tool:thickness_sander
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====== Thickness Sander ====== | ====== Thickness Sander ====== | ||
- | {{::generic-tool.png?200 |}} | + | {{::thicknessSander.jpg?200 |}} |
- | Summary description of the tool and perhaps some misc notes about it's existence! | ||
- | ^ Status | + | == CURRENTLY OFFLINE == |
- | ^ Training | + | |
- | ^ Hackable | + | Similar in use to a thickness planer, a thickness sander allows you to achieve a consistent thickness |
- | ^ Usage Restrictions | Members | + | across the length of a piece of wood. |
- | ^ Owner | Michael Kessler | + | |
- | ^ If it Breaks | + | ^ Status |
+ | ^ Training | ||
+ | ^ Hackable | ||
+ | ^ Brand | Delta | ||
+ | ^ Usage Restrictions | Members | ||
+ | ^ Owner | Michael Kessler | ||
+ | ^ If it Breaks | ||
^ Loan Status | ^ Loan Status | ||
- | ^ Arrival Date | + | ^ Arrival Date |
^ Location | ^ Location | ||
- | ^ Value | $150 | | + | ^ Value | $$$ |
^ Champion | ^ Champion | ||
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+ | ===== Repair Action Items ===== | ||
+ | ALL of these must be completed before the machine can go back in service: | ||
+ | * Replace or mitigate feed belt issue. | ||
+ | * Place notice on machine directing users to this wiki for training as MANDATORY. | ||
+ | * Update this wiki to help with onboarding usage. | ||
===== Safety ===== | ===== Safety ===== | ||
+ | |||
+ | ** WOOD ONLY ** | ||
+ | No metal, not even once! | ||
The thickness sander is a rotating power tool that can generate large quantities of wood dust. | The thickness sander is a rotating power tool that can generate large quantities of wood dust. | ||
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Eye protection, Breathing Protection, Environmental Dust Collection, Ear Protection, Skin Protection, | Eye protection, Breathing Protection, Environmental Dust Collection, Ear Protection, Skin Protection, | ||
No baggy/ | No baggy/ | ||
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+ | Use push-sticks and take care for kickback. | ||
Take special care not to raise the bed into the sanding drum, which will cause permanent damage. | Take special care not to raise the bed into the sanding drum, which will cause permanent damage. | ||
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===== Specifications ===== | ===== Specifications ===== | ||
- | Sandpaper is "hook and loop" sandpaper. | + | Sandpaper is currently 120 grit, but 80 grit is probably more suitable if buying replacements. |
===== Tutorial ===== | ===== Tutorial ===== | ||
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Currently, seek Michael K. for training. | Currently, seek Michael K. for training. | ||
- | ===== Maintenance Log ==== | + | Some tips: |
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+ | * Watch some videos on Youtube about how to use a thickness sander | ||
+ | * Start with a pass where you aren't sanding anything so that you know you aren't cutting too deep and progress it no more than a 16th of a turn. | ||
+ | * Don't stand directly behind the piece similar to a planer or table saw | ||
+ | * Before using, make sure the drum has the sandpaper securely attached and the sandpaper is clean, if the sandpaper isn't clean, use the crepe block. | ||
+ | * Even if you are removing only a couple of mm, expect to take several passes. This isn't a lot of material, but at the same time, it is sandpaper. | ||
+ | * Keep the belt feed slow enough that the machine isn't loaded down, but fast enough that you aren't burning the piece. | ||
+ | * You should use *always* use the dust extractor. There' | ||
+ | * Also wear ear protection, the dust extractor+thickness sander are loud together. | ||
+ | * Lastly, plug the dust extractor and thickness sander into different circuits the HP combined on each will exceed 15amps if one of them gets bogged down. | ||
+ | * If sanding multiple pieces that should have the same thickness, make sure that you do both pieces one after the other on the same setting. That way you can be sure they will be a consistent thickness, and you don’t have to redo the entire calibration for the other pieces. In fact, you can feed them in together. You'll get most accurate if you feed them in at the same spot (one right after each other). | ||
+ | * You do want to vary up the feeding location slightly for each pass so you aren't dulling one spot on the paper though. | ||
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+ | An alternative tool to consider is the planer. | ||
+ | For 3mm on the thickness sander, expect 20 passes or more; the thickness sander excels against the planer on thin pieces, so if the final dimension of your piece is pretty thin, it is better to use the sander over the planer. If you are worried about tearout on the knots, you can go thickness sander | ||
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+ | Note that the above is not an exhaustive list. | ||
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+ | ===== Manual ===== | ||
+ | {{: | ||
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+ | ===== Maintenance Log ===== | ||
Any maintenance, | Any maintenance, | ||
- | ^ Note | + | ^ Note ^ Date ^ Who ^ |
- | | Wiki entry created | Nov 25, 2016 | Michael K. | | + | | Wiki entry created |
+ | | Dismandled | ||
+ | | Replaced with Delta | 2018 | Michael K. | | ||
+ | | Out of service for repair | 6 Jan, 2021 | Michael K. | | ||
+ | | Planned Removal | 30 Aug, 2021 | Michael K. | | ||
+ | | Planer Tuneup and trainers trained (phillip_m and yeungx) | January 2022 | Phillip M | | ||
+ | | Drive belt for sanding Drum replaced since it broke, Beveled gears controlling lift mechanism replaced with steel gears. | ||
+ | | Motor for the conveyor belt repaired. | ||
+ | | Motor for the conveyor belt seized again shortly after it was reinstalled. | ||
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tool/thickness_sander.1480096782.txt.gz · Last modified: 2016/11/25 17:59 by mike