Don’t know if there are many guys in here familiar with heavy industrial machinery but it’s worth a try. My boss is wanting to invest in either a used large profile sander or a used shape and sand for sanding stick cuts, profiled door edges and raised panels. So it would need to be a 3 head profile sander or a 3 shaper and 3 sander (6 head) shape and sand.
First off, is it even possible to use one of these types machines to sand stick cuts? (ie: stile profiles) I have been told no by Larick. I was also told by someone else that only a Voorwood machine would do this because they have a patented way of doing it. The other big shape and sand manufactures such as Unique, Jenkins, Fletcher, ect supposedly can’t sand stick cuts without producing loose fitting joints.
The only profile sander company that I am familiar with is Larick. Do you guys know of any other profile sanders that can be had with 3 of the counter cutter profile type abrasive heads? I am referring to abrasive heads that are matched and counter profiles to what ever shaper cutter profile you are using. If he goes with a profile sander, it would need to be a 3 head. He is wanting to buy used as a new shape and sand is over $100,000 which doesn’t include tooling and abrasives.
He is not interested in getting a computerized automatic tooling CNC controlled type of machine unless he gets a really good deal on a used one. He would prefer to have a manually setup machine possibly with quick change spindles. We are watching IRS auctions but haven’t had any luck so far. If anyone knows of any of these machines for sale or going up for auction please let me know.