Popular Post Gixxerjoe04 Posted October 15, 2016 Popular Post Report Share Posted October 15, 2016 Well I got lucky today. Our woodcraft had their anniversary sale today, everyone in the door in the first 30 minutes got 20% off one item. They had two of the supermax 's in stock earlier in the week then sold one two days ago and just had the floor model left. The 20% off was on in stock stuff, so I got to woodcraft 2 hours before opening, 3rd person in line if you can believe it haha. They opened the door and luckily the manage knew I wanted it and gave me a little sold sign to put on it haha. Disappointed quite a few people behind me in line haha. Good thing about the floor model is that it was already put together, bad part was the thing had to sit in the bed of my truck until a couple friends showed up to help unload it because it sure is heavy even though it doesn't look like it. The manager also hooked me up with some free sandpaper. Going to run a dedicated outlet for it tomorrow hopefully and give it a test run, pretty nice saving $300 plus the free sandpaper. n 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
..Kev Posted October 16, 2016 Report Share Posted October 16, 2016 Great machine, I'm sure you'll love it! Great deal too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mat60 Posted October 16, 2016 Report Share Posted October 16, 2016 Congrats. Nice sander and I like your dog. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Llama Posted October 16, 2016 Report Share Posted October 16, 2016 Killer! You won't need any of the paper under 120 though. The above grits will come in handy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wdwerker Posted October 16, 2016 Report Share Posted October 16, 2016 Congrats ! Glad you nabbed it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chet Posted October 16, 2016 Report Share Posted October 16, 2016 Great deal on a great machine, you will be real happy with that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodenskye Posted October 16, 2016 Report Share Posted October 16, 2016 Nice Joe! Now you need to get the misses something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cstandi1 Posted October 16, 2016 Report Share Posted October 16, 2016 I find the grits under 120 plenty useful for flattening large boards that wont fit through a planer. It takes a little while longer, but better than ripping a nice board just to be able to fit it on the jointer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JosephThomas Posted October 16, 2016 Report Share Posted October 16, 2016 Nice, plenty of paper too Sent from my Nexus 5 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coop Posted October 16, 2016 Report Share Posted October 16, 2016 1 minute ago, cstandi1 said: I find the grits under 120 plenty useful for flattening large boards that wont fit through a planer. It takes a little while longer, but better than ripping a nice board just to be able to fit it on the jointer. That's what I've been doing for the last two hours to a walnut crotch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gixxerjoe04 Posted October 16, 2016 Author Report Share Posted October 16, 2016 14 minutes ago, Llama said: Killer! You won't need any of the paper under 120 though. The above grits will come in handy! Yea wasn't sure what grits are bests, guess it depends on the situation but figured 36 grit is probably a little too much for anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
difalkner Posted October 16, 2016 Report Share Posted October 16, 2016 We bought one about 18 months ago and it's a great machine! We also got the DRO which is a very nice addition to this machine. Great buy and timing!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gixxerjoe04 Posted October 16, 2016 Author Report Share Posted October 16, 2016 9 minutes ago, difalkner said: We bought one about 18 months ago and it's a great machine! We also got the DRO which is a very nice addition to this machine. Great buy and timing!! DRO? digital read out? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
difalkner Posted October 16, 2016 Report Share Posted October 16, 2016 Yes, sorry. Great addition to this sander. I'm doing thin stock for acoustic guitars and knowing that I'm taking another 0.003" off, for instance, is invaluable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wdwerker Posted October 16, 2016 Report Share Posted October 16, 2016 I use 150 to clean up saw marks on ripped strips and dress planer ripple from the faces. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaneymack Posted October 16, 2016 Report Share Posted October 16, 2016 Thats a crazy deal, Joe, sweet score ! I have one as well and love it ! Sent from my SM-N910W8 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
estesbubba Posted October 16, 2016 Report Share Posted October 16, 2016 The dog says that's one bad ass sander! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan G Posted October 16, 2016 Report Share Posted October 16, 2016 Sweet buy...and nice score on the sand paper! Is the supermax 19-38 the same as the performax 16-32 just with a longer sanding drum or did they make some other mods/improvments? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gee-dub Posted October 16, 2016 Report Share Posted October 16, 2016 1 hour ago, Alan G said: Sweet buy...and nice score on the sand paper! Is the supermax 19-38 the same as the performax 16-32 just with a longer sanding drum or did they make some other mods/improvments? From all reports there are several design changes in the areas of construction materials, dust collection, paper termination (clips) and bed drive system that removed or greatly lessened those areas of complaint. They are still the supplier for many Performax parts. From their website: "Formerly made under the Performax brand name, SuperMax Tools has continued to manufacture select larger models of drum and brush sanders in the US. We have also developed innovative changes to smaller models of drum sanders, releasing the award-winning 19-38 Drum Sander in 2011, and have continued to expand our product line." The story of how some of the Performax folks negotiated the rights to certain sander models (or sizes, I forget) is pretty inspiring. They kept the product line now known as Supermax, and the jobs of the folks who make them, here in the US. A worthy effort and a nice success story. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Gixxerjoe04 Posted October 16, 2016 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted October 16, 2016 11 hours ago, estesbubba said: The dog says that's one bad ass sander! She was actually thinking of all the tennis balls I could have bought her for that kind of money. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gixxerjoe04 Posted October 16, 2016 Author Report Share Posted October 16, 2016 Got new outlets ran for it and my dc so don't have to worry about kicking breakers anymore haha. Also put the tables on, might still have to tweak them to make sure they're perfectly level. Since the tables are aluminum they aren't dead flat like cast iron, hopefully that's not a big deal. Of course having a baby, only had time to make sure everything worked, haven't got to run anything through it yet. Of course I don't have anything wide enough and flat to run through it to check to see if the head and table are parallel. Thought about running a piece of plywood through, would that be a dumb idea? Or how would you all check it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coop Posted October 16, 2016 Report Share Posted October 16, 2016 I took a couple of 12" 2x's and trimmed off the edges to make them parallel and the same width on the ts. Then laid them on edge, one at each end of the drum, and adjusted the drum down to where it touched one or, hopefully both at the same. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wdwerker Posted October 17, 2016 Report Share Posted October 17, 2016 This is actually where a piece of melamine/particleboard is useful. You should be able to get pieces at a big box store. 12 X 36 should be plenty. Use a pair of calipers to check the thickness at all 4 corners and along all 4 edges before you sand it. I would lower the drum (not running) onto the center of the board (sideways on the conveyer until you can spin the drum but feel some resistance. Turn on the conveyor with out starting the drum to remove the board. Start the dust collection, drum and conveyor at 1/4 speed and feed the board in sideways. Measure the sanded section w the calipers, then rotate it 180 and sand the other half. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
difalkner Posted October 17, 2016 Report Share Posted October 17, 2016 Because I'm doing exotic tonewood in wide, thin, and expensive pieces I wanted mine as close to perfect as I could get it. I ran a piece of Maple about 2" thick and about 2" wide (doesn't matter) through my planer and made certain it was square. Then I took the sandpaper off the drum and placed the Maple under the closed end. I then lowered the drum to a few thousandths off the Maple and used feeler gauges to get the measurement on the gap. Once I had that I moved the piece of Maple to the open end and did the same thing. I adjusted the bed until both sides were the same or within a thousandth or so. Now when I run a board through it's the same anywhere on the drum. I don't know if that's by the book or just a 'David way' but I'm satisfied with my results and it didn't take long to accomplish. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick S Posted October 17, 2016 Report Share Posted October 17, 2016 12 minutes ago, difalkner said: Because I'm doing exotic tonewood in wide, thin, and expensive pieces I wanted mine as close to perfect as I could get it. I ran a piece of Maple about 2" thick and about 2" wide (doesn't matter) through my planer and made certain it was square. Then I took the sandpaper off the drum and placed the Maple under the closed end. I then lowered the drum to a few thousandths off the Maple and used feeler gauges to get the measurement on the gap. Once I had that I moved the piece of Maple to the open end and did the same thing. I adjusted the bed until both sides were the same or within a thousandth or so. Now when I run a board through it's the same anywhere on the drum. I don't know if that's by the book or just a 'David way' but I'm satisfied with my results and it didn't take long to accomplish. Pretty much how I did it, too. Mine is holding +/- .0015" on stock down to .030". That's as thin as I've done, so far. Really, really happy with it! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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