On Tue, 3 Oct 2006 22:49:09 -0500, "Morris Dovey"
wrote:

Dan Jefferson (in ) said:

| I have an almost new 1/4 hp furnace motor just gathering dust.
| Need some ideas for a good use for the motor. Would like uses that
| would apply to my woodworking shop.

The perfect motor for this project. Visit
http://home.att.net/~ShipModelFAQ/Sh...nessSander.htm
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(Link courtesy of Leuf)

Though I think 1/4 hp is undersized if you're going to do general
woodworking instead of modelling. The Performax 10-20 is 1 hp. The
Grizzly 12" is 1-1/2 hp. I was personally looking at 1/2-3/4 to try
to keep the weight down, but I don't have any numbers on what each
size generally weighs so I'm guessing there.

I don't know what else you might do with it, but I believe Lee Valley
sells a mounting bracket for them, so clearly you're not alone.

As a side note to Morris, I remembered I have some 3" diameter MDF
half round that I had gotten for a project and then gone in another
direction. Though I think it would be rather difficult to run a
groove perfectly in the center of each half with a core box bit for
the shaft, and then the jig I'd have to build to hold the half round
to even attempt it. So back to the 15 discs I go, but for a second
there it looked like it was going to be easy

I was darn close to buying a kit from stockroomsupply.com, but then I
read their FAQ and gave a big thumbs down to using hook&loop for this
application, which also rules out the Grizzly.

And of course just as I start gettng serious about my narrow drum
sander because I never do anything wide I have a repeat client come
back asking if I can do a chest with a ~22" wide glueup required for
the top. Of course.


-Leuf