Thicknessing Sander

[Tillius]

I'm thinking about building a thicknessing sander - do you think 50"wide is overkill?

tillius

[Mike G]

I give up, is it. Do you do many 50 inch panels?

[charlieb]

Yes

(how are you going to keep it from flexing over a 4 foot two inch span? If it's metal, how are you going to lift it onto the unit the first time? You doing conference tables or commercial sized doors?)

[Tillius]

charlieb wrote in news: [e-mail]:

Didn't think about the flexing issue. Just thought it'd be nice to be able to do an entire tabletop at once. Maybe I should scale it back to 24 or

26".

As a related note, does anyone know of any feed conveyer belt plans available I could get some ideas from.

anyway - thanks for the feedback.

tillius

[Tillius]

"Mike G" wrote in news:e [e-mail]:

No. I was just thinking it'd be nice to be able to do an entire tabletop in one pass. As charlieb mentioned, I didn't think about the flexing issue.

If I could overcome it, it'd still be nice to be able to do an entire table top at once, but if not, I guess I'll scale it back to 24" or 26", belts would be cheaper that way anyway.

tillius

[Upscale]

You'd be doing that many tabletops or surfaces that would be wider than that to consider a 48" thickness sander?