Plans for the belt / disk sander here: ibuildit.ca/plans/disk-and-belt-sander/ Check out the website article for details on how I rebuilt the spindle sander: ibuildit.ca/projects/spindle-sander-rebuild/
I love how concise your videos always are. I wondered if you were going to turn the drum on the lathe at first but I like your method of getting it to size better.
John thought that out and realized that most folks wouldn't have a lathe to turn them on, but could do it with a sander of just about any type, with a little effort. He always seems to take things into account that others might overlook.
That's really slick, John...I especially like that you made the 3" spindle...that would come in handy for a thin strip sanding jig. I use thin strips when I'm gluing up bow blanks and they need to be pretty precise...I believe that'd be just the ticket.
Very cool. I recently built the router lift from John's plans. I would highly recommend purchasing plans from the I build it website. John puts a lot of care and detail into his plans, and most importantly they are fun to build!
Completely agree. Also the websitearticles are a gem, beautifull photo's and easy to read. I got a feeling that not to much People (compared to TH-cam viewers) read the articles. Their loss.
I thought you were going to put the rough plywood circles on the drum sander and sand them to finish diameter by holding a sanding block against them as the sander turned, until the block hit a stop. However satisfying that might be (using a tool to build the tool) you probably cant reach the whole length of the drum. Never mind, another great video to start my Sunday. Thank you.
That’s a great idea. I’ve got a Jet benchtop sander which I love but want some extra sizes as you did. Your method of sanding to size certainly appears to be very accurate. I’ll definitely be trying these out.
Great work as always John. Taking some inspiration form one of your other projects and turning my old lathe into a disk sander. Keep up the great work John.
I just had an idea and I wonder if it may be feasable. Before you made the foam version you experimented with a wooden spring feathercut disk thing. Imagine you made one side of those disks concave and the other one convex. Effectively you now have a springwasher. Stack many of them in alternate directions and as soon as you apply pressure on the stack with the screw on top they should compress vertically but expant in both other directions. Do you think that might work too?
Love it John but not all of us have that gym flooring ..🤣 I know - we've just got to look around - we can find some thing that will compress a bit and tighten the roll grip the same way - like our own floor mats... . Really do like this one.
But but but... you had to use a sander to build a sander. The universe may collapse now :^) ps- Tell Don we need more Offcuts blogs. Always look forward to his humour about what life hands us.
Not having/used a drum sander I wonder if there are incidents of inverting the sleeve or using the rarely used parts to 'cobble together' another 'good' sleeve - or am I a skinflint? I like the way you simplify adjustments on the machines you build. With so many knobs etc hard to access, adjust or even grip comfortably on bought [non-ergonomically designed] gadjets, its nice to see thought behind operating a device and it inspires me [if I ever become accomplished enough] to build my own too. I already find myself 'making adjustments' to costly equipment now, to make life easier. Lets ignore the 'safer' argument eh?
I have the same sander. It's about 8 years old. My drums don't seem to be any smaller than when it was new. I does, however, seem to have developed a motor issue.
Excellent video! I'm curious to know if you've tried making your own sandpaper tubes for your oscillating sander? Seems like some have had success using a a 1-2" shop roll sandpaper and light duty spray adhesive applied to the wood spindles. What type of sand paper do you suggest for the drums? A strong backing is probably needed. Thanks!
Hello there - I don't know if you have heard this idea before... but.. Maybe there is a way of using a bigger drum of this type with some sort of a contraption on your lathe to create a drum sander.
Just found this. Very good video and explanation. I have a question on the gym flooring. It looks like you have a 1" thick piece. Correct? Is there a source for what you used? I searched on the internet and there's a huge variety on thicknesses and hardness, not to mention, - expensive when one is limited to buying multiple pieces. I'd really like to duplicate what you used. Can you direct me with brand, specs and source that you used?
On these spindle sanders, how important is the up and down movement? It seems it would be pretty easy to make one of these without the up and down part, I already use some homemade drums on my drill press and it seems to work ok. I would appreciate ideas.
I gotta ask John, how do you get your 1/2" bandsaw blade to make a 3" diameter cut..?! my saw struggles to cut a 12" diameter circle, it's always walking off the line in a wider arc.. very annoying.
@@KipdoesStuff I was wondering if he made or bought them. The question now remains can you make them yourself if they aren't sold in your country (like mine)? Will a self made one hold up.
@@JohnHeisz I like how you included the hopefully. Very modest! Looking at the oscillating sander things you just built, do you think it would be possible to incorporate a fence (or something) into your oscillating sander design to allow a user to pass thin strips of wood along to sand to a specific size? Like a vertical belt sander type thing. Just for small strips of course. Or is that a stupid idea for reasons I haven't thought of?
Well. . . I have had drum sanders-the same ones- with rubbers on them for 36 years and shrinkage has not even entered the picture. Mayhap if I had a newer version I would experience the same erectile dysfunction, and indeed may experience that in the future. For now, however, I'll stick with the tool I've got. Cheers, -- Joe
Plans for the belt / disk sander here: ibuildit.ca/plans/disk-and-belt-sander/
Check out the website article for details on how I rebuilt the spindle sander:
ibuildit.ca/projects/spindle-sander-rebuild/
I love how concise your videos always are. I wondered if you were going to turn the drum on the lathe at first but I like your method of getting it to size better.
John thought that out and realized that most folks wouldn't have a lathe to turn them on, but could do it with a sander of just about any type, with a little effort. He always seems to take things into account that others might overlook.
That's really slick, John...I especially like that you made the 3" spindle...that would come in handy for a thin strip sanding jig. I use thin strips when I'm gluing up bow blanks and they need to be pretty precise...I believe that'd be just the ticket.
Very cool. I recently built the router lift from John's plans. I would highly recommend purchasing plans from the I build it website. John puts a lot of care and detail into his plans, and most importantly they are fun to build!
Completely agree. Also the websitearticles are a gem, beautifull photo's and easy to read. I got a feeling that not to much People (compared to TH-cam viewers) read the articles. Their loss.
John, I’m really glad you found a way to build a “good and strong” spindle!
John as always narration, videography, and content are shop centric and so useful to improve efficiency. Thank You
John, I really like the plexiglass inserts! You’re the tool wizard.
I thought you were going to put the rough plywood circles on the drum sander and sand them to finish diameter by holding a sanding block against them as the sander turned, until the block hit a stop. However satisfying that might be (using a tool to build the tool) you probably cant reach the whole length of the drum. Never mind, another great video to start my Sunday. Thank you.
That’s a great idea. I’ve got a Jet benchtop sander which I love but want some extra sizes as you did. Your method of sanding to size certainly appears to be very accurate. I’ll definitely be trying these out.
John Heisz built drum sander plans would be a day one purchase for me! Can't wait!
You sound like you could be our doting grandfather that only wants to see us smile by making cool things for us to use. I love it.
Masterful work! And yep, here we go: yet another awesome Canadian woodworking TH-cam channel.
Wonderful! I can not wait for your spindle sander from scratch build video.
Keep up the great stuff Buddy 🇦🇺🥰👍
Wonderfully executed John I love it thanks again for the great video
Great job on the drums John! Thanks for sharing with us!💖👍👌😎JP
Great idea!, pretty simple to do.
Excellent work and design as always. Love your work and channels. Keep em coming my friend
The thing I really enjoy in your videos is seeing your wooden contraptions in action~ Im pretty new to your channel, glad to have found it! :D
Good clip ♥♥♥! As a current TH-camr, I am always looking for fresh ideas! Good Job!
Thank you, a new video! Great new spindle sander.
Great work as always John. Taking some inspiration form one of your other projects and turning my old lathe into a disk sander. Keep up the great work John.
Thanks for the great video John. You are an amazing tool guy!
You're amazing John. Loves the videos!
I just had an idea and I wonder if it may be feasable. Before you made the foam version you experimented with a wooden spring feathercut disk thing. Imagine you made one side of those disks concave and the other one convex. Effectively you now have a springwasher. Stack many of them in alternate directions and as soon as you apply pressure on the stack with the screw on top they should compress vertically but expant in both other directions. Do you think that might work too?
That's actually a very good idea. Definitely worth a try, anyway and then the whole drum is made from wood.
@@JohnHeisz I'd love to see you try it out!
Nicely done John! 😃👍🏻👊🏻
My husband loves it
Great job John.
can you do a quick and easy guide on how you made the swinging arm piece for the disk sanding part? I make rings and that would be amazingly helpful!
Good work as usual. We posted this video on our homemade tools forum yesterday :)
Looking good John.
bloody brilliant, mate
It was neat watching this one develop on instagram.
Awesome work 👍
Perfect!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
another great vid -- Thanks John
Nice idea thanks
This is good. Thank you for the video.
Love it John but not all of us have that gym flooring ..🤣 I know - we've just got to look around - we can find some thing that will compress a bit and tighten the roll grip the same way - like our own floor mats... . Really do like this one.
But but but... you had to use a sander to build a sander. The universe may collapse now :^)
ps- Tell Don we need more Offcuts blogs. Always look forward to his humour about what life hands us.
Try 6" 4" 3" 2" 1.5" soil and waste pipes. With a little heat, you can cut open and flatten pieces of pipe for the ends
Not having/used a drum sander I wonder if there are incidents of inverting the sleeve or using the rarely used parts to 'cobble together' another 'good' sleeve - or am I a skinflint? I like the way you simplify adjustments on the machines you build. With so many knobs etc hard to access, adjust or even grip comfortably on bought [non-ergonomically designed] gadjets, its nice to see thought behind operating a device and it inspires me [if I ever become accomplished enough] to build my own too. I already find myself 'making adjustments' to costly equipment now, to make life easier. Lets ignore the 'safer' argument eh?
The dust collection on your rebuilt sander is soooo much better. The Rigid sander is awful at collecting dust even with the big 2” hose connected.
Great video. Did you ever make a video on the rebuild of the sanding machine? That would be cool to see.
He made a video on the scrap bin channel that he talked about the build. th-cam.com/video/00sbdtI24Vs/w-d-xo.html
Nice Deal John👍
Интересная идея! Весьма бюджетно. Я думал использовать резиновые цилиндры.
I have the same sander. It's about 8 years old. My drums don't seem to be any smaller than when it was new. I does, however, seem to have developed a motor issue.
Build it John build it---
Love it.
Nicely done John. When will the Bandsaw project start? Looking forward to it.
Excellent video! I'm curious to know if you've tried making your own sandpaper tubes for your oscillating sander? Seems like some have had success using a a 1-2" shop roll sandpaper and light duty spray adhesive applied to the wood spindles. What type of sand paper do you suggest for the drums? A strong backing is probably needed. Thanks!
It would be nice if the vertical stroke was longer on these spindle sanders to make better use of the sandpaper.
It's a beautiful thing John! Good work figuring it out. Any plans to put your mind on the sandpaper cylinder itself?
Hello there - I don't know if you have heard this idea before... but..
Maybe there is a way of using a bigger drum of this type with some sort of a contraption on your lathe to create a drum sander.
Good..
Just found this. Very good video and explanation. I have a question on the gym flooring. It looks like you have a 1" thick piece. Correct? Is there a source for what you used? I searched on the internet and there's a huge variety on thicknesses and hardness, not to mention, - expensive when one is limited to buying multiple pieces. I'd really like to duplicate what you used. Can you direct me with brand, specs and source that you used?
awesome
hey John, you had mentioned building a new workbench...When do you think that will start?
Master
Hi, from Australia, can anyone tell me what the foam section is made up of? Looks like a combination of some sort. thank. you !!
On these spindle sanders, how important is the up and down movement? It seems it would be pretty easy to make one of these without the up and down part, I already use some homemade drums on my drill press and it seems to work ok. I would appreciate ideas.
Отлично!
Cool Idea and Build!
Shrinkage can be a problem in many many ways. A friend of mine named judge had an incident with shrinkage and was never the same.
I gotta ask John, how do you get your 1/2" bandsaw blade to make a 3" diameter cut..?!
my saw struggles to cut a 12" diameter circle, it's always walking off the line in a wider arc.. very annoying.
Wow, that 3" drum is *huge*.
and no shrinkage :)
@@JohnHeisz Gotta wait for the cold weather to return to be sure! :P
Do you have advice on how to make the sanding sleeves? That would be really helpful. Thank you
You can buy them online, try Amazon.
@@KipdoesStuff I was wondering if he made or bought them. The question now remains can you make them yourself if they aren't sold in your country (like mine)? Will a self made one hold up.
can you make the sanding sleeves? they are a bit pricey to ship to south america
Así solo te vas a volar los dedos!!!!
I see you sanded the outside diameter of the acrylic, but how did you get the perfect inside diameters? were they rough sawn and sanded too?
th-cam.com/video/00sbdtI24Vs/w-d-xo.html he shows some of that here.
Great💕
Does your blueprints contains metric measurements?
Will the spindle sander you're planning on building be oscillating? I hope so!
Pretty sure that is the plan
It looks like it IS oscillating now in this finish.
Any tips for combating shrinkage in the pool?
Hollowed out cucumber worn over never fails to turn heads
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getting old suffering from shrinkage ? thats whats she said !!! LOL
Are you the first guy to make a homemade oscillating spindle sander?
There are several out there, already. Hopefully, mine will be the best, though :)
@@JohnHeisz I like how you included the hopefully. Very modest!
Looking at the oscillating sander things you just built, do you think it would be possible to incorporate a fence (or something) into your oscillating sander design to allow a user to pass thin strips of wood along to sand to a specific size? Like a vertical belt sander type thing. Just for small strips of course. Or is that a stupid idea for reasons I haven't thought of?
I'm 13 and I'm interested in woof crafting but I have no resources what can I do
Get cheap or free tools off of Facebook market place, Or start with vintage hand tools, plane, saw, chisels can build stuff
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hummm.... I use a 3" spindle on my stock ridgid oscillating spindle/belt sander....
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Forgive me, but I don't understand the purpose of the foam.
...all I have is a dremel....
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Well. . . I have had drum sanders-the same ones- with rubbers on them for 36 years and shrinkage has not even entered the picture. Mayhap if I had a newer version I would experience the same erectile dysfunction, and indeed may experience that in the future. For now, however, I'll stick with the tool I've got.
Cheers,
-- Joe