On 4 Mar 2005 12:20:47 -0800, "Larry Bud"
wrote:

Ok, I'm reviewing my own home made tool, so I supposed it might be
biased :-). But honestly, I think this is for everybody's interest:

http://www.areddy.net/wood/tools.html

big snip

Congrats on discovering another highly useful tool. These are pretty
easy to make actually. Looks like you discovered many of the same
things I did. FWIW I think a 1HP motor would be plenty on a sander
the size of yours. Grizzly has an excellent one for $109. TEFC and
either 1725 or 3450 RPM.

Woodmaster seems to be the only source for the needed velcro. I get
my sandpaper direct from Klingspor for about 1/2 the Woodmaster Price.
(the paper I got from Woodmaster had Klingspor marked all over the
back of it) And I've always found it a lot easier to just call
Klingspor than to try to locate anything on their web site.

http://www.woodworkingshop.com


For those who need a place to start I highly recommend these plans:

http://www.moritzdesigns.com/sander/sander.html

You can get a basic understanding of the requirements and modify in
any way you see fit.