george wilson
02-13-2009, 3:41 PM
I have a Delta 18"X36" drum sander. The drum is 5" in dia. It uses 2" wide belts .
I have a large bunch of 6" wide abrasive belts,enough to last me forever. Not wanting them to be wasted,I figured out how to fit them to the Delta.
You cut a long angle of 20 degrees on the ends. Make sure you cut the end angles on opposite sides of each end! The extreme length of the belt should be 61 1/2" measured point to point to the tips of each end.
This angle lets the edges of the belt mate up perfectly,and clamp perfectly at each end. Similar could be done to any drum sander,but their different diameters would change the angles,and the length,of course.
These belts I have are unused,but came off of obsolete overhead stroke sanders that used a very long belt,and took up half the shop.
I have some very fine belts(320 grit) that will never work on my drum sander. Rather than waste the good 100 grit belts,I used a 320 grit to develop a pattern.
I have a large bunch of 6" wide abrasive belts,enough to last me forever. Not wanting them to be wasted,I figured out how to fit them to the Delta.
You cut a long angle of 20 degrees on the ends. Make sure you cut the end angles on opposite sides of each end! The extreme length of the belt should be 61 1/2" measured point to point to the tips of each end.
This angle lets the edges of the belt mate up perfectly,and clamp perfectly at each end. Similar could be done to any drum sander,but their different diameters would change the angles,and the length,of course.
These belts I have are unused,but came off of obsolete overhead stroke sanders that used a very long belt,and took up half the shop.
I have some very fine belts(320 grit) that will never work on my drum sander. Rather than waste the good 100 grit belts,I used a 320 grit to develop a pattern.