I received my new Performax 16-32 today and got it set up. Still have a bit to learn about the tweaks on it but it seems to be working OK. Belt swap is a 2-3 minute operation. I cleaned up some maple starting with 80 grit and ran it through some 120 so far. Had to adjust the drum alignment after it had run a few minutes.
I’ve got a question for you before I go to Performax with it, though. The drum and conveyor aren’t lined up. Two photos below show the left and right of the machine. There is only one set of mounting holes, so it’s gotta be in the right place. Is this typical?
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Ha! Never noticed it before, but mine is the same. I'll tell you what, though. It should be over FURTHER!! I am sure the reason they did this is because that end of the sandpaper roll has a real hard time of it. The barberpole edges tend to want to overlap. That right end gets real beaten up because there is force trying to pull the edges of the barberpoled sandpaper together and overlap on the right side. When that happens, you get burning of the wood because the thickness of the cloth sandpaper is two layers in stead of butted edges. Not a pretty sight. You tend to want to use the full width, but if you are smart, you will try to keep your workpiece more to the left.
If anyone has a solution (a little sprayon adhesive, maybe) to keep this tendancy from happening, let me know.
Eric. The only solution I've come up with is this:
Any slack at all in the wrap is your enemy! The same thing that causes your overlap/burning problem caused the LH end breakage problem that I initially struggled with. I was getting premature breakage on the LH end due to a whiplash effect in the slack when powering up. It takes a while to get a feel for how much wrap to insert in the RH clip and I still have to start over and rewind occasionally. But now I pay attention to keeping tension on the wrap as I'm rolling it on and if I get ANY slack at all going into the LH clip at the end, I unclip the RH end and rewrap backwards (while keeping tension) until I can push the excess back into the RH clip and lock.If you build it - he will come.
My 16-32 does not exhibit that performance trait. There is no overlap of the sandpaper on either end. Perhaps you are not aligning the paper correctly at the beginning of the spiral.Jeff
If the drum doesn't line up with the conveyor, that ain't my fault. Look at the pictures.
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Mine has the same alignment. Your right the mounting holes confirm this alignment. The paper needs to be tight at the spiral. The only problem I have had is sanding soft wood ( redwood) take it slow seams to gum up the paper if too big of a bite is taken and I get the blasted burning. Mine is 4 years old and has been a great addition the the workshop.
BH,
Yep, if the mounting holes for the conveyor were 1/2" or so to the right, the alignment would be about right. There's room for about a 3/4" shift to the right. I've sent the photos to the vendor to get their response on it.
I've had to adjust the drum alignment a few times in the day I've had it in operation. I'm assuming it takes a little time for it to settle in -- or maybe I'm not doing something quite right. Did you experience a 'run-in' period?
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I assume "alignment" is the horizontal alignment to the table. If I remember right it only took a fee adjusts to get it parallel. I have heard of some people leaving the outboard side slightly higher to compensate for any sagging of the arm and with the turning of the piece and running it though again it self corrects but I have mine flat and have not noticed any "sag". Good luck
Simmer down. My post was addressed to Eric regarding his comment.Jeff
Hey Bill -- isn't that the cart you built for your planer? It looks oddly familiar...
Steve
Steve,
Yep. Same cart. You're powers of observation are great! I put the 16-32 on the cart when I assembled it and checked it out. Then I decided to use the stand that came with the sander, so I put my planer back on the cart.
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