Gift received! Flex drum sander kit.

[barb.j.enders]

I asked for, and received the flex drum sanding kit. https://store.workshopsupply.com/catalogue/flex-drum-sander-kit-p-4539.html.  I will have to purchase a bench grinder to use it. 

I plan on buying this,       https://www.professionalgrinding.ca/products/king-canada-8-low-speed-bench-grinder-with-light-model-kc-895ls?pr_prod_strat=e5_desc&pr_rec_id=e46011855&pr_rec_pid=6732380864567&pr_ref_pid=6745828327479&pr_seq=uniform. 

 

 

I also have a sanding mop that I have been using in my drill press but hope to use the bench grinder.https://stockroomsupply.com/products/fluffy-sanding-mop-kit?_pos=1&_sid=5e3e23ee0&_ss=r 

My question is, how will it attach to the bench grinder?  

[TAIrving]

Congratulations on your Christmas present.  What are you planning to do with it?  Intarsia maybe?

I have been looking at intarsia videos and have seen drum sanders like this.  

[Dan]

Great! Time to make some dust.

[JessL]

Oh so jealous!!! But happy for you!

[barb.j.enders]

5 hours ago, TAIrving said:

Congratulations on your Christmas present.  What are you planning to do with it?  Intarsia maybe?

I have been looking at intarsia videos and have seen drum sanders like this.  

I am planning to get into intarsia.  I have done a few segmentation pieces.  I also thought this would be nice for rounding edges on puzzles.

[don in brooklin on]

Congratulations.  I could not do without it.

I did a video on the sanding station years ago.  At the time I had a wonder wheel on one end and the drum sander on the other.  Now I have a sanding mop.  I went with a 6 inch grinder.  An 8 inch is a better choice as it is easier to find the chuck. (I got mine from Stockroom supply). See picture.  I use keyless chuck on the grinder and an old motor.

 

https://youtu.be/43HcrhpynsI?si=bmvHPNj1fF5DJnJ5

Edited December 28, 2023 by don in brooklin on

[TAIrving]

Thanks for posting Don @don in brooklin on.  I am just starting to think about getting into intarsia and this helps me with the sanding part of it.  

[Scrappile]

@don in brooklin on  have a question about your chuck used on the grinder.  I purchased on like it from some where, and the piece that slips over the shaft was not deep enough to clear the threads on the shaft, therefore it wobbled.  Did you have that problem?  If so how did you fix it? Or maybe you shafts did not have threads.

[don in brooklin on]

There is a shaft that fits over the threads and then held on with set screws. 

 

 The link at Stockroom is https://stockroomsupply.com/products/keyless-chuck?_pos=4&_sid=eb28da5e6&_ss=r  

 

[Peter N White]

Would love to have one but shipping to NZ would be a killer. I  cobbled one up by getting a sanding sleeve and got a piece of plumbers insulation to fit sanding sleeve and made a wooden centre shaft to fit tight inside insulation tube and use it on my lathe.Works well.

[rafairchild2]

It makes a LOT of dust.  Make sure you have a good collection point at the sander.  Don has a good example in his photo of what you need.

[barb.j.enders]

18 hours ago, don in brooklin on said:

There is a shaft that fits over the threads and then held on with set screws. 

 

 The link at Stockroom is https://stockroomsupply.com/products/keyless-chuck?_pos=4&_sid=eb28da5e6&_ss=r  

 

Thanks for this information.  This is the answer to my question.

[TAIrving]

17 hours ago, Peter N White said:

Would love to have one but shipping to NZ would be a killer. I  cobbled one up by getting a sanding sleeve and got a piece of plumbers insulation to fit sanding sleeve and made a wooden centre shaft to fit tight inside insulation tube and use it on my lathe.Works well.

That thought occured to me also.  Maybe mount one on a lathe or even a drill press.  

[Dave Monk]

On 12/28/2023 at 11:00 AM, Scrappile said:

@don in brooklin on  have a question about your chuck used on the grinder.  I purchased on like it from some where, and the piece that slips over the shaft was not deep enough to clear the threads on the shaft, therefore it wobbled.  Did you have that problem?  If so how did you fix it? Or maybe you shafts did not have threads.

I had the same issue with the one I bought. I ended up cutting the threads off the shaft. I think the heat from cutting it off messed up the bearing. I ended up having one made that was deeper and would go past the threads onto the shaft. Works like a champ. 

[Scrappile]

Now I remember I asked this question before and I remember Daves answer.  It was pretty expensive to have something made as I remember.  I guess I do not understand why this is such a problem with all the people that want to use a grinder for this purpose.  The Guinevere is the oblivious answer but it only comes with one speed: high speed, and I do not want that. Why us it not available in a low speed.  

[Dave Monk]

10 hours ago, Scrappile said:

Now I remember I asked this question before and I remember Daves answer.  It was pretty expensive to have something made as I remember.  I guess I do not understand why this is such a problem with all the people that want to use a grinder for this purpose.  The Guinevere is the oblivious answer but it only comes with one speed: high speed, and I do not want that. Why us it not available in a low speed.  

At least a variable speed.

[barb.j.enders]

On 12/28/2023 at 1:13 PM, don in brooklin on said:

There is a shaft that fits over the threads and then held on with set screws. 

 

 The link at Stockroom is https://stockroomsupply.com/products/keyless-chuck?_pos=4&_sid=eb28da5e6&_ss=r  

 

Thanks for the link.  I only wish the shipping charges weren't so much.  Product is $35, shipping is $20.  At this time, there isn't anything else that I need from Stockroom.  Kinda wish that Workshop Supply carried it, seeing as how they are the ones that carry the Flex Drum set.

[don in brooklin on]

Barb.  Did you call.   https://www.sawbird.com/  They have something listed as Motor adapter??? No pictures but they are very helpful. 

 

[TAIrving]

On 12/29/2023 at 6:42 PM, Scrappile said:

Now I remember I asked this question before and I remember Daves answer.  It was pretty expensive to have something made as I remember.  I guess I do not understand why this is such a problem with all the people that want to use a grinder for this purpose.  The Guinevere is the oblivious answer but it only comes with one speed: high speed, and I do not want that. Why us it not available in a low speed.  

Grammar / spell check police here again.  I keep saying I will stop doing this, but then one like this comes along.  

I suspect that you meant "obvious".  But "oblivious" works also but with a very different and amusing meaning.  

[BadBob]

Grizzly G5553 - Motor Arbors - 5/8" Arbor - 1/2" Keyless Chuck

They also have this in 1/2".

[barb.j.enders]

23 hours ago, don in brooklin on said:

Barb.  Did you call.   https://www.sawbird.com/  They have something listed as Motor adapter??? No pictures but they are very helpful. 

 

Thanks Don.  I will give him a call today.  I "bit the bullet" and ordered from Stockroom but they are closed until Monday.  Hopefully I can cancel the order.

[barb.j.enders]

3 hours ago, BadBob said:

Grizzly G5553 - Motor Arbors - 5/8" Arbor - 1/2" Keyless Chuck

They also have this in 1/2".

Ordering from the US is not normally a cost effective way to go.

[don in brooklin on]

If your intent is to get into intarsia eventually you may want to get a wonder wheel.  I got one when I visited JGR studio and I was impressed with what Judy could do with the wheel.

The wonder wheel fits on any grinder with the help of a reducing bushing.  

Since Intarsia is not on my to do list right now I had a sanding mop on the other end as you described above.  I found that I did not use it much as I have a Mac Mop mounted on a motor.

So...  I have been using the Mac Mop to round over a bunch of dowels but since it difficult to obtain a Mac Mop and I don't want to wear it out. I changed out the sanding mop for a flap wheel sander that I got from Amazon.  It is 120 grit and it does the job really quick.  Would round over quick on Intarsia too.

I am now running my sanding mop on an extra drill press.

 

 

 

Edited January 5, 2024 by don in brooklin on

[barb.j.enders]

On 1/3/2024 at 9:08 AM, don in brooklin on said:

Barb.  Did you call.   https://www.sawbird.com/  They have something listed as Motor adapter??? No pictures but they are very helpful. 

 

I called Garnet yesterday.  He said that it wouldn't work.

[barb.j.enders]

56 minutes ago, don in brooklin on said:

I have been using the Mac Mop to round over a bunch of dowels but since it difficult to obtain a Mac Mop and I don't want to wear it out.

Maybe not the "Mac Mop" but this is where I got mine sanding mop.  https://stockroomsupply.com/products/fluffy-sanding-mop-kit?_pos=1&_sid=fea14141d&_ss=r