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Sunday, January 25, 2009

Thickness sander 3

And guess what. It works! I put on 120-grit paper and sent a side
through, a piece that was impossible to plane due to grain direction.
And after a few passes it's smooth as a middle aged man's chin and
almost thin enough to bend. This is the best machine I've ever built.

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

And how did you make the paper stick to the drum? Glue? Rubber bands? Nails?

Sven Nyström, Argapa said...

The Pro method... double stick tape!

Anonymous said...

Somehow I missed how you adjust the thickness on your sander. Any pic that shows how you do it?

Sven Nyström, Argapa said...

I'll make sure to take one that shows the adjustment screws tonight! With any luck I should be able to sand a few soundboards when I get home from prison / day job.

Sven Nyström, Argapa said...

Maybe you can see it on the "Thckness sander continued" post.

Anonymous said...

I'm worried Sven!
No updates for three days. Does that mean that you've been sanding continously since? That would lead to wafer thin soundboards! Thin soundboard are desirable but there's a limit to thiness. Contain yourself Sven. Stop sanding. Start bending or glueing or something!

Anonymous said...

Aha! I missed the significance of the "pivoting table" part.