I acquired an Oakley H5 edge sander a while back. The idler had rubber on it that was failing and I was advised that it could be removed. So I cut it off. Earlier today I was also replacing the carbon paper on the platen.
My question is, what is an ideal or correct amount of offset from the idler to the surface of the platen? Right now there is 2-1/4" of difference, I feel like that is going to wear that carbon paper pretty aggressively.
I don't know why the picture is rotated strangely.