Inflatable Drum Sanders - Bench or Floor mounted

[Tugalis]

Hi,

We are need of a an inflatable drum sander. I thought it would be a world easier to find something but I am struggling, am I looking in the wrong place?

We currently cut boards down, use a bull nose router bit to round the edges over and then sand them using a palm sander to make the edges smooth. This was fine when we were doing a few at a time but business has picked up and it is becoming extremely laborious (hard work as well) to smooth the edges over.

The idea I had was to pick up a drum sander to make this quicker and easier for the person carrying out the work, for some reason I thought these would be every where but I guess not. They seem to have an abundance of makes/models in the US, floor and bench mounted but not here.

Am I missing something or are these just not a tool used much in the UK.

I have seen that there is a Shopsmith lathe attachment but I don't have a Shopsmiths lathe, not sure if this would fit our old Clarke
http://martins-supplies.co.uk/presta/sa ... ckage.html

If anyone can come up with a particular one that can be retrofitted to a bench grinder than Ill happily pick one up if there is a matching thread.

Thanks for the help in advance, apologies if its a little vague, let me know if you need any more info!

 

[--Tom--]

Try searching for a spindle sander or a bobbin sander, may give you more results

 

[sunnybob]

I had no idea such a thing existed. I shall watch with interest.

I have a bobbin sander, you can not sand entire contours with one.

 

[Tugalis]

You learn something new every day SunnyBob

Thanks for the reply Tom, is the curved sanding surface that I am after to deal with the contours.

Here is one from Aus which is attached to the bench grinder....

https://www.carbatec.com.au/sanding-and ... eve-sander

A floor mounted one....

https://www.google.co.uk/search?biw=145 ... DkBU7v96DM:

 

[Tugalis]

I mean if someone can come up with a quick way to smooth contoured surfaces I'm all ears :shock:

 

[MikeG.]

I've got a drill mounted inflatable drum sander with a handle. Great piece of kit, but I've no idea where I got it from, or who makes it. I need to know, because it is just about to die after 30 years of service. Incredibly useful for curved pieces of work.

 

[Droogs]

Try here:

https://www.classichandtools.com/acatal ... nders.html

 

[sunnybob]

Why arent these sold in every tool shop? i think they are amazing things and definitely on my xmas list now.

Oh, that classic hand tools must be a part of rutlands.... theyre out of stock.

 

[Tugalis]

Mike....they are amazing!!

Droogs - I did see thise ones but wanted something more machine based. I think failing everything else I might end up getting something from them and buying a cheap drill to jig up.

Sam - I know right!! They seem to be a bit of an oddity over here for some reason. In the states they are pretty standard kit for a decent workshop. I think it's just one of those things like routers/table saws that we just haven't got on top of yet.

We run a small business cutting sheet goods down aswell as laser cutting/engraving and my brothers who live in the states couldn't imagine paying for our services. When he tells people they just laugh haha

I think it probably has alot to do with the larger houses, lower tool costs and self sufficiency lifestyle out there!

 

[giantbeat]

i have seen something like this available at Scott & sergeant

 

[giantbeat]

found em

https://www.scosarg.com/tooling/sanding-heads

 

[sunnybob]

Now only ...."HOW MUCH"!?

Oh well, theyre off my xmas list now.

 

[Tugalis]

Good effort!!

What do they connect to then? I'm only looking on mobile but it doesn't state what they are for....