DIY drum sander plans

[Alan Schaffter]

Thanks mreza, you did a great job on that!

You old post provides one answer to the question of cost. Depending on how well you scrounge, the quality of the components you use, and what the local used market looks like, you could theoretically spend more money building a drum sander than buying a used one. I bought a used 24" 5 hp, dual drum Grizzly for a little under $600 and last year a friend got same model in even better condition than mine for $400. I removed the conveyor AC gear motor and replaced it with a 1/4 hp DC gear motor that I bolted to the same mount, and wired in a DC controller both from eBay for a little under $100.

So with just a little cleaning and only minor modifications I ended up with a similar unit but with dual drums and larger 5 hp motor.