Thanks for sharing. I appreciate it. I should’ve watched your video before I bought mine about a year ago. I just moved it to a place I can test it and it runs fine so far. Haven’t loaded a sanding belt on it yet but that’s a tale for another day. I’ll let you know how I make out
I found one of these at roadside, minus the disc. I mounted it alongside a bandsaw. Haven't used it yet, and yeah, I know the tracking is going to be an issue. But as my Dad used to say, I got it at the right price.
Tracking is “crap”. Totally agree. Was hoping to see you engineer an alternative to the cam system that would be both more intuitive as well as allow quick de-tensioning of the belt between use. Yours seems to track well, which makes it a rarity in older Craftsman models. Search yields a LOT of folks having issues.
Hey Jeffery, I got this exact belt sander on Craigslist as well. My challenge is replacing the drive belt itself, I'll worry about adjusting it later. I'm unable to access the top pully to switch the belt out. Figured since you have the manual you might be able to help me out. Thank you!
You will have to remove the sanding disc first, on top of the belt cover there are two holes one for the disc and one for the pulley. spin the disc around until you see the allen bolt head for the disc, loosen the bolt and pull off the sanding disc. you may have to remove the belt cover, I have not done this to mine yet, but that's what it looks like you need to do. hope it helps.
@@jeffreyhunterbuilder hey thanks man for hitting me back. I got it sorted out. The sander I picked up was in a barn fire so it had water damage, everything was seized up and I had a hell of a time getting that disc off. I just spent 20 hours bringing it back to life, it's beautiful now. Keep having fun in your shop, and don't take the negative comments personally
I have that same unit. Got at a yd sale for $20. Does yours have a wear channel on the platen casting where the belt can rub if not perfectly aligned? Let me know how you figure out how to make a good dust collector for the main belt
The original plastic piece used an open half cylinder attached to a warped looking flat piece on the side opposite the disc sander. That flat end has a smaller raised circle inside that fits into the circular depression on that side opposite the round sanding disc. A single screw to hold it on and the open half cylinder is bent all along its length to fit the out of round casting on the sanding disc end.
How do you get to be as old as you are and completely lack the basic intuition needed to trouble shoot such things ?... smh... All you have to do is to..."slightly" ... loosen the 4 motor mount fastners and tap the motor into alignment with a rubber mallet or something comparable. "The only true source of knowledge is experience"
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Thanks for sharing. I appreciate it. I should’ve watched your video before I bought mine about a year ago. I just moved it to a place I can test it and it runs fine so far. Haven’t loaded a sanding belt on it yet but that’s a tale for another day. I’ll let you know how I make out
I found one of these at roadside, minus the disc. I mounted it alongside a bandsaw. Haven't used it yet, and yeah, I know the tracking is going to be an issue. But as my Dad used to say, I got it at the right price.
Tracking is “crap”. Totally agree. Was hoping to see you engineer an alternative to the cam system that would be both more intuitive as well as allow quick de-tensioning of the belt between use. Yours seems to track well, which makes it a rarity in older Craftsman models. Search yields a LOT of folks having issues.
Hey Jeffery, I got this exact belt sander on Craigslist as well. My challenge is replacing the drive belt itself, I'll worry about adjusting it later. I'm unable to access the top pully to switch the belt out. Figured since you have the manual you might be able to help me out. Thank you!
You will have to remove the sanding disc first, on top of the belt cover there are two holes one for the disc and one for the pulley. spin the disc around until you see the allen bolt head for the disc, loosen the bolt and pull off the sanding disc.
you may have to remove the belt cover, I have not done this to mine yet, but that's what it looks like you need to do. hope it helps.
@@jeffreyhunterbuilder hey thanks man for hitting me back. I got it sorted out. The sander I picked up was in a barn fire so it had water damage, everything was seized up and I had a hell of a time getting that disc off. I just spent 20 hours bringing it back to life, it's beautiful now. Keep having fun in your shop, and don't take the negative comments personally
How do you change the sanding belt on this?
nice hack
I have that same unit. Got at a yd sale for $20. Does yours have a wear channel on the platen casting where the belt can rub if not perfectly aligned?
Let me know how you figure out how to make a good dust collector for the main belt
Mine does not have a wear channel, you can see wear the belt has been eating away at the cast iron.
The original plastic piece used an open half cylinder attached to a warped looking flat piece on the side opposite the disc sander. That flat end has a smaller raised circle inside that fits into the circular depression on that side opposite the round sanding disc. A single screw to hold it on and the open half cylinder is bent all along its length to fit the out of round casting on the sanding disc end.
Watch a guy build an adjustable plate for an EXISTING adjustable mounting bracket.
How do you get to be as old as you are and completely lack the basic intuition needed to trouble shoot such things ?... smh... All you have to do is to..."slightly" ... loosen the 4 motor mount fastners and tap the motor into alignment with a rubber mallet or something comparable.
"The only true source of knowledge is experience"
I was thinking the exact same thing. That plate he mounted the motor to has a few dozen holes. The whole video seemed redundant to me.