On Mon, 02 May 2005 14:52:42 -0500, Philip Hallstrom
wrote:

On 2005-05-02, wrote:
Since you have a lathe, you already have a disc sander. Dedicate a
faceplate (or make one with a block of wood, side grain, drilled and

I thought about that, but had forgotten since, and in fact have done
that in the past, although for a quick/hack buffing wheel, but I was
wondering if the direction of the force applied would affect the
trueness of the lathe after awhile.

Something similar to how you see recommendations against using your
drill press as a drum sander...

Although I suppose it's really only an issue if I have dull sandpaper
and push like a crazy man...

Although this would be a good way to start and would avoid another
tool... hmmm...

Now, if I can just figure out how to make a belt sander for my lathe, I
can get rid of that dinosaur powermatic I have around...

Couldn't you do the same as you described above? Mount a roller on the
lathe that went vertically up to another roller with all the necessary
bolting/boxing/clamping as well?

-philip

the problem as I see it is that you begin to turn your lathe into a "shopsmith"
like machine... way too many changes to go from say, turning a bowl to sanding a
flat piece of wood, to sanding contours..
I have a Shopsmith, and over the years have added a lathe, belt/disk sander,
grinder/buffer, etc.. t avoid all those setup changes..


mac

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