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Boy Ron, BUMMER!

Sorry about your Drum Sander. Hope you got both the Top and the Sander fixed! Sometimes, things just don't seem to want to go right. Build is looking good.

Regards,

Bill from down the hill.

Hey, man;

Sorry 'bout the top!

My sander was doin' this for a bit - It was when I changed brand of belts I was using - The old ones, I could wrap tight; the new ones did what yours did when I wrapped them the same way - I now give 'em about 1/2" between wraps and no more problems - Hope that helps!

E

Eben wrote:Hey, man;

Sorry 'bout the top!

My sander was doin' this for a bit - It was when I changed brand of belts I was using - The old ones, I could wrap tight; the new ones did what yours did when I wrapped them the same way - I now give 'em about 1/2" between wraps and no more problems - Hope that helps!

E

What do you mean ....wrapped..I dont understand! ( like ex-room were the sand paper fit into the holder)

.The one's I get do not have room on the ends for play...were are you guys getting your sanding belts? I try to keep the belts tight ,the other thing is , is all the belts the same size?

also I was able to fix the sander and sand the top clean...That made my day...........


Ron

My first batch were Delta, and when I wrapped them around the drum, I could do it so each wrap was tight to the next.

I get mine from Woodworker, and I use this Zirconia stuff which lasts really well - http://www.woodworker.com/cgi-bin/FULLP ... der%20Roll

With this stuff, when I wrapped it around the drum as I had been doing with the Delta stuff, it did exactly what yours did -Now, I leave about 1/2" between each wrap and no more problems!

E

like 1/2 spacing gap per wrap!mmmm I try it...thanks eben for the link....I check it out right now ...


Ron

Hi Ron!

Glen

Hey Glen

how your boy doing

Ron

He is doing good. Thanks for asking.

Glen