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I'm just wondering how people did the bit where the threaded rod meets the underside of the table. So far I intend to glue and screw a metal bar to the bottom of the table and have a countersink, using a 1/2" round nosed end mill, in the centre of the bar and a radiused end to the threaded rod

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Mine is pretty simple .. peaned a nut onto the top end of the rod, then the nut sits in a piece of aluminum that has a slot the same size as the nut, capturing and preventing it form turning ...

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Tony Karol
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John, Check out this Thickness Sander plan.
http://search.store.yahoo.net/cgi-bin/n ... earch.html

I just drilled a 1/4 inch deep hole in the underside of the table where the threaded rod meets it and glued a nickle in the hole. It has lasted for the last three years.

That link plan also has a nice belt bed too. For $10 and instant download it's worth a look as there are some good ideas in it.

cheers chris have that article, will probably carry on with my original idea and alter it if need be

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John,

I rounded over the end of the threaded rod and screwed a square block with a washer glued into a countersunk hole, which you cannot see (sorry). The rod spins in the center of the washer. The table is two sheets of 3/4" ply glued and screwed together and it seems pretty stiff.




Seems to work just fine. Although it squeaks when I crank it up and down...can't win 'em all.

Hope this helps.
_Mike

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Well I've actually sanded with it, but you risk your own life using it!

1. No on and off switch only the plug
2. The motor is resting on the floor and you have to hold it down with you foot other wise the belt slips
3. No guards I did catch myself though expecting this I never got too close and there's no blood

But it took the wood down evenly until the paper stretched a little and paper backed abrasive looks good enough, so tomorrow I guess it's mount the motor and make a tensioner, then make a guard/dust removal and find a suitable switch.


An overall view


Rise and fall mechanism yet to fit the stop in case of vibration moving the studding/threaded rod


The on off switch

Yeah dust extraction stuff to come

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