This is awesome. It would be great to see Grizzly come out with an official version of the hook & loop conversion kit for the smaller drum sanders so those of us working in small spaces. Guessing on the angle & cutting the oversized piece to fit is one way to go but it would be nice if Grizzly made that unnecessary.
Should be getting my G0458Z in the next week. Definitely gonna try this, but I was also gonna try the 3M Cubitron II. Not sure if I can get the right dimensions.
If the 3M material is longer than needed I’m sure you have some playing around room to work with to get the angle close. If it’s similar in width to the stuff I used you should be able to use that angle to some degree and work out from there, either way though, please let me know your thoughts on the 3M if you go that route!
I'm about to do a diy drum sander and I think I'll use hook and loop for the drum. I think I may try Abranet instead of regular ole sand paper, Abranet is good stuff. I guess I could also just find some velcro to stick on the drum for the hook and loop action.
@@RiverbendWoodworks I've used the Abranet on my orbital sander, wide open, sticks well for quite awhile. And it lasts forever too. If it'll work on a drum sander, it may be heaven lol
@@piptyson5512 It looks like it's been about a year. Did you try it? How'd that work out? To me the benefit of abranet is dust collection through the paper. On a drum sander you don't have any air behind the paper so I'm curious what the benefit might be. I love abranet and use it on my RO sanders (Mirkas) but it tears much easier.
By not using tape? I was following a video from Grizzly on the 24” sander and it showed using tape to secure at each end. Do you not do that step? Does it still work well?
The Grizzley has a better set up than the Powermatic ---the Powermatic only has tension clips to hold the sandpaper in and constantly slip out ruining the surface of your project--I don't know how the Powermatic design got passed----these Allen screws appear to work much better
I was totally looking for an easier way to trim basically every step on this, and that final hack job with the Velcro roll was more out of necessity because man that stuff is sticky! Works good so far though!
@@RiverbendWoodworks Ive tried it with my old 7" disc sander but I guess I didn't use high enough quality stuff because it would eventually come off due to heat. Someday I would love to get a open ended drum sander like yours. It's not cheap but w worth while investment. Especially with nets!
Having run a lot of material through the new setup, I can honestly say it’s got a similar finish to the original. The real win is in how quick you can change grits…way less cussing involved.
I followed your instructions to the letter and it was great. My Grizzly works fantastic with the hook and loop, so far. Great video. Keep 'em coming!
Well now there's an idea!
This is awesome.
It would be great to see Grizzly come out with an official version of the hook & loop conversion kit for the smaller drum sanders so those of us working in small spaces.
Guessing on the angle & cutting the oversized piece to fit is one way to go but it would be nice if Grizzly made that unnecessary.
Yes!!! I need one for my Ryobi 16"
excellent video, thank-you for sharing.
Should be getting my G0458Z in the next week. Definitely gonna try this, but I was also gonna try the 3M Cubitron II. Not sure if I can get the right dimensions.
If the 3M material is longer than needed I’m sure you have some playing around room to work with to get the angle close. If it’s similar in width to the stuff I used you should be able to use that angle to some degree and work out from there, either way though, please let me know your thoughts on the 3M if you go that route!
I'm about to do a diy drum sander and I think I'll use hook and loop for the drum. I think I may try Abranet instead of regular ole sand paper, Abranet is good stuff. I guess I could also just find some velcro to stick on the drum for the hook and loop action.
I’ll have to check that out! Whichever you go with, just make sure the stuff is suuuuper sticky just in case! Good luck on the build!
@@RiverbendWoodworks I've used the Abranet on my orbital sander, wide open, sticks well for quite awhile. And it lasts forever too. If it'll work on a drum sander, it may be heaven lol
@@piptyson5512 It looks like it's been about a year. Did you try it? How'd that work out? To me the benefit of abranet is dust collection through the paper. On a drum sander you don't have any air behind the paper so I'm curious what the benefit might be. I love abranet and use it on my RO sanders (Mirkas) but it tears much easier.
There are online calculators for drum sander initial cut angle.
Where to buy the adhesive, hook and loop paper
When you add the tape, I could have already replaced both rolls of paper on my 25" dual drum sander
By not using tape? I was following a video from Grizzly on the 24” sander and it showed using tape to secure at each end. Do you not do that step? Does it still work well?
The Grizzley has a better set up than the Powermatic ---the Powermatic only has tension clips to hold the sandpaper in and constantly slip out ruining the surface of your project--I don't know how the Powermatic design got passed----these Allen screws appear to work much better
Seems to me that changing sandpaper will be more difficult with this nethod!
I can defiantly say it’s much faster, even with cutting the new piece and installing. No odd tensioning required either.
100 percent. looks insane lol
I probably would have done the Velcro the same way as the paper 😂. Just leave overlap and trim the ends once on
I was totally looking for an easier way to trim basically every step on this, and that final hack job with the Velcro roll was more out of necessity because man that stuff is sticky! Works good so far though!
@@RiverbendWoodworks Ive tried it with my old 7" disc sander but I guess I didn't use high enough quality stuff because it would eventually come off due to heat. Someday I would love to get a open ended drum sander like yours. It's not cheap but w worth while investment. Especially with nets!
By doing this you take away the benifit of an open ended sander.
How so? Still functions just the same with the hook and loop setup as it did before. Actually makes changing grits faster as well.
seems like a down grade
Having run a lot of material through the new setup, I can honestly say it’s got a similar finish to the original. The real win is in how quick you can change grits…way less cussing involved.