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Love the sander. It is very sturdy and performs perfectly. I built it from plans from Plans Now. Ended up putting a 1 1/2hp motor with a 4 1/2 pulley on the drive roller shaft and a 3 inch on the motor. Love the adjustable tables and the tracking system works perfectly. Highly recommend building this machine
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Very cool! How much do you think it cost you and how long to build?
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As a hobbyist, if I ever have an edge sander, it will probably be something like this.
John
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Any plans available for an oscillating version??
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I recall seeing that a good workaround is to simply tilt the table so you can access all of the paper.Originally Posted by John C Bush
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I would guess $300. I spent Sat and Sun and finished up Monday evening. The plans were very good but now that I've built one, I could probably shave several hours off the total time.
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Any dust collection on it? It's not obvious from the photos.
John
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Way too simple--I was hoping to make it much more complicated.
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I built the same unit.Works great. I think the plans are from Shop Notes. The plans were real good
I am sure you will enjoy
Al
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Sorry John, I forgot to mention that I haven't hooked up the dust collection yet because I can't decide which way I'm going to go; hook up my main system running a 6 inch pipe with a 4 inch drop or just a small shop vac. Don't want to make the holes until I decide. Picture 2 shows where the dust port would go. Running CCW the dust will be drawn to that area.
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Thanks Scott. That looks like a logical location for it.
John
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