Drum sander problems

[Roy from Pa]

There is no splice in my baby drum sander feed belt.

[kennym]

There is no splice in my baby drum sander feed belt.

I'm bettin there is... 

[Roy from Pa]

What's it look like?

[kennym]

Its hard to see, but most look like there is a finer weave there so to speak .  You can see it if ya look close on the last 2 sanders I've had,  never knew to look at the BD I had.   Think they would be the same tho...

[Roy from Pa]

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[Mad Max]

There is no splice in my baby drum sander feed belt.

x2

[kennym]

They must make them different than their others then....

[Flem]

Can you guys adjust the conveyor speed on that sander?
It seems like it has to be feed rate related as long as their are not any mechanical defects.

Have you tried different feed rates, if its possible, Jason?

[Roy from Pa]

Yup it's adjustable.

I been exchanging pm's with Jason.

He has only been turning up the feed table height 1/8th of a turn at a time.

That is not taking hardly anything off, I turn the handle 1 full turn and do 2 passes then another turn up.

I have not heard back from him since I explained that to him.

[stack]

Roy, jason has been quite busy at work the last couple of days. I’m sure he will get back with you. Has anybody had any thing to do with the trend hood that Rockler sells? It is a positive air hood. Very pricey but if it will allow me to continue to build I think it would be worth it. Just would like to get some input from any one who has used one. Thanks for all the help fellows.

[Roy from Pa]

No problem Bill.

Get a good dust protection outfit.

[deercraver]

      I refuse to give up on this sander i will win this battle.
  I am going to get a 2x4 and cut them up and run every combo i can until i get it figured out.

[Flem]

I'm rooting for you
I know it would bug the crap out of me!

[Mad Max]

I have removed the velcro.
i also purchased a air filtration system for the shop it is on its way.
How thick is the sled you all are using mine is 3/4" and is flat ?
how much material are you removing at one time i only move my handle 1/8th of a turn barley taking any material off?
i have looked through my sander all looks good nothing loose nothing binding up drive belt looks good no high spots in it.

I took the Velcro off mine.
half a turn grinding lams until I get close--60 grit--3/4" thick sled.
I crank my pressure roller down to the lam, turn on the sander, as it going threw I crank down until I here it sanding, then half turn until I get close to thickness.

[Roy from Pa]

I do about the same Mark.

With sander off, I push the lam into the pressure roller back and forth while cranking up the height till it gets a little snug. You need to do this with both ends of the lam, then adjust the height to the thicker end. Because if you adjust the height to the thinner end and along comes the thicker end through the sander, you could smoke the sandpaper on the drum.

Ask me how I know, LOL.

Then run it through, it may or may not sand the lam even on first pass.

So from that point on,  I do a full turn on the height adjustment and run the lam through twice.

I can run the lam through 3 or 4 times and it will still take off a tiny bit.

Then repeat the one full turn and run lam through twice.

As I get closer to my final thickness, I'll do a half turn then a quarter turn.

I don't really care for the hook and loop Velcro system and I can see where you glass bow guys wouldn't want it because you need your lams precise, within a few thousands of an inch to get your stack correct.

But for me making all wood bows, my lams come out good enough.

[Mad Max]

like roy said but half turn with NO velcro

[Roy from Pa]

Mark how are you attaching the drum paper now?

The drums I've seen without Velcro have a spring type clamping assembly for holding the end of the paper tight.

[Mad Max]

with the velcro, 2 round of strapping tape at the ends
NO velcro, 3M spray glue and 2 rounds of strapping tape at the ends.

NO clamp on my roller

EDIT roy I took my hook and loop off

[Roy from Pa]

with the velcro, 2 round of strapping tape at the ends-- Me too.

NO velcro, 3M spray glue and 2 rounds of strapping tape at the ends.- OK

NO clamp on my roller- No there wouldn't be since it was designed for Velcro.

EDIT roy I took my hook and loop off. No kidding? LOL

[JamesV]

My drum sander was too complicated for my pea brain so I let someone else have the headache. I switched to an adjustable steel sled running on a rail system thru my planer. Cuts perfect lams and tapers and I only have to sharpen the planer blades occasionally. As some of you know, my shop in the delta flooded two years in a row with 4 ft of water and ruined some of my equipment. I have moved to a "hill" and built a new shop, will be back in production in the spring. NO my planer and sled didn't get wet. I am thinking I will video a build-along and detail the planer in action for those that are interested, especially for "flem" who informed me that without pitchers it didn't happen.

James