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Can a cantilevered drum sander such as the Delta or the Performax be set
to sand in a way other than parallel to the table? I didn't see anything
relating this on any sites.
<p>Greg
<p>Delwin D Fandrich wrote:
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<a href="mailto:mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com" title="mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com">Farrell</a></div>
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<div style="FONT: 10pt arial"><b>Sent:</b> January 16, 2002 4:57 AM</div>
<div style="FONT: 10pt arial"><b>Subject:</b> Re: my own Soundboard</div>
So then you are gluing up your 24" subpanels after they have been
planed to the soundboard's final thickness (not counting edge tapering)?
Can one edge glue accurately enough to get a real even subpanel-to-subpanel
joint (no step from one to the other)? I was envisioning gluing up a whole
soundboard panel that was thicker than needed and then (after driving the
panel to a shop with BIG sanders/planers) running the whole thing through
a planer device to get your nice consistent final (before tapering) thickness.
If I am understanding your process, you do the above on your smaller subpanels,
but then when you have glued your subpanels together, you do any slight
evening up by a hand plane or sanding (or maybe even that is not needed?)?
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<div dir=ltr><font color="#000080">No. We thickness to 9 mm then sand to
final thickness. We have a large stroke sander that makes the job a bit
easier.</font></div>
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<div dir=ltr><font color="#000080">We did try a drum sander once but without
much success. The spruce gummed it up pretty bad. I'd be interested on
the experience of others.</font></div>
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<div dir=ltr><font color="#000080">Del</font></div>
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<br>Greg Newell
<br><A HREF="mailto:gnewell@ameritech.net">mailto:gnewell@ameritech.net</A>
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