Dave H Posted August 10, 2012 Report Share Posted August 10, 2012 I'm in the prosses of building a disc sander for my lathe here are some pics, attachment=6498:P1000559.JPG] The disc sander is a four piece unit the first piece slides tight to the power head of my lathe The second piece is the sander itself mounted to it's own face plate the third pieces slides up tight to the first piece and the large plywood washer/wing nut holds the whole unit to the bed of the lathe it's still a work in process the table will be a single layer of MDF with a miter slot possably formica for the final top finish, the dust shroud was made doing bent lamination and slide into the slot of the first piece Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave H Posted August 10, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 10, 2012 Sorry I didn't talk about dust collection the chamber you see next to the sanding disc, once the top is mounted it will be air tight. I've put a temparary plywood top on, and hooked my dust collector up it really sucked the temp top down to the base, I've sanded some test pieces,and the dust collection works great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mwatkins Posted August 10, 2012 Report Share Posted August 10, 2012 You sir are a genius. I have a lathe that sits idle for the majority of a the year and I've been thinking about buying a large floor stand disc sander. Why not combine them??? I think I'm going to be taking your genius and applying it in the shop with my own home made version. Thank you for the inspiration. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duckkisser Posted August 10, 2012 Report Share Posted August 10, 2012 i have been wanting to make a sander that is on a long drum that i can stretch from the head to the tail and then use it to sand projects down on it. then i can wrap different grits from one end to the other so i can sand a project at 60 grit all the way up to 600 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave H Posted August 10, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 10, 2012 something like this? ,and heres is the entire build Thanks for the comment mwatkins the disc sander was fun to build. / Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duckkisser Posted August 10, 2012 Report Share Posted August 10, 2012 basicly just without the dust collection and the table i dont realy want to use it as a sander for flat stock flatening but rather a sander to use on by turnings. so if i need to shape a peice of wood i can. just screw it onto the lathe brace it up turn it on and sand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fransikaner Posted August 11, 2012 Report Share Posted August 11, 2012 Great idea!!! I am always looking for ways to improve shop air quality. Thanks for sharing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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