Improvised Thickness sander for small planks

...as simple and very efficient for a small work! many thanks, Y.T. for posting!
 
Here is a video of my improvised thickness sander. It just occurred to me I do not need buying expensive thickness sanders when I can use what I already have. I just occasionally need to reduce small plank thickness.


Fantastic !!! Thank you for the idea !!!

Daniel
 
Here is a video of my improvised thickness sander. It just occurred to me I do not need buying expensive thickness sanders when I can use what I already have. I just occasionally need to reduce small plank thickness.

Will you please put up some closer views or sketches to show how it was improvised and the feed is accomplished? Thanks, Rich (PT-2)
 
Will you please put up some closer views or sketches
Idea is using any sanding drum against flat hard surface. I use Proxxon rotary tool against side of vice. Tool is mounted in Proxxon drill press. Distance between sanding drum and flat surface controlled with milling machine x-y moving table. Feed is by hand .
 
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Idea is using any sanding drum against flat hard surface. I use Proxxon rotary tool against side of vice. Tool is mounted in Proxxon drill press. Distance between sanding drum and flat surface controlled with milling machine x-y moving table. Feed is by hand .

Thank you YT for such great idea !!!

Guys, On the topic, for those with a spindle sander, have you seen this video. Could be we can also do something similar with our small drums.


Cheers
Daniel
 
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HEY GUYS THIS IS THE ONE I USE HAD IT FOR 2 YEARS, WORKS GREAT, THE SANDING DROUM ARE FANTASTIC, CAN BE USED AS A SPINDEL SANDER 2 FOR THE PRICE OF ONE, IT HAS GONE UP IN PRICE BY ABOUT $50.00 SINCE I GOT MINE, JIM I USE A REGULAR BENCH TYPE DRILL PRESS FROM MENARDS ABOUT $100.00 WHEN I GOT MINE, NOW HAVE THREE POWER TOOLS FOR LESS THEN A BYRNES OR OTHE TYPE OF HOBBY TOOLS, AND IF IT WORKS FOR GUITAR AND VIOLIN MAKERS IT IS GOOD ENOUGH FOR ME. GOD BLESS ALL STAY SAFE DON
 
Hi Y.T.

Since you did your first posting I was looking for ideas on how we can have a planner for small pieces of wood.

Beside the way you showed, using the same equipment, we can do it in this other way too.

The idea came from this video:


And I applied it using my Proxxon Milling.

I got the sanding disks from Amazon. They come in 1 or 2 inches to be used in a Dremel. Those fit in the milling machine.


I cut these ~2-3 mm piece of pear wood from a wood block (see link below). My circular saw can't cut that width, so I did it in 2 pases. That implies, sometimes, issues in the cut as seen in the 2 below pictures and not precise thickness



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Then I used the "planner/sanding device ". And you can see the results below.

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Not bad. We can do the same with strips or whatever small piece.

Another picture of the device working.

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Cheers
Daniel
 

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Following this thread I have used now my new Proxxon drill press with 2 " sanding disks.

Here is a video. I first passed under the disc a long section of a pear wood strip ~2.5 x 5 mm. Then I turned the strip and did a shorter section that I also pictured for you all to see the difference in thickness.

The distance between disc and table was set-up with a wood that had the thickness I wanted to achieve.


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Cheers
Daniel
 
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