Roger Bull
02-14-2018, 12:09 PM
While upgrading my sanders I decided to upgrade my drum sander as well. Woodmaster is running a good special right now so I ordered a 3875.
I have never used or seen one but the glowing reviews from Creekers made it clear that they are the best of the drum sanders. I'm sure it will be a significant upgrade from my Performax 22-44.
One big difference from my current drum sander is that the table moves up and down and the drum does not. This means infeed and outfeed tables (for long boards) need to be height adjustable. Obviously they are not needed for shorter pieces but I plan on running large slabs through the Woodmaster. The slabs I'm currently working on are 150-200 pounds each and 8-10 feet long. This creates the possibility of snipe as well as significant leverage against the drum if the feed is not planar and even with the sander conveyor.
I considered roller conveyors but space here is limited (for now) and the folding models are pricey. Before dropping $800 for a couple folding conveyors I thought I should seek the advice of SMC.
How do you guys handle this? Is there a better way?
I have never used or seen one but the glowing reviews from Creekers made it clear that they are the best of the drum sanders. I'm sure it will be a significant upgrade from my Performax 22-44.
One big difference from my current drum sander is that the table moves up and down and the drum does not. This means infeed and outfeed tables (for long boards) need to be height adjustable. Obviously they are not needed for shorter pieces but I plan on running large slabs through the Woodmaster. The slabs I'm currently working on are 150-200 pounds each and 8-10 feet long. This creates the possibility of snipe as well as significant leverage against the drum if the feed is not planar and even with the sander conveyor.
I considered roller conveyors but space here is limited (for now) and the folding models are pricey. Before dropping $800 for a couple folding conveyors I thought I should seek the advice of SMC.
How do you guys handle this? Is there a better way?