Workshop Wednesday: Installing a New Belt on the Drum Sander AND The Best Place to Buy Abrasives

In this video I show you how I cut a new sanding belt from a bulk roll and install it on the PerforMaX 16-32Plus, made much easier by using PerforMaX’s TufTool.
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[@mpart_woodlathe-stuff]

Thanks Lisa for a glimpse into one of those machines. I'll probably never need one but you never know ! Workshop Wednesdays are fun for me ! You too ? Thanks for sharing. Take care. -Mike

[@LisaRamlow]

Thanks Mike! This is actually pretty helpful for me, especially since I didn’t have to pay for it 🤣. I’ll have more WW vids coming since I still have to replace the relay in the lathe and the regulator in the compressor. 👍

[@mpart_woodlathe-stuff]

@@LisaRamlow I'll be very interested in R&R of the lathe relay ! 👍😎

[@thefreemathtutor]

Cool stuff, keep the Wednesday vids coming, please.

[@LisaRamlow]

Hanks Doug! You’re in luck cuz I have to replace the relay on the lathe and the regulator on the compressor, among other things 🤣

[@fashionwoodwork4623]

Yes great weekend Lisa 🤝💐💐💐💐🤝

[@LisaRamlow]

Thanks, you too!

[@user-gt5zj8tg2q]

aint it nice when tools work like they supposed to👍

[@LisaRamlow]

It is indeed! 😃

[@jackthompson5092]

Well done Lisa.

[@LisaRamlow]

Thanks Jack!

[@georgewilmore7599]

I have the tool and now I know how to use it correctly. Thanks.

[@LisaRamlow]

Hi George! It definitely helps - I installed the 36-grit belt without it cuz I forgot I had it! 🤣

[@alinmayerthorpe7801]

Good tutorial on sandpaper changing in a drum sander! I don't have one and I probably never will because I have no room in my shop for one and they are very expensive to buy! Thanks! Cheers Al

[@LisaRamlow]

Hi Al! I’m so pleased that you watch the videos even if they aren’t necessarily relevant to you, that means a lot to me. Appreciate you! 😃

[@davidmorgan7522]

Thanks for that Lisa! My Jet opens differently and is a real pain to change. Wish mine opened like yours, my frustration level would go down! Lol! Take care, Dave

[@LisaRamlow]

Thanks Dave! This one is pretty easy once I remembered I had the tool 🙄🤣

[@cookiescoop6065]

Thanks for sharing have a great weekend ✌️

[@LisaRamlow]

Thank you!

[@NianticRiverWoodcraftingChrisN]

I have the same machine but branded by Jet. Always dread changing the paper, but now I know how to use that special tool. Thanks for the video!

[@LisaRamlow]

Excellent, I’m glad it was helpful! The tool really does make it pretty easy!

[@chrisjohnston2449]

We actually changed our sandpaper on our machine today. we do not have the same machine as you. I wish we did have the same one because it was a lot harder to get our belt to stay tight. Cheers

[@LisaRamlow]

Hi Chris! I’m pleased with it, even more so since I I swiped it from my dad and didn’t actually choose the brand, etc. good thing dad’s got good taste in woodworking equipment 😃 That tool definitely helps, though I was able to install the 36-grit without it - cuz I forgot I had it! 🤣

[@jimdaly5077]

Hi good info thank you.all the best 👍🐝🌞

[@LisaRamlow]

Thanks Jim!

[@vernsteinbrecker3759]

Great video, now I know how to use that tool if I can find it. Just set it aside because I didn’t know how to use it

[@LisaRamlow]

Hi Vern! I put on a 36 grit roll without it because I didn’t think I had any more paper and I didn’t know (or had forgotten that I’d brought it home from dad’s with the sander) had the tool. Turns out I had several appropriate grits and this tool in a box. Right on the shelf under the sander 🙄🤣