tcarswell Posted January 21, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 21, 2015 Congrats green ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tcarswell Posted January 30, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2015 It's here !! unfortunately I can't set it up until tomorrow night... Stupid day job :-)more pictures in an in-depth review to come. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
estesbubba Posted January 30, 2015 Report Share Posted January 30, 2015 I have the Jet 16-32 and made a simple modification which I think I got off the Joe Woodworker site. Funny thing is I just leave the open end 5 thousandths high for everything. An 8" board might be 2 thousandths thicker on one side which usually doesn't matter. If it does then spin 180 and send through 2nd time at same height. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AstroDave Posted January 30, 2015 Report Share Posted January 30, 2015 Thanks Mike found the reference... easy fix and easy and clever method to check drum alignment... http://www.joewoodworker.com/performax.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bgreenb Posted January 30, 2015 Report Share Posted January 30, 2015 Congrats tcarswell! My infeed/outfeed tables and sandpaper arrived yesterday, but the machine isn't arriving until next Tuesday (damn blizzard!) Looking forward to putting this together and surfacing some curly maple! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AceHoleInOne Posted January 30, 2015 Report Share Posted January 30, 2015 Great score you will enjoy it!!!!!!!......something you need to think about...maybe you did or didn't already....DUST COLLECTION? If you don't have good dust collection pulling dust away and from the drum. Your going to have issues with burning of the sandpaper and your project. -Ace- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tcarswell Posted January 30, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2015 Thanks ace and congrats green that's awesome I've yet to read anything negative about these units. Oh yeah dust collection is going to be 4 inch flex hose for a week or two. After that my whole shop is getting rigid spiral metal type ductwork. It's kind of what I do for a living so I don't really have any excuses not to do the good stuff lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
estesbubba Posted January 30, 2015 Report Share Posted January 30, 2015 I just finished my ductwork using spiral pipe and really happy how it turned out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AceHoleInOne Posted January 30, 2015 Report Share Posted January 30, 2015 Thanks ace and congrats green that's awesome I've yet to read anything negative about these units. Oh yeah dust collection is going to be 4 inch flex hose for a week or two. After that my whole shop is getting rigid spiral metal type ductwork. It's kind of what I do for a living so I don't really have any excuses not to do the good stuff lol Awesome....in the future you may want to consider having the drum sander on it's own separate vacuum source and filter. The dust is a lot finer and will be clogging the filters faster than wood chips. I have a separate dust collector (Craig's list) for my drum sander that sits over top a garbage can where most of the dust collects and a bag filter for the escaping can dust. It's the cats ass! -Ace- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tcarswell Posted February 1, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 1, 2015 It's up and running like a champ ! Totally surpassed my expectations! I had four cutting boards waiting for it and I got them all the way from glue up to 150 in 20 minutes with my first use. Dust collection is literally 99.999 percent of the dust produced and it was dead on perfectly aligned out of the box. My only complaint is with the instructions they were a tad lacking in my experience but not terrible. I'm really impressed with the overall fit finish and quality of this tool. It feels built to last a life time. Thanks so much for your suggestions guys I really appreciate it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wdwerker Posted February 1, 2015 Report Share Posted February 1, 2015 Glad you like it ! I use my drum sander more than my planer these days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
estesbubba Posted February 1, 2015 Report Share Posted February 1, 2015 Looks like a really nice machine and you're going to love a drum sander. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bgreenb Posted February 1, 2015 Report Share Posted February 1, 2015 It's up and running like a champ ! Totally surpassed my expectations! I had four cutting boards waiting for it and I got them all the way from glue up to 150 in 20 minutes with my first use. Dust collection is literally 99.999 percent of the dust produced and it was dead on perfectly aligned out of the box. My only complaint is with the instructions they were a tad lacking in my experience but not terrible. I'm really impressed with the overall fit finish and quality of this tool. It feels built to last a life time. Thanks so much for your suggestions guys I really appreciate it. Awesome! I've got a couple of panel glue ups waiting to be cleaned up. How long would you estimate it took you from unpacking to up and running? How long for paper changes? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
estesbubba Posted February 1, 2015 Report Share Posted February 1, 2015 Here is where I get my rollshttp://www.industrialabrasives.com/sanding-rolls-c-79.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coop Posted February 1, 2015 Report Share Posted February 1, 2015 Mike, is that a Ridgid oscillating sander and if so, what model is it? Disregard! A friend of a friend has a Delta 31780 for sale and I was thinking it was a Ridgid. Sorry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tcarswell Posted February 1, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 1, 2015 Thanks guys ! I had a friend of mine come over and help do the lifting and such with me. I had my ten month old baby on my backpack the whole time . It took 2 1/2 hours of relaxed work to get it set up and to make sure the settings were perfect. Luckily they are ! I wouldn't know about paper changing time yet. I'll let you know tomorrow I have stuck with the factory wrap. PS are the zirconium wraps worth the cash ? It's an extra 70 bucks a roll is that worth it for pretty standard hour a week drum sander use ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jfitz Posted February 1, 2015 Report Share Posted February 1, 2015 Looks great! I'm glad it's everything you expected. Just curious, what are you running for a DC system with it? Do you have a preseparator or something? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Cancelleri Posted February 1, 2015 Report Share Posted February 1, 2015 T, where did you order from? Being that my Performax 10-20 is getting too small for all my projects and upcoming projects. The 10-20 is getting sold and I'm thinking of ordering the Supermax 19-38. Would be good for doing the face frames for upcoming 30 or so cabinets I'm going to be building, as well as the table I'm gonna be building. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tcarswell Posted February 1, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 1, 2015 Thanks guys I ordered from acme tools. No tax in my state and most of all 1399 shipped for the unit. In feed and out feed tables casters and 60 80 and 120 grit 3 wrap boxes was around 1650 shipped. Best deal I found ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tcarswell Posted February 1, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 1, 2015 Oh I forgot. I use a harbor freight 2 hp dust collector. I ran flex pipe 20 feet to the drum sander and put a 4 inch elbow on the top . This setup catches 99.999 of all dust I didn't expect the harbor freight to collect as well as it did. I do need a cyclone or separation bin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bgreenb Posted February 10, 2015 Report Share Posted February 10, 2015 Finally got my sander up and running and thought I would report back to the thread. Here she is, in all her glory: Setup was a breeze. Took about 2 hours really taking my time and listening to music. I did have to make a couple of adjustments. The drug wasn't quite aligned right, it was off by a few thousandths. Probably wouldn't have made a difference but I took the time to get it dead on anyway. It was a snap to adjust. The other thing was that the feed rollers were a bit too low, and stock kept getting hung up on them. It took me about 5 minutes to move them up a tiny bit and that solved the problem. The machine is impressive top to bottom. Someone above mentioned the fit and finish - couldn't agree more. Everything about it is well constructed. They didn't half ass anything, at least to my eye. Probably the second most "physically impressive" machine in my shop (first being the sawstop). Probably my favorite part is how easy it is to change paper. I'm extremely lazy and hate changing blades in my table saw, bits in my router, etc. Yes, I'll reiterate that I'm lazy. Anyway I can change the paper on this thing in less than two minutes. Finally, my harbor freight dust collector does just fine with it. I will say that I agree the instructions are quite lacking. Not the biggest deal in the world, but it does aggravate me because it's something that takes very little investment to get it right. Like I said, not the biggest deal in the world, but it's worth noting. Maybe i'm just spoiled by my sawstop in that regard. It came just in time for me to flatten some case panels: It takes some getting used to in terms of how deep a cut to take - more than once I tried to take too big a bite and ended up burning the stock and paper. Chalk it up to experience I suppose. Anyway, I'm very happy with the purchase and hope this helps someone else decide. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AceHoleInOne Posted February 10, 2015 Report Share Posted February 10, 2015 You will enjoy it. The only advice I can give on not taking to big of bites is: I run the feeder on fast and pass the board through, as the board is moving I lower the drum till it just kisses the wood and let it sand through. Run the board back through till the board is even. Turn the feed speed back down and lower the the drum just a bit. Then rock on. It doesn't take a lot just simple easy adjustments. You will get the hang of it in a jiffy. -Ace- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwacker Posted February 10, 2015 Report Share Posted February 10, 2015 That should make life easier. The general rule for initial height is under 80g the drum should still roll by hand when touching the wood. Obviously you don't want to check each piece but try it a few times and you will get a feel for it and the sound. You will save a load of paper by getting it right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tcarswell Posted February 11, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 11, 2015 Very nice ! I had to adjust my feed rollers as well they were low. Congrats man I've been using mine tons ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaneymack Posted February 11, 2015 Report Share Posted February 11, 2015 Congrats on the sweeeet new machine! Looks amazing. Glad to hear it is better than your expectations. I should be receiving mine tomorrow or friday! Cant wait! ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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