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Bruce Bump

Bruce Bump

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Im in the market for a good flat disk sander. I want a complete set up with a tilting table. Ive been using a Shop-Smith Mark 5 but want to sell it to buy individual machines. I want Rob Frinks I think, does it have the adjustable tilt table? I like the idea of the domed disk standard sand paper size. Any help is appreciated.
Oh what about the horizontal disk grinders I sometimes hear about?
 
Bruce-

Thanks for the reply on the Foredom :D , the 1/4 hp is the one I was thinking about.

Anyway, on the disc sander:

I'm think the one that Tru-Grit sells is the cat's meow. It has a very high quality table with solid adjustments and they sell it with a DC variable speed, reversible motor.

I would love to have one, John let me tinker with one in Eugene last year. I'm pretty sure Rob Simonich bought one from John last year down there so hopefully he'll chime in here.

Is Rob Frink making a full table to go with the disc? I just thought he was doing the tapered disc (which will be my next tool purchase I do believe). I'll have to check his site on that...if he's building an entire disc set-up that would be a great way to go as well.

The hard thing to swallow is the price...the Tru-Grit model is like $850. I think Ken Onion might have one too.

Hope all is well in Walla Walla! :)
Nick
 
Bruce,
I have a Frink beveled disc sanding disc.
Works great for cleaning up flat grinds or doing a complete Flat grind. I have mine on a reversable variable speed dc motor. I only bought the disc.
Works great on longer blades and sandpaper is much cheaper than buying 9" disc paper!
 
okay guys, for some reason i can't get it in to my rhino skull. do you use theese on a parraell of work the steel down from the top in a vertical. thank i have be thing about anew way :D
 
Rhino, These machines are very quick for making things flat like the back sides of scales, the flats on a flat grind blade, profiling the blamks (the outside radious) finishing up the tapered tang, putting the dovetail on bolsters, etc. etc. Its nice to have the variable speeds for final grinding for better fit and finish. Im not sure I need reverse, maybe I do and dont know it yet. Its easy and cheaper to buy regular size sandpaper and spray glue it on rather than buy a bigger disk diameter and have to buy special high priced paper with the sticky back.

There are lots of people that grind the bevels on smaller knives instead of using the belt grinder or they rough them out and finish on the disk.

One thing Ive never seen mentioned on the forums is the use of a Shop Smith (5in1 machine. They have the table saw,lathe,drill press,horizontal boring,bandsaw,strip sander,jointer,planer,etc. depending on how many attachments you want to buy. They arent cheap but dont take up much space. I have used mine for 15 years. There may be a good buy for one on Ebay at times. Am I rambling again?
 
I forgot the shop smith has a disk grinder and adjustable table set up but uses the 12" disk and higher priced sand paper.
 
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