I wonder if anyone can help.
I have a:
Delta Industrial Model SA350K Bench Oscillating Spindle Sander
and I have recently bought new abrasive loadings for it - changed all
the smaller sizes without problem - but just can't get the largest drum
to load - the sleeve seems too tight. I can get the sleeve about 1/3rd
of the way up the drum, but that's it.
Is there a trick I am missing? Perserverance and persuasion just don't
work...
Thanks in anticipation
Liam (from the UK)
On Apr 29, 4:55 pm, Liam Scanlan <[email protected]> wrote:
> DanG wrote:
> > I hope someone shows up with a good answer. Once the rubber has
> > been expanded, it seems impossible to install fresh sandpaper
> > sleeves. I noticed on a new drum that I acquired recently that
> > there was something a bit like talcum powder on the rubber. I
> > keep meaning to take some to the shop to try.
>
> I really hope so - the sleeves cost > $ 10 each and I've 'worried' a
> couple already!
>
> Liam
First, release the pressure, then compress the sleeve with 2 or 3 hose
clamps. Leave it over night. Remove the clamps,apply talc or baby
powder (smells better and relives any rash). Finally, release the
pressure after each use!!!
Gene
Markem wrote:
> Or put it in the freezer....
>
> Mark
IIRC (and I'm too lazy to check) rubber expands in the cold. It's weird
like that.
Bill
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> On Apr 29, 4:55 pm, Liam Scanlan <[email protected]> wrote:
>> DanG wrote:
>> > I hope someone shows up with a good answer. Once the rubber has
>> > been expanded, it seems impossible to install fresh sandpaper
>> > sleeves. I noticed on a new drum that I acquired recently that
>> > there was something a bit like talcum powder on the rubber. I
>> > keep meaning to take some to the shop to try.
>> Liam
>
> First, release the pressure, then compress the sleeve with 2 or 3 hose
> clamps. Leave it over night. Remove the clamps,apply talc or baby
> powder (smells better and relives any rash). Finally, release the
> pressure after each use!!!
> Gene
>
Absolutely. Little bit of friction reducer to get it over the residual bump
is the answer for changing grits where you don't have the time to squeeze
and wait.
Of course, those who watch Oprah know that talc is the cousin of asbestos,
so they use the cornstarch.
On Mon, 30 Apr 2007 17:07:42 -0400, "John Flatley"
<[email protected]> wrote:
>The sandpaper sleeve can be difficult to install
>sometimes; and remove too.
>
>It might be quicker to just buy a new rubber drum. In
>case you missed it the rubber drums are also the same
>as used by the Sears and Ryobi oscillating sanders.
>(Home Depot carried the rubber drums at one time, might
>still.) You might even want to have a drum for each
>sleeve grit you use.
Or put it in the freezer....
Mark
Liam,
The sandpaper sleeve can be difficult to install
sometimes; and remove too.
It might be quicker to just buy a new rubber drum. In
case you missed it the rubber drums are also the same
as used by the Sears and Ryobi oscillating sanders.
(Home Depot carried the rubber drums at one time, might
still.) You might even want to have a drum for each
sleeve grit you use.
Some of the sandpaper sleeves may be a touch short in
the quality department. Check Klingspor,
(www.woodworkingshop.com), they carry 3 grits in 6
sleeve sizes according to their No. 93, 2007 catalog.
I don't know what access you have in the UK to the
above companies, but good luck searching.
Note: I do not keep the drum under tension when I'm
are not going to use it for awhile. I do this to avoid
distorting the rubber cylinder.
John Flatley
Jacksonville, Florida
(former Sears oscillating sander owner, current Delta
B.O.S.S. owner)
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"Liam Scanlan" <[email protected]> wrote in
message news:[email protected]...
| I wonder if anyone can help.
| I have a:
| Delta Industrial Model SA350K Bench Oscillating
Spindle Sander
| and I have recently bought new abrasive loadings for
it - changed all
| the smaller sizes without problem - but just can't
get the largest drum
| to load - the sleeve seems too tight. I can get the
sleeve about 1/3rd
| of the way up the drum, but that's it.
| Is there a trick I am missing? Perserverance and
persuasion just don't
| work...
|
| Thanks in anticipation
| Liam (from the UK)
I hope someone shows up with a good answer. Once the rubber has
been expanded, it seems impossible to install fresh sandpaper
sleeves. I noticed on a new drum that I acquired recently that
there was something a bit like talcum powder on the rubber. I
keep meaning to take some to the shop to try.
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"Liam Scanlan" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>I wonder if anyone can help.
> I have a:
> Delta Industrial Model SA350K Bench Oscillating Spindle Sander
> and I have recently bought new abrasive loadings for it -
> changed all the smaller sizes without problem - but just can't
> get the largest drum to load - the sleeve seems too tight. I can
> get the sleeve about 1/3rd of the way up the drum, but that's
> it.
> Is there a trick I am missing? Perserverance and persuasion just
> don't work...
>
> Thanks in anticipation
> Liam (from the UK)
>
> Absolutely. Little bit of friction reducer to get it over the residual
> bump is the answer for changing grits where you don't have the time to
> squeeze and wait.
>
> Of course, those who watch Oprah know that talc is the cousin of
> asbestos, so they use the cornstarch.
Many thanks for your help. I really appreciate the advice.
I have tried the 'friction reducer' approach, unsuccessfully
unfortunately - but will do so again (after using hose clamps). Thanks.
I now wonder if I am missing something more fundamental:
Do I gather that leaving the spindle on the machine will encourage
'growth'? (I never did work out why there is only one washer - which I
assume is placed at the top of the spindle. It seems a little odd that
there is only a knurled shoulder at the lower end to support the drum
(i.e. very small in relation to the larger diameter drums.
Thanks for your patience and advice
Liam
DanG wrote:
> I hope someone shows up with a good answer. Once the rubber has
> been expanded, it seems impossible to install fresh sandpaper
> sleeves. I noticed on a new drum that I acquired recently that
> there was something a bit like talcum powder on the rubber. I
> keep meaning to take some to the shop to try.
>
I really hope so - the sleeves cost > $ 10 each and I've 'worried' a
couple already!
Liam
On Wed, 09 May 2007 02:13:43 -0400, Bill in Detroit <[email protected]>
wrote:
>Markem wrote:
>
>> Or put it in the freezer....
>>
>> Mark
>
>IIRC (and I'm too lazy to check) rubber expands in the cold. It's weird
>like that.
From actual experience with Delta B.O.S.S. it works. (It is synthetic
rubber)
Mark
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