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Drum sander

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david-tuckerDavid Tucker 01/08/2021 at 01:090 Comments

Vacation is over and life is getting busy again but I found the time to make a small project.  I made an insert for my drill press table that allows a drum sander with a bearing to be recessed in it.  My drill press has a press fit chuck and I don't trust it to handle a lot of side torque, so this little insert takes the load.  

It is working really good and I was even able to use it with the fence to sand a board to a uniform thickness. I'm not going to publish the plans because both the table and sander have been discontinued from Harbor Freight so it would be difficult to replicate this build.  But there are similar tables and drum sanders out there and it would not be hard to replicate this on your own if your interested.

Note that this does not compare to a $200 oscillating drum sander, but then again I think I put $6 into the build.  It will leave some lines on your parts, but it is a great way to quickly rough in a shape.

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