Rockwell sander(grips/stocks)

[Intheshop]

Very cool story on this primo grip sander.....

Caution,strong machine commentary,sorry if it hurts any feelings. Here we go....

10" bandsaws are a funny lot..... some of them I wouldn't give to the Gkids to play with they're so bad,irrespective of country of origin..... Recent,like since the interweeb,these small BS's have gotten very lopsided reviews. Most just get lumped into the category of junk.

This is one exception..... and no,not the "label",even though this one stands on that level,very proudly. No,the exception is.... look,no blade. That is simply,a 5 second job of ripping a big sander belt into a 1/2" wide strip and then quickly skiving and hit it with a slow set epoxy and smack a pony springy clamp on it....

AT THE LENGTH OF WHAT THE MACHINE CALLS FOR.

Come back tomorrow and throw it on the machine and voila...... one of the cheapest,most "practical" detail sanders... "ever". Haha. A pce of 3X5 steel angle gets cut 1" long and clamps on for a platen but.... that ain't what this is about(got other sanders). Toss all the saws guides and assorted blade stuff,in a baggie and affix it to the machine somewhere .

 

[Intheshop]

These saws can be free... like,should be free. See that's what happens when you get all your information from the www.

Nobody wants them.... and folks with them,they're probably broke. Well now,the guides suck and are now frozen.... blades are hard to get and $$$.... I need a big saw to actually cut something.

All very good reasons to give it away. The Rockwell was one such saw. I cooked this idea up,knowing the target rich sector of equipment..... then waited,BAM. Got it for free.

 

[Gary]

I got a pencil sharpener just like that one, have it mounted on a wall beside my Lathe.

 

[fiver]

nice little light duty sander.
it looks like you could use a roll of crocus cloth for the 'belt' too.

 

[Ian]

Pretty slick idea.

 

[JonB]

I have that pencil sharpener also. Mounted on the wall, next to my desk.

I have a lightduty bandsaw (I can't stress the word "lightduty" enough), but it has it's purposes, mostly cutting thin plastic. When I bought it, I bought several blades...I learned long ago, when buying the Harborfreight type of equipment, buy as many consumables as reasonable...because models change often as well as the specs of the consumables. I also have a 1x30 HF belt sander that may be one of the best things I bought at HF...it's not that it's heavy duty or even moderate duty...it's lightduty, just like that bandsaw, and is handy as heck for the little things.

 

[Intheshop]

I just gave one of the boys a NICE,4X36 old Craftsman sander. Cast iron.... no motor and a roller that the rubber covering was MIA.

Got it for 25$... anyway and the point of this post is....

Forget the durometer (too lazy to look it up),but ordered a pce of rubber off fleabay. Cleaned/scuffed the metal roller core,then mixed up some slow set epoxy and glued the trimmed and fitted pce of rubber on. Used tie wire,just kept alternating where each little twisty spot was. Put prolly 8-10 wife wraps.

Wait a day or two....

Cut it loose then mounted it up on the lathe and peeled it perfectly round. So well the cut that,it left it with exactly the right amt of "scuff". Really was very easy. You can do the same thing with BS wheels. You don't have to buy $$ tires....

Anyway,detailed all the controls and bits N pcs that were "in the white". Coated them with this Texaco rustproofing type L after polishing. Then shot a catalyzed enamel on all the painted parts. My son snagged a motor off craigslist. Just sayin,recovering drive rollers and/or making "contact wheels" isn't that hard.