Another Newbie Question

[MontanaSlick]

Thanks Johnny for the info, I booked mark it, from  Wyoming, it's gotta be good stuff.

TW, I've seen those sanders you have and will get the disc and drum unit here in the near future.

Took my dye and mixed it with EEVO, applied it to my practice piece design.  WOW.

I ferget who told me about it, but thanks, I like it.
Now to seal it with some Skidmores, Thanks JD and Johnny yer one of the best of the best.

[TN Mongo]

A couple of local leather guys advised me to use my belt sander for welts when I first started doing holsters.  Frankly, I was kind of worried that the belt sander was way too much power tool for what I wanted to do.  Then I got John Bianchi’s DVDs on holster making and saw his sander/burnisher.  Being notoriously cheap and willing to use tools for purposes they were never intended for, I “jury rigged” some things for my table top drill press and laid it on my bench horizontally.  I used this system for 5 years and was perfectly happy, but it was kind of a pain when I wanted to use my drill press for its original purpose.

The next time Harbor Freight ran one of their $39.99 drill press sales, I bought one and never totally assembled it.  It works very well and is much cheaper solution than some other options.  I haven’t gotten around to building a jig to secure it to the bench yet.  But when you have to decide between getting a leather project done and getting paid for it and making your shop more aesthetically pleasing, I think you know what wins at my place.

One picture shows the drill head with a sanding drum; the other photo is a burnishing wheel. 

[MontanaSlick]

Thanks fer the tip TM, good pik of it too.

MS

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[Arizona Cattleman]

TM, Thats a drill press on end isn't it?

AC

[TN Mongo]

AC,

It's just the head of the drill press.  I didn't attach the steel shaft or the base plate when I took it out of the box.  When I use to use my assembled drill press the steel pipe that the head was mounted on always got in the way.  Just using the head from this new drill press allows me more freedom to sand and burnish at different angles and directions.

It turns at slow enough RPMs and works fine for $39.99.  Lowes sells the sanding drums and I made the burnishing wheel from a bolt, washers, a nut, and stacked 1 1/2" wool felt disks that I found on amazon.com.

[Marshal Will Wingam]

That's a nice sanding rig, TN. I'll have to keep an eye out for a sale on those. Heck, I'm halfway there since I already have the box. Great idea.

[JD Alan]

Mongo, that is an excellent idea. I simply don't have the forethought for that sort of thing. I almost need instructions for putting my shoes on!

[MontanaSlick]

JD, just go barefooted.

I just found the use fer my drimmel and now I see more play toys , it's disc and belt in the future.

Thanks for the piks and eyes on.

MS