Roller set on grizzly baby drum?

[bornofmud]

Hey, was wondering how you guys set up your rollers on your drum sanders to prevent snipe.  I've tried seemingly every configuration of roller height to get rid of it, and can't seem to do it.  Opinions?  Both rollers the same height?  Back one slightly higher?  Thanks!

[Crooked Stic]

I don't think you will totally get rid of it what ever you do. I usaly just take my measurements past the snipe area and cut it off there. Or you can add a short piece behind the lam to take the snipe.

[bornofmud]

Yeah, I thought about just making my sleds oversized and letting them eat the snipe, might just do that.  I also thought of running extra pieces, but seemed like too much with the different thicknesses and all.  I'd need like 5 sticks, or at least a min of 3.  Glad it's not just me with the snipe problem.

[fujimo]

Hmmm my delta doesn't produce  any snipe, but, only having a feed belt, and not feed rollers, if you try take off too much it will stop feeding, and just sand in the one spot    

[Buemaker]

I do not have a drumsander, but a planer and I use what is called " poor man's snipe control ". Put on a pair of leather gloves so you don't get splinters in your fingers. When the work piece exits the machine place your fingers beneath it with a slight upward pressure and just let it slide over your fingers maintaining the pressure until the last roller let go. How far away from the machine you place your fingers depends of the lenght of the workpiece.
This helps to prevent the workpiece from tipping down when the first (pressure roller on a drum sander or combined pressure/feed roller on a planer) lets go of the work piece.
Works for me and worth trying I think. Bue--  

[canopyboy]

Originally posted by Buemaker:
I do not have a drumsander, but a planer and I use what is called " poor man's snipe control ". Put on a pair of leather gloves so you don't get splinters in your fingers. When the work piece exits the machine place your fingers beneath it with a slight upward pressure and just let it slide over your fingers maintaining the pressure until the last roller let go. How far away from the machine you place your fingers depends of the lenght of the workpiece.
This helps to prevent the workpiece from tipping down when the first (pressure roller on a drum sander or combined pressure/feed roller on a planer) lets go of the work piece.
Works for me and worth trying I think. Bue--      

x2, or add an outfeed extension that exerts a little upward pressure.

[bornofmud]

Yeah, I normally support the piece on both ends, when it's going in and coming out, I none the less feel a point when the piece either hits the back roller on the way in, or rolls off the front roller on the way out, and that very slight change ends up showing up in the boards.  Think I'll just try and make some oversized sleds when I can.

[snapper1d]

I had worried with snipe for several years but finally quit and just started allowing for it and cutting that 2 1/2" of it off of each end and go about my business.I have done got too old to worry over thing like snipe.Boy it really used to get my goat in my younger days.