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Grizzly Baby 12 inch drum sander yes? No? - stoppy - 12-25-2019
Looking to add a drum sander to my tools. Will be sanding mostly small pieces. Any one here have the Baby Grizzly, or spend a little more for the larger open end?
RE: Grizzly Baby 12 inch drum sander yes? No? - KC - 12-25-2019
(12-25-2019, 04:04 AM)stoppy Wrote: Looking to add a drum sander to my tools. Will be sanding mostly small pieces. Any one here have the Baby Grizzly, or spend a little more for the larger open end?
If this is your first, you may find it handy enough that you'll want to put everything thought it... so I suggest opening the wallet a bit for the capacity. Can't imagine you'd be sorry.
RE: Grizzly Baby 12 inch drum sander yes? No? - Ohio Mike - 12-25-2019
(12-25-2019, 04:04 AM)stoppy Wrote: Looking to add a drum sander to my tools. Will be sanding mostly small pieces. Any one here have the Baby Grizzly, or spend a little more for the larger open end?
If it's the G0459 you're looking at, I decided not to buy one after some research. This was 8 or 9 years ago and they were having lots of trouble with the plastic drivetrain gears self destructing. A quick check of Amazon reviews shows complaints as recent as 2015 about this problem but no later. Maybe Grizzly has fixed this issue - I don't know.
Also, the minimum thickness of the G0459 is 1/8". I'm guessing it can't sand anything thinner because it uses a hook and loop fastening system to hold the paper to the drum. I need to be able to sand veneer down to 3/32" and sanders without hook and loop (like the SuperMax) can sand all the way down to 1/32".
I bought the Performax 10-20 and it has worked out well for me.
Mike
RE: Grizzly Baby 12 inch drum sander yes? No? - stoppy - 12-25-2019
It is my first drum sander other than a homemade one I made to use on my lathe.
The more I think about it the more I think I’ll get the larger capacity one.
RE: Grizzly Baby 12 inch drum sander yes? No? - Arlin Eastman - 12-28-2019
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(12-25-2019, 08:53 AM)stoppy Wrote: It is my first drum sander other than a homemade one I made to use on my lathe.
The more I think about it the more I think I’ll get the larger capacity one.
Jim
Three years ago this one shown up on my door step curtsie of some Woodnetter whom I do not know.
It works great and two grits can be installed. I put 60g on the front and 120 on the rear drum and out pops a nicely sanded piece of wood.
https://www.grizzly.com/products/Grizzly-24-5-HP-Drum-Sander/G1066R
At the time the cost was only $995 but I feel even at the current cost it is a great deal. It is also not Hook and loop but clips on the end.
Last make sure you have a good DC since if you do not it will leave a lot of dust on the floor and inside. A 3hp DC is good a 5hp would be best but my
https://www.grizzly.com/products/Grizzly-3-HP-Double-Canister-Dust-Collector-with-Aluminum-Impeller-Polar-Bear-Series/G0562ZP
works pretty good.
I did read up on what you are looking at and it is belt driven not the plastic parts anymore if that helps your decision
https://cdn0.grizzly.com/partslists/g0459_pl.pdf