mat60 Posted May 5, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 5, 2018 6 hours ago, wdwerker said: Some hair is greying but it still seems mostly attached...... LOL.. Its mostly all attached from a side view. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wdwerker Posted May 5, 2018 Report Share Posted May 5, 2018 Finally remembered to take pictures of the digital height gauge. SuperMax sends the Wixley gauge with nice heavy brackets and has the frame pre drilled & tapped for the screws. Installation instructions kinda suck, but I figured it out. There is a black bracket that bolts to the drum/motor height adjustment plate. The silver bracket screws to the grey cast iron frame. The scale reads in decimal inches, fractional inches and MM. You use a piece of freshly sanded wood to " zero out " the scale . Once you get it right the display remembers the setting but it takes a few seconds to come up after you flip through the screens. Pretty quick to re zero the display if a battery dies. It works great when you need a few more pieces thicknessed to match the rest of the parts during a project. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wdwerker Posted May 5, 2018 Report Share Posted May 5, 2018 8 hours ago, mat60 said: LOL.. Its mostly all attached from a side view. I don't mind it turning grey but mine has greatly turned loose ! 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coop Posted May 5, 2018 Report Share Posted May 5, 2018 Thanks for the pic Steve. Very similiar to the one I bought for my 735 and couldn’t get it to work and gave away the someone on here. I think the problem was owner/operator as it had more than one button Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mat60 Posted May 17, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 17, 2018 Feels good to be back in the shop more and have a thread to post some things I have going on for anyone that maybe interested. Working on jobs and a pellet stove today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chet Posted May 17, 2018 Report Share Posted May 17, 2018 22 minutes ago, mat60 said: Feels good to be back in the shop more and have a thread to post some things I have going on for anyone that maybe interested. Working on jobs and a pellet stove today. Therapy! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardA Posted May 17, 2018 Report Share Posted May 17, 2018 Uh, what kinda wood are you going to use to make the pellet stove? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post mat60 Posted May 17, 2018 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted May 17, 2018 2 hours ago, RichardA said: Pallet wood. .... Short story. I was in Tractor Supply the other day to see they carried inverter generators in store. Asked about pellet stoves because I was tired of looking at @Kevs stove..I was told they had one out back for $750 because it was a closeout item. it was a King stove and they cost about $1200 reg around here so I took it home hooked it up only to see a big flash when I plugged it in.. So the next day I took it back and they offered me this Ashley bay front for the same price. Its about a $1500 stove so I figured if I don't like it I could get my money out of it easy. I stuck it in just to try it and will be getting a new pipe kit and installing it right before winter. Its great for days that are not real cold. I'm going to keep my wood stove also for real cold temps and also do some insulating of the shop. Hope I don't break the darn glass in this thing. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mat60 Posted May 18, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 18, 2018 Nothing to exciting but finally have my parts ready for the drum sander tomorrow. Been dragging my feet. Need to find a place to buy paper for my sander. I have been using Jet paper but would like to try something else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wdwerker Posted May 18, 2018 Report Share Posted May 18, 2018 I've been using the chinese stuff that Peachtree Woodworking sells. The purple abrasive that 3M makes is awesome but boy are they proud of that stuff ! The blue zircon abrasive is pretty good too. Last roll I got was from Woodworkers Supply. Klingspor has pretty decent abrasives, they make the stuff SuperMax sells. Get a big block of crepe rubber, keep it in the freezer, use it often and clean up the crumbs before you go back to sanding ! That's the single most important tip for drum sanders I've learned in the last 20 years. A frozen rubber block cleans the resin out of your abrasive faster and lasts longer. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mat60 Posted May 18, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 18, 2018 Thanks for the info Steve. Ill also be keeping the block in my shop freezer now. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coop Posted May 18, 2018 Report Share Posted May 18, 2018 1 hour ago, wdwerker said: Get a big block of crepe rubber, keep it in the freezer, use it often and clean up the crumbs before you go back to sanding ! That's the single most important tip for drum sanders I've learned in the last 20 years. A frozen rubber block cleans the resin out of your abrasive faster and lasts longer. I’ve never heard about freezing it, thanks. Where did you hear about this little tidbit of info? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chet Posted May 18, 2018 Report Share Posted May 18, 2018 1 hour ago, wdwerker said: Klingspor has pretty decent abrasives, Yea, I get all my abrasives from Klingpor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mat60 Posted May 19, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 19, 2018 Come to find out the Klingspor is the same paper I been paying more for under the name of Jet. Great news because I like the paper and now I can save about $30 a box. I did a lot of sanding today and noticed that keeping the crepe in freezer did everything you said Steve. I always cleaned my paper allot but today was different . I had some old paper in my sander and pushed it harder than I ever have been able to and I cant believe I didn't burn the paper today. I was going to put new paper on this morning before I even started but I'm glad I didn't now. I have a 6.5 hp sander and was using all of 37 amps at times today and its a 50 amp sander. Its like I have a new machine . Thank you Steve. Where do I send the check? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wdwerker Posted May 19, 2018 Report Share Posted May 19, 2018 Glad to help a fellow craftsman ! Whenever I buy crepe rubber blocks I feel them for weight and firmness ( wow does that sound wrong). The heavy firm ones last longer. I bought 4 when they were on sale 1/2 off . 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
curlyoak Posted May 19, 2018 Report Share Posted May 19, 2018 I use the blue zirconium from woodworkers supply on my drum sander. I also use it on my belt sander. A few years ago I bought a box of 10 belts. After a long time I finally used up the third belt. And from there the splines on the belt all kept breaking. Not the fault of the splines. It took forever to use up 3 belts. Woodworkers gave me a credit. Now I order 3 belts at a time. I also use it on my 12" disc sander. Woodworker actually manufactures most of their sanding products including all the zirconium stuff. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wdwerker Posted May 19, 2018 Report Share Posted May 19, 2018 If you buy too many belts keep them in the heated/cooled part of your home. But it's best not to buy too many, 2 or 3 of each grit is plenty. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
curlyoak Posted May 20, 2018 Report Share Posted May 20, 2018 My point is before zirconium I could use 10 belts. Same amount of work with zirconium 3 belts... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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