I've been reading Ken Burton's book: Table Saw Tips & Tricks. He talks
about a 10" sanding disc that you install in place of your blade so you
can use your table saw as a disc sander. He said the disc had a tapered
edge on one side so that you could use it also as an egde
sander/jointer. Does anyone know where I can buy one of these discs?
I've looked for an e-mail contact for Ken Burton but so far no luck.
Thanks for your help!
Greg
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Matisse
"RonB" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>I used the Sears version for years. Worked fine.
>
>
Is that the one with the grit embedded in a metal surface or one with a
paper disk attached? I have the former, and many years of use from both dad
and myself.
On Thu, 11 Aug 2005 17:42:50 -0600, Matisse wrote
(in article <[email protected]>):
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> I've been reading Ken Burton's book: Table Saw Tips & Tricks. He talks
> about a 10" sanding disc that you install in place of your blade so you
> can use your table saw as a disc sander. He said the disc had a tapered
> edge on one side so that you could use it also as an egde
> sander/jointer. Does anyone know where I can buy one of these discs?
> I've looked for an e-mail contact for Ken Burton but so far no luck.
> Thanks for your help!
> Greg
>
>
>
I use my old 8" Craftsman saw as a disc sander (when it's not set up as a wet
tile saw 8^)
I just spray glued sandpaper to an old non-carbide fine tooth plywood blade.
Works like a charm.
-Bruce
"BillyBob" <[email protected]> wrote in
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> <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>> but I'd be afraid of what extended use of it on my tablesaw would do
>> to my bearings.
>
> Hear here! I think using table saws and drill presses for things that
> force side loads is asking for long range trouble. We pay good money
> for the precision of these machines.
>
I've got one of these for my table saw. It does jobs no other tool I have
will do. If you;re applying much of a side load, you are either using worn
out paper or the wrong grit. Mine eats through most anything with little
or no pressure. The only problem I've had is that the paper is buckling
from extremes in temperatures.
Matisse <[email protected]> wrote in
news:[email protected]:
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> I've been reading Ken Burton's book: Table Saw Tips & Tricks. He talks
> about a 10" sanding disc that you install in place of your blade so you
> can use your table saw as a disc sander. He said the disc had a tapered
> edge on one side so that you could use it also as an egde
> sander/jointer. Does anyone know where I can buy one of these discs?
> I've looked for an e-mail contact for Ken Burton but so far no luck.
> Thanks for your help!
> Greg
>
>
This is a good reason to find a garage sale Shopsmith. Variable speed,
movable plate, variable angle on the table, comes with the sanding plate
from the factory.
NOT sufficient reason to buy one new.
Patriarch
"Matisse" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> I've been reading Ken Burton's book: Table Saw Tips & Tricks. He talks
> about a 10" sanding disc that you install in place of your blade so you
> can use your table saw as a disc sander. He said the disc had a tapered
> edge on one side so that you could use it also as an egde
> sander/jointer. Does anyone know where I can buy one of these discs?
> I've looked for an e-mail contact for Ken Burton but so far no luck.
Matisse,
Others have told you where to buy one. I made one. It's not for precision
work but it does a great job of cleaning up small surfaces and breaking
edges.
I made a 9 inch disk out of 3/4" plywood and bored a 5/8" thru hole in the
center. The 3/4" thickness was too much to clear my arbor length so I had
to rout a 5/8 wide by 1/4 deep dado in the back surface so I could slip it
on.
Using a 9" diameter lets you cut sanding disks from ordinary sheets of
sandpaper. At first I rubber-cemented the sandpaper to the plywood but
found out later that it wasn't necessary. I merely clamp the paper to the
plywood disk using the arbor nut and washer. I suppose, if needed, you
could use a fender washer to get more clamping area.
It works good for me. The only downside is that there is no insert in the
table top so I need to take care that nothing gets caught there.
Bill Leonhardt
In article <yA1Le.6757$Pl1.1101@okepread02>, "RonB" <[email protected]>
wrote:
> I used the Sears version for years. Worked fine.
>
>
> RonB
Me too. Used it waaaaaaay back and found it absolutely functional albeit
dusty as ol' heck. I thought it was very clever. Funny thing is..I went
to a 6" Delta jointer because I felt that chips were easier to manage
than dust. This was well before DC's were as common as they are now in
small shops.
<[email protected]> wrote in message news:cKXKe.216484$on1.205331@clgrps13...
> but I'd be afraid of what extended use of it on my tablesaw would do
> to my bearings.
Hear here! I think using table saws and drill presses for things that force
side loads is asking for long range trouble. We pay good money for the
precision of these machines.
Bob
Or router as kitchen aid? Should have kept it, it was a keeper!
On Fri, 12 Aug 2005 06:56:08 GMT, [email protected] wrote:
>Freud makes one:
>
>http://freud-tools.com/frcd10caands.html
>
>but I'd be afraid of what extended use of it on my tablesaw would do
>to my bearings. Plus, tablesaw is typically 4000 rpm, disc sander usually
>around half that. Remember the guy that wanted to use his router as a
>spindle sander?
>
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>>
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"Matisse" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>>>> Does anyone know where I can buy one of these discs?<<<
Woodcraft for one, Sears used to have them but don't know about them
anymore. RM~