Vinito Caleb
04-09-2017, 8:49 PM
I picked this up today thinking it could be useful for what I'll be doing in the future.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v110/mikeyphoto/drum.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/mikeyphoto/media/drum.jpg.html)
I took it apart just previous to this picture because of the TLC it needs.
It's got a slightly bent/warped table :( I should be able to straighten out at the work shop, upper rollers got sanded away on one end to an hourglass shape and need replaced (I can make those in about a half hour), feed roller has a bent stem which will be easy to straighten, and the conveyor belt (the abrasive type is what it had) came apart at the seam so I guess I do need to spend a little money to buy a new feeder belt.
Other than chasing down the feeder belt, the rest is less than three hours work so it's not as bad as it sounds.
So best I can gather, it's an old model, maybe a slightly less rigid frame? it has 22" drum length and 2hp 220V 1ph motor. Feed and drum motor both seem to work fine and it's pretty smooth!
Did I do OK for a couple hundred bucks or so?
edit to add: Anybody know a good source to get a replacement feed belt, please let me know. Like I mentioned, the one that came with it was the type that looks like a wide abrasive belt (whatever that's called) rather than some kind of poly-somethin-r-nuther stretchy stuff and being a noob I don't know which would be the better choice, so advice for that is welcome also.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v110/mikeyphoto/drum.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/mikeyphoto/media/drum.jpg.html)
I took it apart just previous to this picture because of the TLC it needs.
It's got a slightly bent/warped table :( I should be able to straighten out at the work shop, upper rollers got sanded away on one end to an hourglass shape and need replaced (I can make those in about a half hour), feed roller has a bent stem which will be easy to straighten, and the conveyor belt (the abrasive type is what it had) came apart at the seam so I guess I do need to spend a little money to buy a new feeder belt.
Other than chasing down the feeder belt, the rest is less than three hours work so it's not as bad as it sounds.
So best I can gather, it's an old model, maybe a slightly less rigid frame? it has 22" drum length and 2hp 220V 1ph motor. Feed and drum motor both seem to work fine and it's pretty smooth!
Did I do OK for a couple hundred bucks or so?
edit to add: Anybody know a good source to get a replacement feed belt, please let me know. Like I mentioned, the one that came with it was the type that looks like a wide abrasive belt (whatever that's called) rather than some kind of poly-somethin-r-nuther stretchy stuff and being a noob I don't know which would be the better choice, so advice for that is welcome also.