Sanding Parallel Boards on the Flatmaster Drum Sander EthAnswers

Ethan shows his favorite way to sand parallel or "thickness sand" a board with the Flatmaster.
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[@leighhardy9926]

I bought my Flatmaster 11 years ago. Love it. I have used it a lot. I use a shop vac for the dust collection. The dust collection is good. Thanks for the Demo on Making the sides parallel.

[@StockroomSupply]

Awesome! Glad you are your Flatmaster. Thanks for watching!

[@bobolulu7615]

Excellent! I need to parallel up a few pieces of fibreglassed wood, and this is exactly what I need. Thanks man!

[@petem6503]

I have a variant (SandFlee) on the concept. I really like the open drum because it will joint the piece. Bonus: Cubitron now makes strips; I converted, and ... wowie!! Best of both worlds.

[@kenanklovitch8117]

I have been using my 24: flatmaster for a couple months now and love it, it is safe, easy, accurate, not too loud and virtually dust free. Highly recommend it, I use it every day. One question how do you just pop off the mdf? Cut it or knock it off?

[@jastoddart]

very cool I'm about to take an ebony board down to 8mm for a fret board this trick solves the problem I was looking at

[@StockroomSupply]

Very cool! I hope it turns out well 👍

[@adamcone6856]

How well did this work out for your luthiery? I am considering buying one for luthiery but am just starting the journey. I'm really curious about this compared to a massive drum sander. Thanks!

[@jastoddart]

I've ended up primarly using it to flaten highly figured blanks. and it doses a great job for that. You can bring stock down to dimension with a bit of careful work, and Dust control is better than a belt drum sander. I've been more that happy with it.

[@xaviergarcia2301]

Nice video,i never heard of this type of tool,jointer/sander kinda contraption,seems way safer than blade jointer,only part that freaks me out is how your shirt is so close to the roller i feel it could get pulled in with the help of the dust collector vaccum...take care man and thanks for the cool demo

[@StockroomSupply]

The Flatmasters are pretty unique machines its true! And yeah good call on my loose shirt. I'll pay closer attention next time 👍

[@short6691]

A nice trick I had not considered. Thanks! Which model was in the demo?

[@StockroomSupply]

Thanks! I was using the 24" Flatmaster in this video

[@avramw]

I feel like I don't have mine dialed in right or something. I've tried flattening an end grain board with it and the leading edge always ends up a little thinner than the rest. I must be doing something wrong...

[@stevem268]

with an endgrain cutting board you can sand from all 4 edges, just rotate your board after each pass

[@StockroomSupply]

Hey Ron! I agree with the rotating the board as Steve mentions. You may also have the drum set a bit too high. Here's a video showing how to set it up - kzbin.info/www/bejne/baalaGZsjaqJbrc

[@rebeldog6630]

your table is not flat over entire table surface.

[@walkingconifer]

Just buy a planer...