A Strip Thickness Sanding Jig

Recently I made a jig that I can set my belt sander on and sand strips to thickness. And it worked much better than expected. It will sand wood down to the thickness of veneer so that I don't have to buy a large piece of veneer when I only need something small and I can use 'special' pieces of wood that can't be bought as veneer. Which means I may have to try doing some inlays.

I don't have plans because every sander is different. But I did make a video showing it and I think the clever people here could figure it out easily enough. If anyone makes one I would be interested in see pics.

https://youtu.be/BaozDNHvEns

Other projects are found at

http://openwoodshop.com

Thanks,

Paul M

Nice job Paul! Not sure I have much use for that, but I will definitely build the filter cleaner!

Welcome to the Creek Paul!

I made a "mount" for my belt sander too. But your idea is far better refined and more useful than my crude attempt! Thanks for posting it!
Fred

Very nice Paul - I like it! I’ll have to check your other videos

Thats really nice. Especially the adjustors for plane depth. Not sure I'll ever have a need for this but I've bookmarked it anyway. Thanks!

Great idea! If 5/16" all thread is used, each 1/4 turn will equal 1/64", half turn equals 1/32", and so on.

Nice. Thanks for posting.

MK

Nice project and perfect for making a few small pcs.if I had a belt sander, I would definitely make one.

Don't most sanders have crowned rollers ?