Belt sander project

[Rich S]

I came across this project on the Hobby-Machinist site. Looks fairly cheap and easy to build. When/if I get caught up on my current projects I may try to make one and see how it works for barrel surface finishing.

http://www.hobby-machinist.com/threads/pipe-sander-plans.57255/

 

[Fast14riot]

A harbour freight 1x30 might be easier and cheaper, not hand held, but a barrel holder with two delrin live centers can take care of that.

 

[accuracyman]

Looks like some barrel polishing work is about to be done That looks like a very usable rig so remember to be safe and remember to cover the lathe bed!

 

[jfseaman]

A harbour freight 1x30 might be easier and cheaper, not hand held, but a barrel holder with two delrin live centers can take care of that.

Great idea. I wan't one. Can't use the 1x30 pedestal sander for polishing on the lathe so I want the hand held conversion as well.

 

[ridgeway]

Aluminum oxide grit is good for the ways, gibs or wherever it lands, lol

 

[jfseaman]

Aluminum oxide grit is good for the ways, gibs or wherever it lands, lol

On my lathe, everything gets covered. We (my buddy) are working on a polishing jig to get that step off the lathe.

 

[DaveTooley]

Craigslist wood lathe weighed down with scrap steel works great.

 

[Rich S]

Aluminum oxide grit is good for the ways, gibs or wherever it lands, lol

Yep. Kinda dont like using a tool post grinder for that reason but so on occasion. At least with the belt sander the xslide and saddle will be parked and its easy to cover the ways. I dont anticipate doing a lot of polishing but do on occasion. One of my 1st projects was profiling a barral blank to a LV contour. Wish I had one of these then. When I saw this I thought it resembled a smaller version of what is used to polish crankshafts after grinding.

 

[Shawnba67]

Im going to attemp something very similar with a spare circular saw. Handle might feel funny but saw was free and should have plenty of umph.

 

[rbertalotto]

I buiolt one with a cheap bench top sander that mounts on my lathe.

See it here:

http://rvbprecision.com/shooting/rifle-barrel-sanding-jig.html

 

[Intheshop]

Was going to suggest the woodpecker lathe but it's been posted above.So,here's another tip;

It is entirely doable to make your own belts so,don't think you "have" to build a slack belt machine to any specific size.We use slow setting epoxy on a scarfed joint.Get whatever belt(we use a lot of Klinspor)that's over the target length....look at the popular sizes.4x36,6x48...then cut it apart,tear to width,cut to length,scarf.That just took longer to type than "do".