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RE: The Great Bandsaw Adventure - Phase 1 - JSpill - 07-28-2016
John, congratulations on the new bandsaw. It sure is a beauty. You and Ken showed a lot of ingenuity in getting that monster into your garage. I can't wait for part two. Oh by the way, you are one tough competitor in the search for tool bargains. I was 5 minutes late in trying to buy that Stockroom Supply molding sander in the Swap and Sell a few weeks back. I hope you are enjoying it.
RE: The Great Bandsaw Adventure - Phase 1 - jteneyck - 07-28-2016
Thanks Jim. I'm the one who normally gets beat to those posts; it felt good to actually be first in line for once. The molding sander works pretty well. I'll have to show some photos next time I use it. I ended up driving it off my RAS, which has a 1.5 HP motor, and that's none too large. The instructions say you can use something as small as 0.5 HP but I think that would be completely inadequate. Anyway, I used it to sand all the molding I just made for a job, from 1/2" cove to 6" wide baseboard molding and it did a pretty good job. I think it has 180 grit paper on it now which is too fine IMO, at least on really hard wood like the maple I had. I'll probably put some 120 grit paper on it before I use it again.
The Great Bandsaw Adventure - Part Deux is about to be written, so stayed tuned.
John