new machine and MORE space???????

[Taffy Evans]

For twenty five years I have made do with the disc sanding side of my belt/disc sander. Back in the day I had converted the small original disc to a 300mm diameter one, but it never had provision for a dust outlet and the attempts I made to get one that worked ended up looking like spaghetti, see early photo.

So when I saw a 300mm disc sander in the Carba-tec catalogue at a good price I ordered it and it arrived yesterday.

My problem was where to put it, and after a beer less thinking session [first thing this morning] I had it sussed.
I took off the disc from the belt sander and the crappy dust extraction system and played with positioning the belt and disc machines on the same bench [imagine/think playing chess with two sanding machines and a sanding jig]. Anyway in the end it all fitted on the same bench and I got rid of a crap load of ducting, bends and gates, and dust could now be a thing of the past, I’ve just got to make the effort to switch the fan on.

I think it’s a great machine for the money and the belt sander on its own runs faster now, and I haven’t got the noise of two machines when using only one.

I done my first job [sanding ten neck scarf joints ready for gluing] everyone was perfect……now it’s time for a beer.

The way it was...

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[Kim]

Very clever as per usual Taffy but don't hold back mate, what are the details of the contraption you've jigged up between the two sanding machines??

Cheers

Kim

[charangohabsburg]

Great solution Taffy!

Kim, I think this is just the table where Taffy puts his beer on for the beer less thinking sessions.

[Taffy Evans]

HI Kim,
The jig in question is one I think we all have, a small thicknesser that works of the end of the belt sander, for doing pegheads and braces too if one wanted to. It’s just stored in the photo above.

I have had to locate it but the first pic shows the way it was among the spaghetti.

I have removed the windy wheel assembly [that raised the table] and will use the rise and fall of the belt sander itself, by adjusting the height of the support post arrowed in the other pic.

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in it's new position

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[kiwigeo]

Tafforiffic!!

[Kim]

Your right Taffy, I think most of us have that fixture on our belt sanders...should have picked it, but nice job on the reorganisation all the same.

Cheers

Kim