Congratulations on the successful completion of the sander. I know you've put many hours of thought and work into it. This is something I've always wanted to have for sanding chessboards, but was never able to even think about affording one. You've made it doable for me. Thanks!
I had such a wonderful time watching this entire series. I learned some new techniques (like placing your scribing knife on the line, and bringing the straightedge to it), and it was immensely satisfying to see the whole project in detail. Thank you for making this, and all that you do. It is a joy to subscribe.
Susie you did an awesome job. I was totally enthralled watching the five segments of your project. Wish it would have been ten. You're very impressive! Glad I found you on RU-vid. I'll be watching and waiting.
WOAH! when you started th9is up (4+ years ago!) I was not expecting it to be so excellently smooth! Well Dung! I need to watch the series now. Thank you. I have watched a few of these, but yours is - I believe - the most helpful, as you are problem solving as you go and we NEED that for our own builds. 👌
Absolutely brilliant! I just discovered your videos and watched them all. You did an amazing job building a phenomenal device. It was hilarious to me how I was drawing the same conclusions as you were at the same points. This project was very well engineered. I'm about to embark on the same project. I'm also going to be building a disc sander attachment for my motor which is actually a bench grinder which is ¾hp so it should be plenty powerful for this project. The motor hums quite beautifully. Instead of buying pulleys (not readily available without buying new ones) I'll be fabricating my own. This should be both interesting and fun.
Dear Susan, Congratulations on a job well done. Your determination, hard work, confidence, pride, mechanical aptitude, and an ability to laugh rewarded you a serious tool build using only minimal and modest shop tooling. Your series was enjoyable to follow. Thanks,Ken
A remarkably self confident approach to a first time project. My first time projects always seem to require a second iteration. Your video presentation is easy to follow even without a lot of fancy animation, slow motion and the rest.
Wonderful craftsmanship. Nice editing on the video, never a sound that was out of place or extremely loud. I was building right along side with you and it all made real good sense. Keep up the fantastic work and I'll see you the next time. GOOD JOB Susie, GOOD JOB!!!
Hi Susan. Love your projects; the good, the bad, and the ugly. Love your ability to laugh and just be real. Your passion is infectious. Perhaps one day I can be your kind of patience, too. LOL
Hey Susan, cool videos, I love how precise you are and that you have basic tools which just goes to show you don't need big fancy tools to make a fantastic work!
Hi Sue . I've only recently found your on the tube . You're awesome and don't let anyone tell you anything different. i have watched all your vids and just love em , keep em coming .
🙂love the build and has given me the idea that I can make one too 😹 maybe once I have all the other odd jobs finished around Dads workshop we can then look at making one for him 🤔😁😉
Ok, forget my last question, I not only found the series of 5 vids but took time to watch all of them. Very interesting but I’m not convinced this will take the place of a thickness planer. If you only want to sand something smooth, there is a similar commercial sander you can build with the sanding drum at the surface of the sanding table. Uses similar type of spiral sanding paper. One thing explained in the instructions to consider was the fact that the sanding paper would “expand” under centrifugal force along the length of the drum.
Hats off to you Susan. I watched this series a few years ago and have returned to see if I could tackle this job for myself being put off by £1500 for shop bought sanders. Looking forward to your return 🥳😎
Brilliant! I watched all 5 videos and only fell asleep once! It's fun to watch you work and I like the way you explain things as you are working and thinking. The drum itself is impressive as I've been trying to come up with a way to make an etching press --which requires massive pressure to push the paper down into the printing plate to pick up the ink -- of about the same size and i think the plywood disks might actually do it.
Great job Sue, I made one along similar lines, and it works superbly. I must admit my first roller was a piece of 100 mm Iplex pipe, which eventually got a bit hot and deformed in the center, then I followed your thoughts and made a solid wood one. Haven't looked back. Cheers and keep up the good work. Bart
Very nice build. I saw this just after I finished building mine. Sorry for the long comment but... A WORD OF CAUTION learned from personal experience. Just like on this one a very slight difference in height allows the drum to grab unevenly. When that happens with a large board and you are reaching around the front to grab the out feed you are no longer pushing the piece through evenly. If it grabs on an aggressive pass that board will cock sideways and come shooting back towards the operator like a kickback from a table saw! It sent a cutting board across the shop and into the sheet rock. WHOA!! So, I built a sled to slide the work piece through with a 1/8" tall spacer the width of the table 6" from the front of the sled. (very much like the sled she used to sand down the drum). The spacer makes sure the piece is clear of the drum when its pushed through thus eliminating the need to reach around the front to pull the work piece out. I spent just as much time trying to true the drum but found that the only way to make it absolutely even is to put a fine adjustment screw on the back of the table. Even the slightest variance can give you the kickback scenario which you don't have with a commercial unit that has a rubber non skid feeder table. Hope this helps you eliminate an issue before you have it happen to you. I also like the mesh roll. Much better for thicknessing.
Susie, I watch the entire build and I have to say..........BRILLIANT ! Not only are your Wood Working Skills up to par but your general knowledge in all Mechanical Aspects are just SMASHING ! I know several blokes who would be put to shame by your truly God Given talent. BRAVO ! PS: I just saw your RU-vid Channel........LOL. I too Build, Repair and Customize Guitars. The reason for watching this series was, I need a thickness sander in my shop and 540 quid for a small bench top sander is just a little too steep for my pockets !
I have sat & watched all 5 videos this afternoon. "Bloody Brilliant". I am going to make one. If I can get it to work half as good as yours I'll be very happy. Thank you so much for your wonderful work & the entertaining way you did it all.
Congratulations on the project and your dedication in the Work and the whim in the production of the Parabens Project for your intelligence. I had never seen a female Marcineira and Eletrecista I really liked and I learned how to make this sander was very well detailed. May God bless you and always enlighten your Path. I am from the City of Meleiro - Santa Catarina - Brazil.
Great build! Also, I'm exactly the same in that every time I flick the switch after having taken something apart or building something from scratch, I expect to hear a bang; even when I know full well that there's no components capable of exploding, I still brace myself.
+Dave Bassett I think the key is getting all your tolerances tight first time so there's little variation. Any smaller variance in the plywood density evens out across the drum because of the number of parts.
Awesome videos and you have awesome skills plus a brilliant mind. I have a good tip for you too (in case you haven't heard it). If you apply a good quality carnuba wax like Mother's to the sliding surface of your tools (router, plane, table saw top, etc), they will glide like they've been oiled. It would be ideal to use it on the stainless steel sheet of this drum sander. Please keep the vids coming, they are sooo entertaining.
Nicely done Susan. One thing that comes to mind for me is the motor mount. I've seen installations where the motor hangs on a hinged board and the motor weight provides the tension. Makes it super easy to change the belt.
Just watching these now as I'm getting ready to build my own drum sander and just looking around for what others have designed in or left out of their sanders.
Incredible work, Susan. Maybe two adjusters would do the work apart from adjusting the sandpaper and use only one stop as on a router. But I only have ideas and you make it come out in real life. I'm really amazed
well done, very good job, thanks a lot for your vidéos.I think i'll do the same drum sander soon. and what nice security shoes you have. I hope we'll see you soon in other vidéos of another great project.
WoW, what you have made is brilliant,i have to laugh at myself as i struggle doing almost anything,i have to say i enjoyed watching this from start to finish i will never make this sander but loved watching you complete your project also subscribed and looking forward to future projects
Hi. Love your work! I propose to use one drop of glue per each rotation under the sand paper to keep it snug until you reach the end. It could easily be removed for replacement of the sand paper. Keep up the good work! Big thumbs up!!!
very nice build, and great to finally see someone who knows how to strip the outer insulation from 3 core flex, however you seem to have terminated it to a brick with 3 contacts :-) sorry couldn't help that dig at your plug tops. I really like the idea of the mesh sand paper and wonder if I could use it on a perforated metal drum to prevent clogging and overheating of the abrasive. your adjustment rig is a little awkward, might I suggest working on a two stage system, a very course adjustment (maybe a car scissor jack from a auto wreckers) then that cute little screw thingy you have for the fine work. all the best
ABSOLUTELY BRILL ,I LOVE EVERY BIT OF IT. WHEN YOU STICK CONTACT ADHESIVE ON BIG SURFACES IT CAN BE A BIT IFFY BUT IF YOU LAY DRY STRIPS ON THE TACKY GLUE YOU CAN POSITION YOUR WORK AND DRAW THEM OUT IN TURN AS THEY WONT STICK, I AM 77 BEEN A CHIPPY ALL MY WORKING LIFE ,NOW BUILDING MY 2 ND 1936 MORRIS 8 SO IF YOU WANT A JOB .ALL THE VERY BEST, KEEP A GOOD LIGHT TONY
I know this is an old video and I don't know if this has been mentioned but if you were to change your drive belt to a link belt and add an idler pulley, it would cut the vibration and noise you are getting. If you add an idler pulley, in any case, (adjustable or preferably spring loaded) it should go on the left side of the drive pulleys. That is where the belt is flapping around. Oh, BTW, fantastic build. I hope to build one just like it.
congrats, very nice build and video series, the hardest part of any build is planning it out and thinking of everything, like the clamps you talked about and you seem to have done a 'bloody good job' as the brits say it. PS. you need more subs, so i'm adding mine.
hi I also want to build a drum sander and have just found your build and I must a bloody good one you cover all the bases and any queries that I might have keep up the good work I now have subscribed to your channel and saved this to my pinterest account cheers russ
For people watching the truing process the easiest way to check progress is to spray the drum with some car spray paint, cheap primer or whatever and it'll be easy to see where the drum needs work. I would also trim the end of the taper so the clamped section uses the full width of the clamp, I would also have made the clamp section at least 2 or three parts wide instead of just 1, you really don't want a sanding belt to let go as it'll make a right mess of whatever is underneath, been there done that. Overall a great build, you should be very proud of that.
A great series. You are working so far off the end of the spectrum of my woodworking ability that I was amazed to have a comment to make but . . . back in the early 70s I took my Honda 50 in for service and the chap did it while chatting to me. He said (and it stuck) "people think that you're doing a good job if you pump in enough grease to make grease come out. Not so, you have to keep on pumping until all the old grease has come out and you start to see fresh grease coming out." I hope this helps.
Greetings from Australia. I found you by accident while looking for a homemade floor sander. (They're SO expensive to hire). If you make one I'd be happy if it takes 5 videos. I could listen to you all day.
