Stephen Edwards
05-01-2008, 9:00 AM
I have an old non-name brand combo belt disk sander. Over the years I've used the belt sander a lot, primarily for the final shaping of outside curves that are roughed out on the bandsaw or scroll saw. I have never used the disk sander portion of this machine.
I needed a fence for a 90 degree reference to the belt. Using some scrap oak, plywood, a short piece of t-track, two knobs and a couple of bolts for mounting the assembly to the machine, here's what I came up with:
87488
Here's a side view from the back that shows how the fence is assembled and mounted to the sander:
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Here's a top view showing how the fence can be adjusted to any position over the belt:
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Finally, this view shows that the fence is deadon 90 degrees to the belt:
87491
This simple fence works perfectly for my needs. It was almost free to build and took only a little over an hour to make.
Thanks for looking.
I needed a fence for a 90 degree reference to the belt. Using some scrap oak, plywood, a short piece of t-track, two knobs and a couple of bolts for mounting the assembly to the machine, here's what I came up with:
87488
Here's a side view from the back that shows how the fence is assembled and mounted to the sander:
87489
Here's a top view showing how the fence can be adjusted to any position over the belt:
87490
Finally, this view shows that the fence is deadon 90 degrees to the belt:
87491
This simple fence works perfectly for my needs. It was almost free to build and took only a little over an hour to make.
Thanks for looking.