DIY Drum Sander Part 1
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- čas přidán 6. 09. 2024
- In this video I make a drum sander from some repurposed plywood, PVC drainpipe and an old waterpump motor I had laying around.
The drum sander is an open ended design, based on pictures I saw of the JET drum sanders. I had my doubts this would be strong enough when made from wood, but deflection seems to be minimal and it gives great results. I obviously watched the other drum sander builds on youtube, but I decided to give this design a try. In this first part I make the basic drum sander. The drums are 40 cm (16") long and I wrap them with a 5 cm (2") wide sanding belt. The belt is 'locked ' onto the sanding drum by inserting the tips of the belt in thin slices I made in the ends of the pvc pipe. The conveyor belt is made from 3 80-grit belts, glued onto a cloth layer. The drum and belt are parallel by tilting the conveyor belt up and down just like. At the end I did flip the conveyor assembly around (not on video) so I had a longer infeed and a shorter outfeed.
Future changes (part 2) will be the addition of a small DC motor to drive the conveyor belt, 3D printed drum interior parts for consistency, a handle for the height adjustment, a base and a coat of paint.
Thanks for watching!
Please, please bring us the next part. We are all dying to know how got on with the rest of the build. Especially how to support the weight on the arm and drum. Thanks for the effort you put into making this video
Very well thought out looking great awaiting to see part two and maybe some plans.
Velmi důmyslné jednoduché a šikovné. Moc se mi to zamlouvá. Děkuji 👍😊
Very cool. I'd like to see more about how you did the tracking for the wide belt. I have one of the old Delta open sided sanders. I am having trouble with the tracking. I think I also might need to make a new belt doing something similar to what you have done. Thanks for posting your video....
Hi Jim,
The tracking is more or less the same as the 'stumpy nubs' drum sander or even the real jet drumsanders. I glued blocks on both sides of the belt assembly and inserted a piece of threaded rod with washers and 2 nuts. Tension is put on the belt by twisting the nuts away from eachother and tracking done by changing the tension on both sides.
The belt is just 3 sanding belts put together. I spray glued a piece of cloth on the back to make it 1 big belt.
Thanks for watching!
Robin
Welcome back Robin! 😀 smart to make your own drum sander!
Hello Robin, this open ended project is exactly what I am looking for, can you get some plans? I would definitely love to buy one. Great job
Beautiful!
I would appreciate if you can share the link, where I can buy the belt sandpaper, or the description of it
What types of wood did you use?
Any issues with the drum portion flexing?
this design seems risky IMO. lots of work and high risk that drum starts sagging.
We need more information man probably the best design I’ve seen yet doubled the capacity by leaving that side open any chance you could go a little more in depth please?
Did you put sandpaper around the upper roller? I saw a plastic tube and then you were using it and I must have missed it. was it glued on to the roller or fit somehow?
Yes! Cut little slits at both ends of the tube through which I put the tips of the sandpaper, this seems to lock it in pretty good. On a different roll I also used a little bit of spray glue.
I forgot to record some parts. I'm in the process of a short follow-up video, but it's pretty busy so that may take a while.
Thanks for watching!
@@RobinCoomans makes a lot of sense. Thanks.
Very good job can you please make 1 for me . I want to buy it , with motor or without motor please make one for me
Can you please make 1 for me tell me how much do you want ??
I love this machine and u got my tump and my Abo. Did u gut plans from the machine?
Did you draw up rough plans?
How did you glue the cloth layer to the belts and what kind of cloth layer did you use?
Part 2???? Please
Hi Robin, i like the project and find it super useful thank you, by the way my shop is almost similar as yours lol i though you was filming in my shop 😂 keep up the good work 👍👌
Good day. And the electric motor by how many kW and what revolution?
what about Part 2... did the project make it?
Do you have plans for you sander?
How did you get the height adjustment to work?
Will you be making plans for this? I would definitely be interested in picking them up
I was thinking about drawing this thing up in sketchup, if I ever do you'll find the drawings here. At this point I still have some thinking and refining to do before we get there. Thanks for watching!
@@RobinCoomans awesome and thanks for your quick response. Much appreciated
Any updates to this project? I am also highly interested in plans.
Hi I'm working on the drawings and also trying some improvements. But it's pretty busy, so it will take a little while.
Thanks for watching!
Awesome good to hear. Keep me updated when you get them. I'll still be a buyer
buen video ?el cilindro de lijado lo mueve el motor de elevacion gracias anticipadas
What is the motor size and speed? Is it 1725 rpm ?
What size motor (hp) did you use and do you feel it’s sufficient for the size of this drum sander?
I believe iet's a 1hp motor, but i'll have to take a look to be sure. It seems to be sufficient, it does not struggle (or it hasn't yet). I bought a small motor for the conveyorbelt but that one is very underpowered.. so the follow-up video will take a bit longer tot come out.
Thanks for watching!
A 1 hp motor is easier/less expensive to come by which is why I find this style of drum sander more user friendly in terms of diy project, given the smaller footprint size yet offering the ability to do panels twice as large.
I know times are busy, but I’m anxiously awaiting part two in the video series and any plans that may be made available. A machine like this opens up the world of burl woods I’m really looking forward to using!!!
I nearly finished drawing the machine in sketchup. Now I still have to write out the plans. It's coming, but it's also quite slow going, sorry for that.
@@RobinCoomans waiting for sketch
Would be very interested in seeing those plans! Thanks
ciao volevo sapere se daresti i disegni con tutto quello che occorre per poter realizzare la levigatrice grazie
Fabulous sir....
Thanks!
@@RobinCoomans welcome
Nice can you sale it ?. Please let me know .
een dewalt invalzaag met een festool zaagblad? :0)
Haha klopt! Zo tweedehands gekocht.
Bedankt voor het kijken!
Hello, are there any patterns available ?
Good...🇬🇧👍
Thanks!
好牛逼，又简单，又便宜👍
sae kang
Ok
👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👌🏽😍
lot of trouble, I think Ill just buy one.