allan kuntz
06-05-2016, 6:28 PM
Went out the shop this morning to make some moldings for a hope chest that I am building. Last week I lubricated my router lift with LPS Force 842 and it worked real well that day but today I went to raise the router to change the bit and it was seized solid. I had to completely disassemble the unit and clean it. I won't use that product on a router lift again.
On to next bit of not a good day in the shop.
I have a CX504 26" dual drum sander. The fine belt drum had a burn mark at about the 20" mark and the lid of the hope chest lid is 19" so what the heck I'll just change the paper. This is the first time I have changed paper and have heard that the clips on these units can be a real PITA. Well they are. I bought pre cut paper from Busy Bee. I got a good bite on the start clip but when I got to the end I could not get the clip to grab properly. So I wound it nice and tight and taped it off.
So now on to the next thing I will never do again. I had left an overhang of paper on the roller and it cut right through the bracket that holds the pressure roller.
Before I got this unit I had a shop built drum sander with a hook and loop system and really liked it. I had a bunch of left over paper so I bought a conversion kit from Woodmaster Tools when I first bought this unit. I now have a hook and loop drum sander. I have not tried it yet. I am not sure if I can run this machine with it missing the out feed pressure roller. I sent Busy Bee an email to see if they can source the part for me.
The Hook and loop conversion is the stickiest I have ever seen. I kept the cut offs to make power sanding pads for the lathe
It can only get better, I hope!
Al
On to next bit of not a good day in the shop.
I have a CX504 26" dual drum sander. The fine belt drum had a burn mark at about the 20" mark and the lid of the hope chest lid is 19" so what the heck I'll just change the paper. This is the first time I have changed paper and have heard that the clips on these units can be a real PITA. Well they are. I bought pre cut paper from Busy Bee. I got a good bite on the start clip but when I got to the end I could not get the clip to grab properly. So I wound it nice and tight and taped it off.
So now on to the next thing I will never do again. I had left an overhang of paper on the roller and it cut right through the bracket that holds the pressure roller.
Before I got this unit I had a shop built drum sander with a hook and loop system and really liked it. I had a bunch of left over paper so I bought a conversion kit from Woodmaster Tools when I first bought this unit. I now have a hook and loop drum sander. I have not tried it yet. I am not sure if I can run this machine with it missing the out feed pressure roller. I sent Busy Bee an email to see if they can source the part for me.
The Hook and loop conversion is the stickiest I have ever seen. I kept the cut offs to make power sanding pads for the lathe
It can only get better, I hope!
Al