Moritz Drum Sander

[Jonathan Spool]

Has anyone ever built one of these? Any good?
http://www.moritzdesigns.com/sander/sander.html

I want a drum sander for making segmented rings flat and parallel.
I want a surface sander for leveling dovetails and box joints in decorative boxes, and fish sanding marquetry in cabinet doors.

While niether will do both, I can't help but think that I can build a thickness planer/Surface planer combo tool where you feed stock under the drum for thicknessing, and across a table above the drum for surfacing.

Kinda like those jointer/planer combos that are around but definitely less sophisticated.

Any thoughts?

Jonathan

[Dewey Torres]

I don't know about that sander but here are some others if you are set on building your own:

http://www.woodcentral.com/cgi-bin/r...cles_528.shtml (http://www.woodcentral.com/cgi-bin/readarticle.pl?dir=powertools&file=articles_528.shtml)

http://www.rockslide.org/drum%20sander.html

http://www.plansnow.com/dn3078.html

Also,
Here of late folks are finding great deals on CL. If you could find a 16/32" used for a good price...go for it! You may want to factor in what the plans, motor, materials, shipping, and headache are going to be in comparison to a store bought.

my.02

[Rob Diz]

ditto on looking for used. Lately I have seen many gloats on 16/32s. I picked one up, with the infeed/outfeed tables casters and some paper for 250.

I spent a little time adjusting things before running my first board through, and given the tolerances and adjustments one can make on teh 16/32, I would suggest a keen eye on CL rather than spending countless hours making something that costs you close to what you might pay for a ready to go machine. PLus the old 16/32 have Emerson motors, which are worth a buck or two on their own.