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| RobWilson:
Evening Chaps It being to cold for shop work in the evenings ,especially when one has been out in the cold and wet all day .I thought I would make a start on my belt sander project , I have just about all the materials about 95% . The last to arrive was the VFD and the 2.2Kw 2800rpm flange mount motor . I bummed a wee bit of 180 mm dia ally bar to make the drive pulley and a larger contact wheel from . And these are some of those belts that are toxic to North Americans :) , I hear Marmite and Vegemite are also banned LOL ( I personally love the stuff ) The wheels I probably will not use , I plan to make my own ,part of that missing 5% is rubber :D So the design so far , this is still very much a work in progress as I have a lot of ideas to flesh out . The flat platen . Done a wee bit work on the three contact wheel head and the larger 8" contact wheel designs . The yellow line depicts the belt path ,the various ways it can be laced . The above will have 70mm,100mm and 130mm rubber contact wheels . Cheers Rob :beer: |
| awemawson:
Brilliant Rob - been watching this on Metalworkingfun :thumbup: But really you don't NEED to make it. You have a VIRTUAL model of it so you can sand VIRTUALLY ANYTHING :lol: |
| John Rudd:
Looks good Rob.... :thumbup: But we need to see the finished sander... :worthless: |
| RobWilson:
:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: good one Andrew :Doh: It may be a while before completion John :poke: As this project is just infill for now ,though I may as well do some design work now as once the weather warms up a tad I will be back on with the forge and Student Lathe :dremel: Do any of you chaps with a rubber fetishes know of a good supplier of two part urethane ? 2 -5 Kg quantities . I have used a supplier in Ireland a few times in the past (a good supplier ), just looking for a UK supplier just to save on the P&P. Cheers Rob |
| RobWilson:
Just a note for those looking for a VFD at a very reasonable price it may be worth contacting our very own Mr John Rudd ( the one from near Hull ) :thumbup: He supplied mine for this project :zap: Rob |
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