and maybe some dust collection
Definitely add dust collection if you are going to use it regularly!
im like the gig center point fantastic ..
thanks
fascinating build mate and very enjoyable vid. The cable ties are enough to keep the sand paper in place?
Thanks mate. THey actually work pretty well regarding how easy it is to put the sandpaper in place.
nice
Damn slick idea, i have an old wood lathe not being used and no surface sander! Looks easy as all get out, thanks for posting this.
Awesome, glad you liked it
I made one after seeing idea in old Fine Wood Working tips book. I made a sled: piece of MDF with a fence on trailing edge, hand holds in leading edge so I could lay the piece on the sled and PULL the piece through. Lots safer. I built a hood with port for shop vac/dust collector. Small pieces are OK, larger are difficult to maintain feed rate resulting in over sanded 'gouges'. I'm interested in converting a bench top planer to a sander. It would self feed. Anyone try that?
Nice idea, I may convert my metal lathe into a wood lathe, temporally
of course as you never know when you will need a metal lathe
Very inventive! I will say though, in one of the shots of you using it, the piece you were sanding was pointed directly up at your chest because of the angle adjuster. Kickback from that really could be very bad. Maybe just stand more to the side like with a table saw?
Yes, that's a good point!
Is there a chuck for metal with some kind of wood attachment on a wood lathe? Thanks.
That was good, most likely really messy but REALLY Good.
Thanks
Hahaha, that is awesome! You don't have a planer right? This will be so handy
Thanks man. No I don't have a planer unfortunately! But I have this now!
I love your projects. I have no lathe, can you or anyone else give a beginner some advice on a starter lathe for my wife and I ? thank you
Looks like a cool idea! Would you think this would work with a metal cutting lathe? And then Sanding wood of course.
I think it would. But the metal lathe is a bit more complicated to clean up. This is a pretty meesy jig!
Haha good point!
Years ago, in my previous life as a machinist, I occasionally did personal wood working projects after hours on the metalworking machines. It works fine, but, as Dimitri mentioned, it's messy. I always wiped off the excess oil from the machine (to reduce sticking) did the job, cleaned the mess and then re-oiled the machine. I think the equipment was better off for the extra attention. :) "When your only tool is a hammer, all problems become nails."
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I liked everything, except the “arm over.” Pushing it through with a thinner piece of stock might work?
Very nice Dimitri, now get the vacuum cleaner out ! All the best, Jim
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Great idiea
thank you
For a small workpiece(s) that's a great idea if one doesn't have a dedicated drum sander.
looks safe, what could go wrong?
Muito bom , parabéns subs:97m like 1800
Very cool. You should patent it.
Thanks. The actual idea is pretty old!
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Are you still enjoying this set up? I think I will build one this weekend. Any pointers or things you would change? do you feel like the boards you use are think enough to support longer boards?
It works pretty nicely. I would use a sandpaper in the bottom to flatten the cylinder better. I will also make a dust extraction system for it!
How big did you make your dowel
I've seen others do similar, only using PVC pipe with wood end caps for the roller. I think I like this way better.
That's a cool idea too!
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Ευχαριστώ Σάκη, ο Γιώργος Λασκαρίδης με ενέπνευσε για αυτό το project, είχε ποστάρει ένα παρόμοιο στην ομάδα ξυλοτορναδόρων!
Nice concept. A little concerned about the feed in system but hey, people also get killed driving cars.
lol, thanks! Still needs improvements but it does the job!
as long as your not texting while sanding it should be fine
He is feeding the timber in against the direction of the drum rotation, so shouldn't it be ok....?
Woody Turner yes. As you feed it in, the waste material is sanded away. So the only area that could get caught would be the leading edge, and the is what is being removed so there isn't much worry about kick back. Going the other direction, it would have a tendency to grab and pull the work into the rotation and that's where there could be bad.
wow that sander is way more aggressive then i expected thats very cool, but it kinda seems (to me) like it could really use an encloser with dust collection unless u have one big ass air filter in your shop
Yes, I have to make a something for the vacuum
a box with a hole, u can try joining the boards with hinges so you could fold it aside when using just the lathe
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Oh, man! Wait til the safety warriors sniff this one out hahaha!
Cool idea anyways!
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Everything about wood, lathes , table saws,chainsaws is dangerous.
This does not seem too spooky just dont run it stoned. :)
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What jig do you use for your circular saw ?
It's a guide rail!
Scrap wood City yes I know ;-) but what is it, brand, model ?
It's brand is Skil. More info on that video: ua-cam.com/video/V8OJ186rw0U/v-deo.html
Scrap wood City ;-D ok thanks for this review ! I'm not sure I will buy this rail, it's made of plastic, I don't know
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Nice. Just tell me one thing, do you really work with that yellow light? Our that's video pos production?
The final color always comes from the video production. I still have to improve my lights though.
It seems to works very well. It's a little scary looking... Cheers!
Thanks. It works fine but it needs a few improvements!
motor RPM and HP?
Great idea. But how do you keep the stock from flying underneath the roller?
Thanks, you are just careful!
Very nice job fellow (fuck that price I'll build it myselfer) I'm hoping your using dust extraction 👍