Hello there i recently salvaged a broken robot coupe
for those who dont know what this is .....
its a heavy duty food processer thats got a 250w motor in it
and around 2 inches long of a 1/2" stainless hex shaft
I plan to turn it into a spindle sander
(ive heard that at this rpm burns the paper but this doesnt matter because its
only for very final sanding exactly square ) guitar bending forms
Ive bought a sanding drum for chucking up to a drill press
thinking their was some kind of ingenious sandpaper locking device , their wasn't
Also ,from the pictures I thought from the picture it had a coupling to fit
the hex shaft on my motor .... it was round
Anyway
I managed to bodge a sleeve of cut pipe tight over the hex shaft and onto the drums coupling
turned it on only to find out its totally wobbley......
Basically i need a longer shaft for an axle at the top of the drum for stability
Ive looked EVERYWHERE for a 3" deep socket ,extension or coupling so i could mount it on the shaft
and fit a sleeve over that to make a shaft extension
The only other options i can see is to get some specialist to weld another extension on
or turn this project into a big one by attaching a pulley to the shaft and gettin more parts exc
any suggestions folks ?
thanks in advance
tomas
for those who dont know what this is .....
its a heavy duty food processer thats got a 250w motor in it
and around 2 inches long of a 1/2" stainless hex shaft
I plan to turn it into a spindle sander
(ive heard that at this rpm burns the paper but this doesnt matter because its
only for very final sanding exactly square ) guitar bending forms
Ive bought a sanding drum for chucking up to a drill press
thinking their was some kind of ingenious sandpaper locking device , their wasn't
Also ,from the pictures I thought from the picture it had a coupling to fit
the hex shaft on my motor .... it was round
Anyway
I managed to bodge a sleeve of cut pipe tight over the hex shaft and onto the drums coupling
turned it on only to find out its totally wobbley......
Basically i need a longer shaft for an axle at the top of the drum for stability
Ive looked EVERYWHERE for a 3" deep socket ,extension or coupling so i could mount it on the shaft
and fit a sleeve over that to make a shaft extension
The only other options i can see is to get some specialist to weld another extension on
or turn this project into a big one by attaching a pulley to the shaft and gettin more parts exc
any suggestions folks ?
thanks in advance
tomas