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Thread: Stroke/Pad Sander
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10th July 2022, 03:14 PM #1
Stroke/Pad Sander
This is my Stroke (Australian/USA name) Pad (UK name) sander, it's Italian made and probably dates from the 1980's, these Sanders sell cheep these days, mainly because of their footprint, but they are a good machine to own.
I have replaced the traditional slated bed with some 30mm ply and put rows of dog holes in it, so now I can lock the sliding bed in place and use it as a very handy extra work bench.
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Make
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Platen
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10th July 2022, 03:25 PM #2
To make the sliding table bench more useful, I have made/added a few accessories
LH Sliding table lock.jpg
Sliding Table lock
Record 145 holdfast clamps.jpg
Record 145 Holdfast clamps
Dog holes with a couple of homemade cam clamps.jpg
Home made cam clamps
2 Right angle timber holders.jpg
Homemade right angle stock holder
Right angle timber holder.jpg
Close up of stock holder, the vertical slots are for T Clamps to hold the stock in place
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10th July 2022, 04:13 PM #3
Hi Peter,
In response to your comments on my LS Barker Bandsaw thread.
I know when I had the electric motor rewind the guy charged more for the 2 speed and when I asked how it worked he said there was a Tap on the motor and gave me this rough wiring diagram.
Wiring diagram.jpg
This is the 2 speed Forward/Reverse switch I was trying to describe in my Bandsaw thread.
2 speed switch.JPG
Pic of control panel, the top switch is the Extractor fan on/off switch (it works fine but not original and needs replacing with one that fits better) middle switch controls the belt and needs replacing with a 2 speed forward/reverse switch to take advantage of the 2 speed motor rewind, the bottom switch is the Up/Down control for the sliding table (this switch also works, but would be better if is said Up/Down for the direction of table movement)
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Cheers Nigel
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10th July 2022, 07:33 PM #4