Popular Post Dave H Posted January 27, 2021 Popular Post Report Share Posted January 27, 2021 I built 4 doors for a cabinet I'm building my daughter I wasn't happy with the unevenness after gluing them up yesterday. I didn't want to use my orbital sander so I thought I'd run them through my drum sander, trying to hold the over hanging frame level was harder than I imagined and, was making my problems worse so I got PO'd and quit for the night. I woke up this morning with the solution, a plywood sled to carry the doors through the drum sander I used some scrap from building the doors and attached them with some pin nails to the plywood I cut for the sled the middle one keeps the door level as the drum goes over the styles which was where my problem was last night. Now the door are level and, a consistent thickness this worked great. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coop Posted January 27, 2021 Report Share Posted January 27, 2021 That’s a neat idea. The only downside I see is that you are sanding against the grain on the rails but the ros should clear that up. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chet Posted January 27, 2021 Report Share Posted January 27, 2021 47 minutes ago, Coop said: The only downside I see is that you are sanding against the grain on the rails but the ros should clear that up. I have had things like this where part of it went against the grain but you are correct it cleans up pretty good with the ROS. I always start one grit lower then what I have on the drum sander, which is 120, so I start with 80 grit on the ROS. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gee-dub Posted January 28, 2021 Report Share Posted January 28, 2021 Nice support solution. Thanks for sharing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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