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| Author: | Tom Dowey [ Fri Feb 24, 2006 12:23 am ] |
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FYI, there is a plan for building your own Thickness Sander in the most recent ShopNotes. It is for sanding 16" wide. Worth a look if you are planning on building one. |
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| Author: | Serge Poirier [ Fri Feb 24, 2006 4:54 am ] |
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Cool little sander, but i'd suggest a wider drum, 18- 24" wide for our purposes, thicknessing joined tops and backs IMHO. And i would also have it independant from the TS but one would have to buy a 1/2-1 hp motor. |
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| Author: | CarltonM [ Sat Feb 25, 2006 5:25 am ] |
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I picked up an issue last night. Looks pretty interesting. |
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| Author: | Tom Dowey [ Sat Feb 25, 2006 9:00 am ] |
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Serge, I would agree that something a little wider would be better. But it is a great article for getting some good ideas, and one could certainly tweak the design to go wider. |
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| Author: | Anthony Z [ Sat Feb 25, 2006 9:39 am ] |
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Tom that's a neat little machine. My worry would be running it off a table saw motor which tend to run around 3450 RPM. |
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| Author: | Serge Poirier [ Sat Feb 25, 2006 10:31 am ] |
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Tom, i agree with you not to discard it completely, when i built mine, i looked at probably 10-20 different home made ones before i combined the elements i prefered and included them into my design. It's just like Anthony said, the TS would turn a bit too quick for what's needed IMHO. |
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| Author: | ctholden [ Sat Feb 25, 2006 12:08 pm ] |
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When I built my thickness jig I took a different approach. I made mine to be used with a router and vacuum suction, and designed it to handle boards up to 20"x36". This way I could mill off a lot more at once, and then just do a finish sanding. Craig CT Holden Luthiery and Supplies 
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| Author: | Don A [ Sat Feb 25, 2006 6:19 pm ] |
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Speed shouldn't be a problem as you could set it with size of the pulley on the sander. It seems like a lot of trouble though to set it up on the table saw rather than stand alone with a motor. I just wish Shop Notes came out more often as I always get some good ideas. 
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