homemade spindle sander

[Jomohr84]

Hey all,

Just thought I'd post a pic of a spindle sander I am just finishing. Mounted a 2" x 3" spindle from woodcraft.com that uses regular sheet sandpaper on a 1/3hp motor. Just need to wire up a switch and I'm done. Had the motor laying around, as well as the mdf, and the spindle cost $28.00, so all in all a pretty cheap build. Motor states max speed 1725 rpm. Tried it out and seems to work great, just hope the spindle stays squared, I had to shim up the motor to get it solid and square to the top.
     

The hole in the side is of course for a shop vac, hoping that works well to keep the dust devils at bay!

[bigbob2]

Looking forward to seeing it in action, cant see why it wouldn't work given the motor speed is compatible