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ECIL | Wife has a jet oscillation drum sander, probably 16". Had one that didn't oscillate and likes this one a lot more because it isn't as prone to leave sanding marks. The drum oscillates from side to side as the board passes under the drum. She uses it a lot to make pieces the same thickness to begin with and then to level and smooth after glue up. The oscillating one is quite a bit more expensive (not double). A planer can do thickness but the piece will need sanding anyway. The open end does allow wider pieces but with panel over 15-16 inches you're going to fight curling and warping, I think. With wider pieces get smaller ones the same thickness and then biscuit or domino (festool) the panel together and use a small handheld sander to smooth the joint. You will use the drum quite a bit if you make flat items, again to get all the pieces the same thickness if nothing else. The paper can be a nuisance to get "tucked in" at the ends sometimes. May be different with something other than a jet.
The guy in Taken's video is gone now but he was the "Crazy Canadian" at the wood shows. His sanders worked. He had a film of himself with a chunk of log attached to a wheel on a jacked up front wheel drive car and his kid behind the wheel. The kid would put the car in gear and turn the steering wheel to move the piece to a different angle to make a different cut. The old guy had a tool made from a pipe and a blade (maybe a plow share) laying over another log and cutting the rotating piece like a lathe while he held the pipe handle. Nothing could go wrong here*****. That's why he was the Crazy Canadian. | |
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Drum sander. Grizzly G0489ZX
