Jim E Powell
01-18-2009, 2:10 PM
DELTA 31-260X burning boards.</SPAN>
I just got the 260X and am having some problems with it. Before buying it, I read up on what other people had to say about the sander. One comment that stuck in my mind was “this is a sander not a planner”. So when I got the 260x setup and looked at the included sanding belts they are 80 grit and 120 grit. If you’re not going to use it as a planner what do you do with 80 grit sand paper? J
I’m using the machine as a sander to sand cherry wood. The 120 grit seemed a little to coarse for the first sanding. The 180 grit belts are about 1 inch to short! The box says Delta on it. So I am forced to go from a 120 to 220. The boards’ mic out at .780 on one side and .767 on the other after sanding with 120 sandpaper. After sanding with 220 sandpaper they are .775 and 766. This is after 3 passed through the sander. Do I need to spend more time adjusting the sander? I didn’t have the calibers when I ran the board through with the 120 and made some adjustments to the table during the process.
When I run the boards through with the 220 grit on the 1st pass I just let the board touch the wood to make sure that there are not any high spots. The next 2 passes I raise the sanding table about 1/8 of a crank. I’m still getting burn spots. Is it the sugar in the cherry wood? Should I just give up on the 220 grit and go to a 180 grit and finish them off with a orbital sander. How do I clean the sanding belts?
Has anyone used the 180 grit paper? Were they the right length? Where did you get them?
I’m going to be finishing them with tung oil.
Thanks,
Jim
I just got the 260X and am having some problems with it. Before buying it, I read up on what other people had to say about the sander. One comment that stuck in my mind was “this is a sander not a planner”. So when I got the 260x setup and looked at the included sanding belts they are 80 grit and 120 grit. If you’re not going to use it as a planner what do you do with 80 grit sand paper? J
I’m using the machine as a sander to sand cherry wood. The 120 grit seemed a little to coarse for the first sanding. The 180 grit belts are about 1 inch to short! The box says Delta on it. So I am forced to go from a 120 to 220. The boards’ mic out at .780 on one side and .767 on the other after sanding with 120 sandpaper. After sanding with 220 sandpaper they are .775 and 766. This is after 3 passed through the sander. Do I need to spend more time adjusting the sander? I didn’t have the calibers when I ran the board through with the 120 and made some adjustments to the table during the process.
When I run the boards through with the 220 grit on the 1st pass I just let the board touch the wood to make sure that there are not any high spots. The next 2 passes I raise the sanding table about 1/8 of a crank. I’m still getting burn spots. Is it the sugar in the cherry wood? Should I just give up on the 220 grit and go to a 180 grit and finish them off with a orbital sander. How do I clean the sanding belts?
Has anyone used the 180 grit paper? Were they the right length? Where did you get them?
I’m going to be finishing them with tung oil.
Thanks,
Jim