I just purchased an almost new General 15-250 drum sander after doing the initial drum set up I cannot get the rear drum on the right side to raise enough I have it level but I cannot get it high enough so as for now the front drum is not touching the wood at all
Is there any more adjustments I need to do
Thank you
Jim

(Jerry Osage) wrote:

Here is the TinyURL https://tinyurl.com/y6oto8yl or, if that frightens you
here is the whole thing.
http://www.general.ca/pdf/machines/15_sander/15-250_ENG.pdf

FIFY

On Tuesday, April 30, 2019 at 6:25:06 AM UTC-4, Spalted Walt wrote:
(Jerry Osage) wrote:

Here is the TinyURL https://tinyurl.com/y6oto8yl or, if that frightens you
here is the whole thing.
http://www.general.ca/pdf/machines/15_sander/15-250_ENG.pdf

FIFY

I adjusted the drums as directed in the manual but the right side of the rear drum will not adjust any higher
As now I cant get the front drum to touch the material without cranking the feed table too high and stall the feed table.

Any tips ?
Thx Jim

On Tue, 30 Apr 2019 06:18:21 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

On Tuesday, April 30, 2019 at 6:25:06 AM UTC-4, Spalted Walt wrote:
(Jerry Osage) wrote:

Here is the TinyURL https://tinyurl.com/y6oto8yl or, if that frightens you
here is the whole thing.
http://www.general.ca/pdf/machines/15_sander/15-250_ENG.pdf

FIFY

I adjusted the drums as directed in the manual but the right side of the rear drum will not adjust any higher
As now I can’t get the front drum to touch the material without cranking the feed table too high and stall the feed table.

Any tips ?
Thx Jim

OK - things were working - the front drum was touching the material - then
you started making adjustments - and - now you can’t get the front drum to
touch the material without cranking the feed table up too high and stalling
the feed table belt because the rear drum is too low.

Why were you adjusting the rear drum?

To be of much help we will need more of the story
--
Jerry O.

On Tuesday, April 30, 2019 at 11:24:23 AM UTC-4, Jerry Osage wrote:
On Tue, 30 Apr 2019 06:18:21 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

On Tuesday, April 30, 2019 at 6:25:06 AM UTC-4, Spalted Walt wrote:
(Jerry Osage) wrote:

Here is the TinyURL https://tinyurl.com/y6oto8yl or, if that frightens you
here is the whole thing.
http://www.general.ca/pdf/machines/15_sander/15-250_ENG.pdf

FIFY

I adjusted the drums as directed in the manual but the right side of the rear drum will not adjust any higher
As now I cant get the front drum to touch the material without cranking the feed table too high and stall the feed table.

Any tips ?
Thx Jim

OK - things were working - the front drum was touching the material - then
you started making adjustments - and - now you cant get the front drum to
touch the material without cranking the feed table up too high and stalling
the feed table belt because the rear drum is too low.

Why were you adjusting the rear drum?

To be of much help we will need more of the story
--
Jerry O.

When I bought the machine recently it had no sandpaper in it so I followed instructions in the manual applied sandpaper to the front roll I just did it to my blocks that I just did the back roll but in order to get it I just did parallel to the front row I needed to raise it up .
The left side of the role I have lots of adjustment up and down but the right side on the microwave just screw it will not come up high enough
It seems that I ran out of adjustment on the right side when I tried bringing it up 1/8 of a turn to allow for sandpaper grit
The machine works fine but when I ran material through it it was only sanding on the rear or secondary drum the 1st drum is not touching
Thank you for all your help

On 4/30/2019 11:25 AM, wrote:
On Tuesday, April 30, 2019 at 11:24:23 AM UTC-4, Jerry Osage wrote:
....

When I bought the machine recently it had no sandpaper in it so I followed instructions in the manual applied sandpaper to the front roll I just did it to my blocks that I just did the back roll but in order to get it I just did parallel to the front row I needed to raise it up .
The left side of the role I have lots of adjustment up and down but the right side on the microwave just screw it will not come up high enough
It seems that I ran out of adjustment on the right side when I tried bringing it up 1/8 of a turn to allow for sandpaper grit
The machine works fine but when I ran material through it it was only sanding on the rear or secondary drum the 1st drum is not touching
....

General is a real outfit; I suggest contacting them directly.

I've no personal experience with their machine so can't comment directly
on just what might be the specific cause behind the symptoms altho
perhaps the previous owner did something to cause an issue? Do you know
whether that person ever had it set up correctly or not?

--

Im not sure the machine has only been used just a few times it is in new condition there was no paper on it when I bought it he was an older gentleman that had it , it was out of adjustment when I bought it so I went through the procedure of setting it up as specs call for but I cannot get the rear drum on the right side to adjust high enough Ill go back and work at it more tonight
Thank you for all your help
Jim

wrote:

On Tuesday, April 30, 2019 at 11:24:23 AM UTC-4, Jerry Osage wrote:
On Tue, 30 Apr 2019 06:18:21 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

On Tuesday, April 30, 2019 at 6:25:06 AM UTC-4, Spalted Walt wrote:
(Jerry Osage) wrote:

Here is the TinyURL https://tinyurl.com/y6oto8yl or, if that frightens you
here is the whole thing.
http://www.general.ca/pdf/machines/15_sander/15-250_ENG.pdf

FIFY

I adjusted the drums as directed in the manual but the right side of the rear drum will not adjust any higher
As now I cant get the front drum to touch the material without cranking the feed table too high and stall the feed table.

Any tips ?
Thx Jim

OK - things were working - the front drum was touching the material - then
you started making adjustments - and - now you cant get the front drum to
touch the material without cranking the feed table up too high and stalling
the feed table belt because the rear drum is too low.

Why were you adjusting the rear drum?

To be of much help we will need more of the story
--
Jerry O.

When I bought the machine recently it had no sandpaper in it so I followed instructions in the manual applied sandpaper to the front roll I just did it to my blocks that I just did the back roll but in order to get it I just did parallel to the front row I needed to raise it up .

Changing The Sanding Belts On A General 15 250 M1:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUTgCxi3CX0


The left side of the role I have lots of adjustment up and down but the right side on the microwave just screw it will not come up high enough
It seems that I ran out of adjustment on the right side when I tried bringing it up 1/8 of a turn to allow for sandpaper grit
The machine works fine but when I ran material through it it was only sanding on the rear or secondary drum the 1st drum is not touching
Thank you for all your help

On Wednesday, May 1, 2019 at 10:20:48 AM UTC-4, wrote:
Im not sure the machine has only been used just a few times it is in new condition there was no paper on it when I bought it he was an older gentleman that had it , it was out of adjustment when I bought it so I went through the procedure of setting it up as specs call for but I cannot get the rear drum on the right side to adjust high enough Ill go back and work at it more tonight
Thank you for all your help
Jim

Hey, here are a few periods:

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It appears that you have run out, so I'm willing to share some of mine.

You're welcome. ;-)

On 5/1/2019 9:20 AM, wrote:
Im not sure the machine has only been used just a few times it is in new condition ...

Well, on occasion even the good manufacturers have a lemon so you can't
completely rule out there was an assembly problem...or that it somehow
got damaged in shipping or the like.

I'm not sure whether it was shipped fully assembled from factory or
whether required some user/dealer assembly; there's another place
something could have happened if so.

Or, could have been mishandled anywhere along the route--it's a large
machine so opportunities there for somebody to have slung a sling (so to
speak ) under the drums and lifted, for example, bending a shaft or
the like.

Just all kinds of possibilities besides perhaps just a simple oversight
of some sort but that is impossible to diagnose remotely without the
expert from the factory.

Did the elderly gentleman indicate it ever functioned properly--or would
he have even known?

--dpb

I dont believe there has been any shipping damage that I can see the older gentleman was a machinist who is now in a home unfortunately that is one possibility I had not thought of though
I will do some further inspections on the drums and the level of the table to make sure nothing is bent that is a good thought thank you

On Wednesday, May 1, 2019 at 4:11:38 PM UTC-4, wrote:
I dont believe there has been any shipping damage that I can see the older gentleman was a machinist who is now in a home unfortunately that is one possibility I had not thought of though
I will do some further inspections on the drums and the level of the table to make sure nothing is bent that is a good thought thank you

Here are some mo

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On Wed, 1 May 2019 19:05:51 -0700 (PDT), DerbyDad03
wrote:

On Wednesday, May 1, 2019 at 4:11:38 PM UTC-4, wrote:
I don’t believe there has been any shipping damage that I can see the older gentleman was a machinist who is now in a home unfortunately that is one possibility I had not thought of though
I will do some further inspections on the drums and the level of the table to make sure nothing is bent that is a good thought thank you

Here are some mo

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You're wasting your keyboard clicks (you'll be sorry when it doesn't
anymore). This sort gets off on annoying those who want to read what
he's written. If he can't be bothered to write for his reader, I
can't be bothered to read what he's written.