Fine Woodworking.
J D B wrote:
> Unisaw A100 <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
>
>>It doesn't surprise me that American Wooddorker would run
>>such a silly idea given their demographic audience.
>
>
> Um, the renewal is on my desk, now - although my subscription runs out
> with the November issue.
>
> I don't remember seeing this particular tip (I'm going back to look
> ...) but it would never occur to me to try such a thing. It sounds
> fraught with peril!
>
> What other publications would you guys recommend I read instead?
>
> David
> member of the demographic ;-)
You mean sand off the cork/graphite that's on the sheet metal, or are you
going to remove that and sand the casting?
How far off can it be that you couldn't lap it with sandpaper and a flat
surface? I'd bet that this haste would make waste.
"Bay Area Dave" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Just read that "tip" in American Woodworker" today. Has
> anyone here ever done it?
>
> dave
>
Am I to understand you are in the camp of those who don't want Norm to show
his bloopers?
A minority view in this group. I too have no time to waste learning the
wrong way.
"Doug Miller" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> In article <[email protected]>, Bay Area Dave
<[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Dopey stuff like this is what made me decide not to renew my subscription
when
> it expires. That, and the "Oops!" that appears in every project article.
Can't
> these guys build *anything* without botching something obvious?
>
> And then there's the "Oops!" page inside the back cover. The thing that
amazes
> me is not that, every month, they can find somebody who did something
> amazingly stupid -- it's that, every month, they can find somebody who is
> willing to admit and describe it publicly for a measly hundred bucks. I've
> pulled a few dumb stunts in my life, but it would take a *lot* more than a
> hundred dollars to get me to attach my name to them in a national
magazine.
>
Unisaw A100 <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
>
> It doesn't surprise me that American Wooddorker would run
> such a silly idea given their demographic audience.
Um, the renewal is on my desk, now - although my subscription runs out
with the November issue.
I don't remember seeing this particular tip (I'm going back to look
...) but it would never occur to me to try such a thing. It sounds
fraught with peril!
What other publications would you guys recommend I read instead?
David
member of the demographic ;-)
My biggest problem was that they didn't bother to review any sanders over
$500, as they labeled those "industrial". Well, from everything I've
heard/read, the Fisch is well worth the extra $200 over these heaps of junk
(no offense).
Joe
"Bay Area Dave" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Just read that "tip" in American Woodworker" today. Has
> anyone here ever done it?
>
> dave
>
No, never done it and wouldn't. This kind of "tip" in the magazines just
shows that half this stuff they recommend they have never tried. Doing this
would result in the sander having a belly.
"Bay Area Dave" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Just read that "tip" in American Woodworker" today. Has
> anyone here ever done it?
>
> dave
>
It's doable but on a 6" X 48" (or any other stationary belt
sander) it would abrade at the leading and trailing edges of
the platen. You would be better off taking the platen to a
machine shop and letting them do it correctly with a surface
grinder.
Platens on portable sanders are typically removable (OK,
they are on the better ones) and usually consist (OK, again,
the better ones) of a removable graphite cloth or a flap of
cork and sheet metal, both replaceable. Given the size
(foot print) of the platens on portable machines it's
doubtful that you would ever need to do it unless you use
your portable upside down or in an upright position and use
it to grind smaller parts (like metals) and concentrate the
grinding to one spot. Again, it's easier/better to just
replace the metal or graphite.
It doesn't surprise me that American Wooddorker would run
such a silly idea given their demographic audience. Next
month they're running a tip to use trash cans in the shop to
collect and store waste until trash day. That tip won the
tipper a brand new Delta diaper for his contractor's saw.
UA100
In article <[email protected]>, Bay Area Dave <[email protected]> wrote:
>Just read that "tip" in American Woodworker" today. Has
>anyone here ever done it?
>
No, I haven't, and I don't plan to. First off, a belt sander isn't a precision
machine, so it really doesn't make much difference if the platen is a few thou
out of flat. Second, if you wanted it flat, this is one method dead guaranteed
to make it *not* flat: there's _no_way_ that doing what they describe can
avoid tapering the ends of the platen. If you want it flat, take a few deep
breaths until the urge goes away. It ain't that important. If you just really,
really gotta have it flat, then take it to a machine shop to have it ground.
Dopey stuff like this is what made me decide not to renew my subscription when
it expires. That, and the "Oops!" that appears in every project article. Can't
these guys build *anything* without botching something obvious?
And then there's the "Oops!" page inside the back cover. The thing that amazes
me is not that, every month, they can find somebody who did something
amazingly stupid -- it's that, every month, they can find somebody who is
willing to admit and describe it publicly for a measly hundred bucks. I've
pulled a few dumb stunts in my life, but it would take a *lot* more than a
hundred dollars to get me to attach my name to them in a national magazine.
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In article <[email protected]>, [email protected] (J D B) wrote:
>What other publications would you guys recommend I read instead?
>
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In article <[email protected]>,
Unisaw A100 <[email protected]> wrote:
> Next
> month they're running a tip to use trash cans in the shop to
> collect and store waste until trash day.
Oh man, I wish someone would have told that to me earlier! Sheesh. Trash
cans, who woulda thought.