Novice looking for commercial production advise on sanders, edge gluing

[Martin Wasner]

Belts sanding Pine do not last.

That was my initial thought. You'd be money ahead using a cheap softwood like poplar for what you'd shell out in abrasives.

We have a 12' jlt clamp rack. Pushing hard you can get a couple hundred drawer parts through it in a day, but you're doing the bare minimum clamp up time. A typical load out on a set of clamps is three drawer parts made from six pieces, with two minutes between sets. If you hussle.

Grizzly equipment is too expensive in the long run.

With a good rip saw, you'll shouldn't have to edge anything prior glue up. Rip it, whack it off to length, straight to glue up. Good straight line rip saws can be had for less than $10k, often closer to $5k.

[Jim Becker]

That was my initial thought. You'd be money ahead using a cheap softwood like poplar for what you'd shell out in abrasives..

I'm thinkin' you meant, "Cheap softer hardwood like poplar..."

[Martin Wasner]

I'm thinkin' you meant, "Cheap softer hardwood like poplar..."

You'd be correct