dodgeram99 Posted May 29, 2015 Report Share Posted May 29, 2015 After 6 months of saving and wishing. It finaly came in todat. The Supermax 19/38 drum sander. As you can tell I'm already putting it together. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coop Posted May 29, 2015 Report Share Posted May 29, 2015 Fan-damn-tastic!! Great acquisition! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FtrPilot Posted May 29, 2015 Report Share Posted May 29, 2015 Congrats! I am sure you will put it to good use. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brendon_t Posted May 29, 2015 Report Share Posted May 29, 2015 Congrats. I use my drum sander on pretty much every project I do. It was quite a game changer for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaneymack Posted May 29, 2015 Report Share Posted May 29, 2015 Great purchase! I love mine! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodgeram99 Posted May 29, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 29, 2015 Thanks. Well it's all together and working perfictaly. I didnt have to do any thing. It came from the factory in perfict alinement. It came with 80 grit sand paper. I also got 120 and 220. what do you all recomend? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
..Kev Posted May 29, 2015 Report Share Posted May 29, 2015 Congrats, a great addition to the shop! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dnorris1369 Posted May 29, 2015 Report Share Posted May 29, 2015 That's awesome I love mine Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Cancelleri Posted May 29, 2015 Report Share Posted May 29, 2015 I love my Supermax 19-38, it's a beast. The 80 grit on there is ridiculously aggressive, I have a bunch of 120grit which I find to be a bit less aggressive and requiring less sanding afterwards. I usually hate changing out the paper and going 80-120-180. If you're thicknessing a highly figured wood like Bird's Eye Maple you can take off a bit more per pass with the 80 grit. No more than a 1/4 turn per pass is my usual rule of thumb for 120 grit. 180 grit I wouldn't go anymore than 1/6 - 1/8 of a turn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brendon_t Posted May 29, 2015 Report Share Posted May 29, 2015 I keep 80 on my ds as a standard because I do a lot of thicknessing with mine. I've never gone above 120gr. I can't imagine trying to final sand with a ds so I always go from 120 on the drum to 120 on the ROS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wdwerker Posted May 29, 2015 Report Share Posted May 29, 2015 I use a lot of 150 grit. 220 is as high as I go. It's so easy to sand out the lines from 220 but I barely do a 1/16 of a turn per pass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Llama Posted May 30, 2015 Report Share Posted May 30, 2015 Such a great thing! I can't believe how much I use mine since I got it. You're gonna love it!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chet Posted May 30, 2015 Report Share Posted May 30, 2015 Congrats on the new tool purchase. Its next on my list but it is going to be a while $$$ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ResidentEvil Posted May 30, 2015 Report Share Posted May 30, 2015 A little bit of an off topic question here, sorry to hi-jack the thread: I have the Jet 16-32 and absolutely love it. I know that the supermax is the preferred choice for small/hobby shops. What exactly are the differences between the two (outside of the obvious width difference and color)? Is there something with the height adjustment, leveling adjustment, motor, etc that makes the supermax a step above the Jet sanders? They look nearly identical on the surface to me. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodgeram99 Posted May 30, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 30, 2015 The biggest difference was how easy the paper for the 19/38 is to change. I don't have a jet. But from what I read was it takes a special tool and is a pain to reach. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brendon_t Posted May 30, 2015 Report Share Posted May 30, 2015 I love having a drum sander. Period. I hate changing the paper. I have a ridgid WDS 1600. The clip holds once you get it in but tensioning in the clip is almost impossible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Cancelleri Posted May 31, 2015 Report Share Posted May 31, 2015 Supermax, formerly Performax before being acquired by jet. The 1020, 16/32, 22/44 are all Performax designs and share the same tension clip method of holding the paper. The supermax versus the 16 32 isn't much in the terms of books design, both are open ended with acme screw adjustments. There are some subtle and not so subtle differences. The jet adjusts the parallel of the drum to the conveyor on the carriage, where the Supermax adjusts at the conveyor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric. Posted May 31, 2015 Report Share Posted May 31, 2015 Also capacity, HP, better-built cantilever, ease of adjustment, and the vigor of those adjustments. Without owning both I can't say empirically...but the consensus is the Supermax holds its calibrations much better than the Jet. They re-engineered the machines once their contract with Jet ran out and improved the design. Small but significant changes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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