A drum sander with a twist

[Paul Montgomery]

For things like thin stock for pick guards or head stock laminations, a pattern router bit runs the risk of shattering the work piece. So I'm trying to put a bearing on a drill press drum sander. It took a lot of mucking around, but I finally got something workable.

https://youtu.be/wkf9DekuwOo

[Clay Schaeffer]

Nice video Paul,
A simpler solution would be to just nail a perfectly sized disc to a board that you could align under the sanding drum similar to how a pin router works. It wouldn't spin, but you wouldn't generate much friction using it.

[Barry Daniels]

Your sander resembles the Robo-sander.

https://www.stewmac.com/luthier-tools-a ... zwQAvD_BwE

[Paul Montgomery]

Yea, this is one of those quick projects that got out of hand!

[Clay Schaeffer]

Sometimes the most valuable part of the process is learning what doesn't work. Sharing that can allow others to skip that part of the journey. Thanks!

[Paul Montgomery]

Sometimes the most valuable part of the process is learning what doesn't work. Sharing that can allow others to skip that part of the journey. Thanks!

I agree and in fact when I plan most of my projects I take a route where I will cover as many variables and try to learn as much as I can along the way. That curiousity is probably why it takes me forever to finish a project.