Post by ashley on Mar 14, 2017 22:32:42 GMT
Not a guitar build but a little project to add to the growing list of things to do. This is what happens when you spend half your life on ships or oil rigs day dreaming about all the stuff you could be doing in the workshop.
Anyway I quite fancied a drum sander but didn't want to part with £1200 so I decided it would be a good idea to make one. So after checking out loads of DIY efforts online I came up with a very rough plan and started to get some bits together.
Most of the stuff is cheap enough off ebay e.g. a lawn mower motor, 3/4" stainless shaft and bearings. A lot of the other stuff is 3D printer parts, also from ebay.
I machined some brass discs to carry the aluminium drum whilst I was supposed to be working... but I think I have enough to get going.
The drum will move up and down on guide rails and linear bearings, you can also see the belt pulley attached to the shaft and the brass discs I machined.
The shaft is mounted into pillow block bearings.
I made a frame and topped it with some left over panel from fitting the kitchen. The guide rails were mounted on some oak from a recycled dining table (most of which is now my workbench).
Hopefully I'll get the mechanism in place to raise and lower the drum which will be 3d printer lead screws. I'm basically making it up as I go along so it will probably need a fair bit of tweaking before it actually works and I have absolutely no idea how I'm going to mount the motor yet. It's a fair size, not something I'd really thought about but I wanted to be able to pass joined soundboards and backs through it, god knows where i'll put it.
Well I hope it's of interest to someone, hopefully it won't take too long before it's up and running.
Anyway I quite fancied a drum sander but didn't want to part with £1200 so I decided it would be a good idea to make one. So after checking out loads of DIY efforts online I came up with a very rough plan and started to get some bits together.
Most of the stuff is cheap enough off ebay e.g. a lawn mower motor, 3/4" stainless shaft and bearings. A lot of the other stuff is 3D printer parts, also from ebay.
I machined some brass discs to carry the aluminium drum whilst I was supposed to be working... but I think I have enough to get going.
The drum will move up and down on guide rails and linear bearings, you can also see the belt pulley attached to the shaft and the brass discs I machined.
The shaft is mounted into pillow block bearings.
I made a frame and topped it with some left over panel from fitting the kitchen. The guide rails were mounted on some oak from a recycled dining table (most of which is now my workbench).
Hopefully I'll get the mechanism in place to raise and lower the drum which will be 3d printer lead screws. I'm basically making it up as I go along so it will probably need a fair bit of tweaking before it actually works and I have absolutely no idea how I'm going to mount the motor yet. It's a fair size, not something I'd really thought about but I wanted to be able to pass joined soundboards and backs through it, god knows where i'll put it.
Well I hope it's of interest to someone, hopefully it won't take too long before it's up and running.
Jo whoever he is.
