I was curious to know if anyone on this group has had experience with this system (or something similar). I have been turning enough (3 to 4 hours per day) lately to burn up two cheap Makita drills while sanding some (to many to count) bowls. Maybe bad drills, maybe too much sanding....
http://www.katools.com/guinevere.html
Thanks
Larry

The flex shaft in the Guinevere system looks real similar to the shaft I bought through Garrett Wade. It's 54" and I've got it hooked up to a Milwaukee close quarters drill. The shaft keeps the drill out of the dust and at $27.40 plus shipping costs seems like a deal to me. Only hang up I've found so far is you aren't supposed to run it counter-clockwise. Messes it up somehow. Just figured I'd mention it if you hadn't already seen it. http://www.garrettwade.com/jump.jsp?...&itemID=111031

"Larry Day" wrote in message ...
I was curious to know if anyone on this group has had experience with this system (or something similar). I have been turning enough (3 to 4 hours per day) lately to burn up two cheap Makita drills while sanding some (to many to count) bowls. Maybe bad drills, maybe too much sanding....
http://www.katools.com/guinevere.html
Thanks
Larry

I use a flex shaft similar to the one mentioned by the down-easter, but
powered by an old Maytag motor of 1/3 hp. The induction motor is much
quieter than a universal, and using the flex shaft supported on the toolrest
with the 2" Power-Loc disks as primary, you can sand with almost no
pressure, since you need not guide on the piece itself. Three/four good
sized bowls on a 150, about half that on 240/320 is average disk life with
the piece rotating. I also use 3" velcro-backed disks on the shaft, but you
have to be careful with them, as there's more than enough torque to whip
your wrist a bit if you press.

The inflatable bulbs with the sandpaper condoms are useful for the inside of
boxes or other narrow work like goblets, though the flex disks will do
almost as well, and are considerably cheaper. You want to pass on sleeve
bearing types of shafts sold in hardware stores, as lubricating the sleeves
collects gunk.

Since the spring is twisted, you can only rotate it in one direction, but by
sanding in different clock positions on the disk you can use differential
speed to sand in any direction you want.
"Larry Day" wrote in message
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I was curious to know if anyone on this group has had experience with this
system (or something similar). I have been turning enough (3 to 4 hours per
day) lately to burn up two cheap Makita drills while sanding some (to many
to count) bowls. Maybe bad drills, maybe too much sanding....
http://www.katools.com/guinevere.html

On Mar 11, 12:48 pm, "Larry Day" wrote:
I was curious to know if anyone on this group has had experience with this system (or something similar). I have been turning enough (3 to 4 hours per day) lately to burn up two cheap Makita drills while sanding some (to many to count) bowls. Maybe bad drills, maybe too much sanding....http://www.katools.com/guinevere.html
Thanks
Larry


Hello Larry,

We recently purchased one of the Guinevere Sanding Systems when I
found out that King Arthur was importing them. Woodcraft is also
selling them, but I ordered from King Arthur since we had met him on
the Norwegian Woodturning Cruise in 2004 and had seen the system that
he calls Guinevere in operation by the owner of the company that makes
them. It is a good system. Mildred, my wife, has used it several times
since it arrived a couple of weeks ago. It did everything that she
wanted it to do. It is especially good for sanding with the wood held
stable rather than turning. For example, finishing a rough turned bowl
that is too far out of round to final turn. For that application, it
is hard to beat. The inflatable sanding drums are nice and conform to
the shape being sanded quite well.

Fred Holder
http://www.fholder.com