Table Saw Sanding Disc

[Brandon Weiss]

Anybody have one of these? They worth the money?

http://www.amazon.com/Table-Saw-Sanding-Disk-SANDING/dp/B001D6MF9Y

[glenn bradley]

Seems they would go too fast for my use. If I was going that way, I would spend $10 less, get the Freud and have an alignment disc and sanding plate ;-)

http://www.acetoolonline.com/product-p/fre-cd010.htm

[Gerry Werth]

Got one, and yes it's worth the money if you don't have any other belt/disk sander combo, like me. I've had mine for 20+ years, and I finally have to replace the PSA disks.

[Bernhard Lampert]

IMHO this is a bad idea; saw blade bearings, etc are not designed to take a lateral load. I would think that prolonged use of such a contraption will lead to excessive wooble/runout of the saw.
And as mentioned before, the rpm are probably too high leading to excessive heat build up.
my $0.02

Cheers,
Bernhard

[Carroll Courtney]

I also look into those,but took Bills advice and made one out of 1/2 BB.I needed it to crown the tires for my bandsaw---Carroll

[Brandon Weiss]

Bernhard, you've echoed the thoughts in the back of my mind. Those are the worries which have kept me from purchasing one. It makes me nervous rigging one tool to do another tool's function.

Has anybody noticed any of the issues that Bernhard brought up?

[M Toupin]

It would work in a pinch if you don't have a real disk sander, but I'd make Carroll's version rather than spending money on it.

I wouldn't worry about the dust. The dust goes the same place it does when you cut wood, or worse yet, MDF. As far as lateral loading the arbor, I wouldn't worry about that either. First, while it will work, the speed is too high so you'll have to use very light pressure so you don't burn the wood. Second, cove cutting on the TS is a common practice and it puts a lot more side load on the arbor than lightly sanding would.

Bottom line - it'll work, but I think you'll quickly find a real disk/belt sander is a much better option if you use it with any frequency.

Mike

[Chip Lindley]

The flat sanding disc is semi-useful if you have no other type of sanding machine. At 3450 rpm, you must move the stock quickly or risk burning.

I really do not think there would ever be an issue with TS bearings unless used as a *sander* for a very prolonged period of time.

Before I acquired a drum sander, I used a Sears tapered sanding disc (similar to link below) which is cranked at an angle in the TS to give *straight-line* sanding with no swirl marks. I used the disc with 80g paper to sand veneers for covering cabinet face frames to a consistent thickness. Worked like a charm!

http://woodworker.com/table-saw-sanding-disc-10-mssu-95-430.asp?search=table saw sanding&searchmode=2