keytop planer

[Fenton Murray]

Terry,
Below is what I was refering to. I think you and I have the same thickness 
sander, Jet 10/20. Anyway, are you saying you use this for stock removal in 
keytop preparations? Norm's sanding drum on the drill press and your Jet 
10/20 with a sanding belt feed both need a little more technique explained 
to me.
Fenton

>Another approach I have used is mount a sanding drum in the drill press 
>Shopsmith and adjust a fence to the correct thickness. The key is run hru 
>on is side and a stop can be placed on the fence to limit travel ack. This 
>gives a nice smooth sanded surface without the hard line ehind the new 
>keytop.
>Norm Barrett

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Farrell" <mfarrel2 at tampabay.rr.com>
To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech at ptg.org>
Sent: Saturday, August 09, 2008 3:35 AM
Subject: Re: keytop planer


> Hi Fenton - I use a drum sander for many applications (not for keytops). 
> One would never want to feed into the rotation of the drum because like 
> you point out it would grab (yikes - scary to think about). My machine 
> feeds against the drum rotation. Now my machine also feeds on a sandpaper 
> belt, so any tendancy to kick back is reduced by the coarse feed belt, but 
> the drum really does a good job of grinding the wood down to a level where 
> it really doesn't contact the drum anymore - once the wood has passes 
> through the drum you can move it back and forth pretty easy. So I don't 
> think most drum sanders - even without a coarse feed belt - would tend to 
> kick back. 'Course, I'm not sanding off a quarter inch at a time 
> either.....
>
> Terry Farrell
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> That sounds like it would want to grab or kick back. Do you feed against 
>> the rotation or with it?
>> Fenton
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