drill powered belt sander

[@TOMA21207]

Simple design and very nice, also practical. One thing you might consider, that rubber band you put to tension send belt it will be burnout fast from friction of the shaft, or not if shaft don't turn with tension wheel, I can't tell from the video. Keep up good work.

[@JohnHeisz]

Cool! Very nice, simple design - I like it!

[@rickharriss]

I like it :-) Simple and elegant. Thanks for showing us.

[@patw999]

ArmasLahtaaja: Super cool. Great job. don't know why anyone is giving you a thumbs down. You made something really cool, functional, portable and it works great. All I can say is they must just be jealous of what you have come up with. You can even go up a little more in size if you want too. Thumbs up.

[@ArmasLahtaaja]

Thank you. Both 6 mm shafts are pretty much stationary in terms of rotation; just the wheels rotate on them. Machine works fine with 3-4 rubber bands, and I've not lost any yet.

[@Woodentoolcompany2]

Pretty Cool! I love wooden tools!

[@shugmccormack2176]

genius.. nice wee set up mate ..

[@MaorCarmi]

This is Amazing! If I were you, I'd make a commercial assembly set out of this, maybe without the motor though...

[@ArmasLahtaaja]

Not that good, but hopefully there is enough idea for others to benefit and create something useful for themselves.

[@pheenix42]

Using elastic bands for the wheel tension is quite clever!

[@mervhoward5821]

Excellent design. I must get my brain to do the same things.

[@cffellows]

Pretty Nice! Just goes to show what can be done with simple tools!

[@stringmanipulator]

Very clever and "easy" design :)

[@rhoula]

I think it looks excellent except for the rubber bands, it does not look like it will last longer. Thank you for sharing.

[@ArmasLahtaaja]

I still use the machine and the rubber bands don't break.

[@dvnstone]

Awesome! I could really use that right now

[@RickMcQuay]

Well thought out and nicely executed.

[@gilbertchircop9377]

I love it's simplicity. I think Im gonna make this one on week end. Can I have the cutting list of the parts?

[@ArmasLahtaaja]

+Gilbert Chircop Sorry, there is no list or plans. Just a video for inspiration.

[@gilbertchircop9377]

+ArmasLahtaaja ok then thank you

[@shortyumpire]

Great little machine! Looks like it is cut on a CNC router... do you have a CAD drawing of this? I would like to cut one on my homemade CNC.

[@ArmasLahtaaja]

Parts were sawn with a scroll saw, there was never any detailed plans, I just drew lines to plywood.

[@simonlev2629]

Using slots for building the frame, great idea. This might work for building a drill powered small bandsaw , Like dizzy swan drill powered bandsaw, but More simple.

[@johnmcguire6443]

Very nice simple design. Do you buy those 3 wheels with the rubber already on them?

[@ArmasLahtaaja]

Thanks.The wheels are cut from birch board with a hole saw and have layers of vulcanising tape around them.

[@mcorrade]

Brilliantly simple. What was the white pvc looking tube for?

[@ArmasLahtaaja]

Thanks. The tube is for connecting a shop vac.

[@dahmanus2002]

great job, well done, but i think if you'll put two belts in the same time will prevent the cut of one and let you finish your job without turnig off this machine, or you can easilly print the belt with candom to brig her a long life

[@Jay2525Jay]

Great simple design. Thanks

[@captenhadok]

faut-il tout démonter pour changer le ruban ???

[@juanfranciscorojas5199]

congratulations on your work, very good design, very different, it is possible to know what is that white tube placed near the end ? which it is the function and if you can specify the actions , I do that , thank you, I am from Santiago de Chile

[@ArmasLahtaaja]

+JUAN FRANCISCO ROJAS Thanks. The design could of course be made much better but that is what I came up with back then - with very limited resources. The tube is for connecting a vacuum cleaner.

[@fitulus]

Great work. Beauty of simple

[@warlordtime]

would you have any plans for this drawn up as it seems very simple to replecate

[@ArmasLahtaaja]

Sorry no plans; this bad video is all there is. You would not want to copy the machine as it is anyway - but you may want to use some ideas from it.

[@Pantorouter]

very clever design!!! sure must need ear protection ;)

[@blee3509]

Good design except for the rubber band applying the tension to the belt. Rubber band does not have enough force. I would modify the design to use extension springs on each side to provide more force. The springs would also last longer than the rubber band which loses it strength with time.

[@mikkosutube]

+steve ling put more rubber bands if necessary, the surface area of the sander is so small that the resistance would be negligable

[@ArmasLahtaaja]

Yes there is absolutely no problem with using rubber bands. The force needed is very easy to adjust by the amount and/or length of the rubber bands.

[@ianedwards1293]

Elegant, Very nice job

[@jakeabel2548]

I have seen a bunch of these videos on youtube. But why do people not use a router? I'm thinking of making one for the large sanding belts. Would a router be better for that?

[@AztekKen]

Not many people have routers :) and drills are more common.

[@puddingpimp]

A router spins at something like 30 thousand RPM. I wouldn't make a pulley out of wood and attach it to a router. What you might try is getting an RC model brushless motor with a low kv (rpm/volt) and running it at a low voltage, but I suspect once you add up the cost of the LiPo battery and ESC, it's cheaper to just buy a cordless or plugin hand drill. The only downside to using a hand drill is they have brushed motors which wear out with continuous usage, at least until hand tool manufacturers get with the 21st century and start using brushless DC motors.

[@ItsaboutMakingnotBuying]

puddingpimp DeWalt makes brushless DC motors.

[@ArmasLahtaaja]

This machine was made out of what was available - and I do have a few cordless drills from recycling center. Actually from their trash bin. Thrown away because they had no working batteries. Router I use for routing... And as noted above, router motor would be far too fast for a sanding machine. But, the point for my little machine - which is not in any way perfect - is that you can make one up from whatever you happen to have around you. Maybe the best things in my version are tensioning with ordinary rubber bands - works great at least with such a small sanding belt - and the use of a discarded drill and it's chuck. Definitely the table is the worst part of it - it is only supported from the center. That's why now it has the table replaced; but I do still use the machine and it works well enough so that I have not yet made a new one.

[@Noeman2009]

puddingpimp How can I make my router spins slower?

[@gilbertchircop9377]

now about the power did you use a 12V transformer or did you use the 230V with a 13A plug

[@ArmasLahtaaja]

+Gilbert Chircop I run the drill motor with a small (maybe 20 Ah) 12 V battery with it's charger connected to it.

[@Sherif13275]

cute design and Practical

[@rm42749]

Excellent job!

[@hamiltonricci1790]

Muito bom! Parabéns!

[@Sysiphistication]

Very nice. And about what I can afford.

[@TOMA21207]

In that case you did great job.

[@ArmasLahtaaja]

Thank you. Yes, it's a bit noisy, as is my vacuum cleaner. But, one has to have a need for his once so expensive earmuffs. ;)

[@ArmasLahtaaja]

Thanks, I appreciate.

[@digitalPimple]

very cool.

[@ArmasLahtaaja]

For connecting vacuum cleaner hose.

[@memoryleaked]

Sound blast warning. Protect your ears.

[@mardyfez]

Brill design and video

[@picauu]

Genial

[@cuongleviet8437]

nice

[@gilbertchircop9377]

the hi speed is of Max RPM:12000

[@ArmasLahtaaja]

+Gilbert Chircop It is probably much too high. A sander does not need a lot of speed.

[@gilbertchircop9377]

but the transformer that i will going to buy has a switch that can turn down the voltage and it will bring down the the speed

[@allthingsawesome2]

cool

[@luisbalum]

suave

[@MarvinLStohs]

Buy one for $30.00

[@rickharriss]

Marvin L Stohs Sr Not in the Uk :-( and this is practically free.

[@YN3_]

Just a toy.

[@Germanwtb]

A toy for a hobby, that's what hobbies are ... essentially playing. Don't you think?

[@SuperHairycornflake]

pretty pointless really, you explain nothing

[@ArmasLahtaaja]

Sorry, it's not a tutorial.

[@ivanritts6355]

NOTHING IS POINTLESS JUST WATCHING IS ENOUGH FOR SOME PEOPLE

[@modeldaughters]

If it were a tutorial you might have a point but to be honest I would rather see more tutorials made in the fashion of this video, which is short and to the point (and almost tutorial quality) and I don't have to listen to someone drone on forever as though they'd never realized they could edit things out of their videos. Just my opinion as I gleaned quite a bit from this video myself.