Woodsmith's edge sander plans!

[Stwood_]

Tilt one end of the table down.

[®smpr_fi_mac®]

Ah. That makes sense. Thanks!

[Huxleywood]

Ah.  That makes sense.  Thanks!

Edge sanders that don't oscillate (and even some that do) allow you to tilt the table in order to use more of the sanding belt and keep the belt cooler which provides one of the benefits of an oscillating sander.  You can also slide the work back and forth on the table thus up and down against the platen to gain the improved scratch of an OES.

[®smpr_fi_mac®]

When I start on this project, I'll design that into the table.

[CLETUS]

I want an edge sander but they're pricey.  

I need to check this out... After clamping my belt sander to the bench and using it as a makeshift edge sander. I could use an inexpensive edge sander.

[®smpr_fi_mac®]

"Inexpensive" is relative. You'll need (I think) 3 sheets of 3/4" BB ply, which isn't cheap. It'll also require a few dozen (for my slow butt) man-hours to build. And if you don't have a motor on hand, you're looking at $200+ for a new motor.

But it's a lot less expensive than a commercially available edge sander!

[Bit_Fiddler]

Yeah, that's not something I would wish to even try to modify.  My first immediate thought would be to have a separate motor that would oscillate the belt *and* the motor up and down as a single assembly.  If the table moves as easily as they profess, though, it shouldn't be much trouble to raise and lower it to hit the whole surface.

I have the Jet Oscillating edge sander.  The motor directly drives the sanding belt, there is a wobbler (?) that tilts the pulley in and out on the other end of the sanding belt that causes about 3/4" of belt movement up and down.   Even with that, I still like to run with the table at an angle to use more of the belt area.

Dave

[Wood'N'Scout]

I've often thought of retro'in the table on my jet at an angle. Wouldn't be to hard to do.

I modified my PM edge sander to tilt the table and to provide a positive lock when tilted.  I believe the Jet and the PM are the same machine only painted different colors.

Now I'd like to find an inexpensive way to make the machine variable speed.  That would really reduce burning.

[Huxleywood]

I modified my PM edge sander to tilt the table and to provide a positive lock when tilted.  I believe the Jet and the PM are the same machine only painted different colors.

Now I'd like to find an inexpensive way to make the machine variable speed.  That would really reduce burning.

The Jet oscillates but outside of that it is the same machine as its forefather Powermatic.

No truly cheap way to make it VS because the motor will need to be changed if you get lucky and find a 3ph motor with the same frame you can use a VFD.

[Stwood_]

I modified my PM edge sander to tilt the table and to provide a positive lock when tilted.  I believe the Jet and the PM are the same machine only painted different colors.

Now I'd like to find an inexpensive way to make the machine variable speed.  That would really reduce burning.

Yes. Identical except for the switch and paint color.
I'd like to have full belt coverage. I think modifying the brackets under the table (maybe hinged) would give it the full tilt/angle.
I changed mine to 220V. Just a switch change was all that it needed, + a wiring change under the motor cover.
It came wired 120V