Thickness sander feeding issue- updated with pictures
Machine is a Reliant open end sander model DD150?
It has varible speed feed it worked when first tried it with oak.
Then I was burning wood so I upped to a coarser grit paper, worked ok.
Next time using with pine I noticed it did not want to feed well. I think there was some messing around with the tension, which was adjusted back tighter. I also notice I will be cleaning and polishing and greasing the (NON-bearing containing) rotating shaft on the non drive side. was quite sticky.
Main question:
The machined work surface is quite rough. Not just rust which will be fixed and did not look like a issue. The machining marks, looks like a board after ripping with an 8" coarse tooth blade. Could that be a likely issue? I do not want to spend 4 hours plus trying to take off the higher surfacing marks if it is no chance the issue. I thought I would polish the bed with like Flitz, but it does not need a 1500 grit polish if it has 10 grit lines in it.
The drive spindle has not been looked at yet. What surface texture is most desirable?
Thanks
Troy
Machine is a Reliant open end sander model DD150?
It has varible speed feed it worked when first tried it with oak.
Then I was burning wood so I upped to a coarser grit paper, worked ok.
Next time using with pine I noticed it did not want to feed well. I think there was some messing around with the tension, which was adjusted back tighter. I also notice I will be cleaning and polishing and greasing the (NON-bearing containing) rotating shaft on the non drive side. was quite sticky.
Main question:
The machined work surface is quite rough. Not just rust which will be fixed and did not look like a issue. The machining marks, looks like a board after ripping with an 8" coarse tooth blade. Could that be a likely issue? I do not want to spend 4 hours plus trying to take off the higher surfacing marks if it is no chance the issue. I thought I would polish the bed with like Flitz, but it does not need a 1500 grit polish if it has 10 grit lines in it.
The drive spindle has not been looked at yet. What surface texture is most desirable?
Thanks
Troy