Marco, Well, you'd have a tough time getting 3mm spruce through a planer intact. The drum sander, on the other hand, will go down to 1.5mm. Mike piano workshop wrote: > Hi Mike, > My lamination are 3 or 4 mm. > > Marco De Lellis > Piano Workshop Inc. > PTG - Registered Piano Technician > 21-05 31st. Avenue > Astoria New York, 11106 > USA > tel. 001 212 575 4949 > tel. 001 718 956 3110 > www.pianoworkshopny.com > info at pianoworkshopny.com > > > -----Original Message----- > From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf > Of Mike Spalding > Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2008 8:26 AM > To: pianotech at ptg.org > Subject: Re: [pianotech] drum sander > > Marco, > > I've had the Delta 18" for about a year, and my experience is all good, > so far. But I only got it because I wanted to go thinner than the .150 > limit of my thickness planer. Definitely for bridge caps, the planer is > sufficient, and superior. I find it frustrating that the sander can only > take off a couple of thousandths at a time without stalling the belt, > burning the surface, loading the drum abrasive, etc. How thin are you > trying to go on the Sitka? > > Mike > > piano workshop wrote: > >> */Hallo friends/* >> >> */I have broken my drum sander last night (@#*!?*@>>>.you know!!!)/* >> >> */I 'm going to buy the new one, somebody have any suggestion, >> experience?/* >> >> */My primary use is lamination with Sitka , bridge cap material with >> maple ecc./* >> >> */Thanks /* >> >> */ /* >> >> /*/Marco De Lellis/*/ >> >> /*/Piano Workshop Inc./*/*//* >> >> /*/PTG - Registered Piano Technician/*/ >> >> /*/21-05 31st. Avenue/*/ >> >> /*/Astoria/*//*/ New York, 11106/*/ >> >> /*/USA/*/ >> >> /*/tel. 001 212 575 4949/*/ >> >> /*/tel. 001 718 956 3110/*/ >> >> /*/www.pianoworkshopny.com <http://www.pianoworkshopny.com>/*/ >> >> /*/info at pianoworkshopny.com <mailto:info at pianoworkshopny.com>/*/ >> >> > > > > > > >
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