I’ve been working on the old Craftsman belt sander for awhile now. Picked it up from my brother a couple of years ago. I replaced the bearings and that made a world of difference. Built a new cart recently and picked up a 12” disc sander at HF with 20% off coupon…...and the free flashlight.
The motor on the old Craftsman was tired, so another HF gamble was to buy the 1/2 HP motor….of course with the 20% off…...
The motor is smooth and strong (so far)......previously, I could easily stop the sander with moderate pressure…..not now…..
Next issue – DUST. No dust control on the old timer…..
Sliced up some 3” PVC and modified a shop vac port and made a friction fit dust collection port…..not that pretty, but it functions well…....
Next problem – no where to mount the switch for the belt sander – so engineered a bit of “plier” like mount using maple flooring scraps on the cast iron handle on the disc sander….
Behind the switch is a little pvc tray for the eraser….
And here it is it’s new home – the sanding corner…...
The old Craftsman is running better than ever – lots of power. The HF disc has yet to prove it’s keep, but runs pretty smooth, lots of power (1-1/2 HP….or so they say). The table is sub-par but we’ll see.
Dust collection is good on both – and that’s a major issue in the basement…....
Thanks for looking.
Source: http://lumberjocks.com/JL7/blog/30676
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