Making thin wood or veneers

[north wood clocks]

I resaw my own woods for making large fretwork clocks. Has anyone any suggestions for a wide belt drum sander? King is one brand of sander I have seen, Performax 16-32 drum sander is more expensive, is it worth it? any other suggestions? north wood clocks

[lucky788scroller]

I love my performax 16/32. Its not a necessity, but it sure makes life easier. Worth every penny in my book. Dale

[Hobbyhorse]

My 16?32 sander is one of those cloned Taiwanese ones which works just fine. As for comparisons with Performax I don't Know but I would not be without my one.

Rhys H.

[CanadianScroller]

Sander Plans

I haven't used a commercial thickness sander before but I have come across some plans.
http://www.rockslide.org/drum%20sander.html
http://members.cox.net/elarson5/sander.htm
http://www.ukuleles.com/BuildingHowTo/sandthck.html

From other discussions I have had with people it seems a sander with the drum on the top and an adjustable table is better than the table with a drum protruding through the top.
The latter is ok for surface sanding but does not allow uniform thickness.

[Jediscroller]

The 2 that I've been debating between are the Performax and the Delta. From all my reading and research, I'm going with the Performax.
FWIW, I use a sled on my planer now for planing down to very thin thicknesses, I've planed as thin as 3/32" without issue.

Kevin

[north wood clocks]

Thank you

Thank you , thank each of you (Dale, Rhys H, Carl, and Keven) for taking the time to answer my query about making thin woods or veneers. I was looking to make 3/32 wood for a project. I really appreciated the web page suggestions from "Canadian Scroller". Very interesting. Thanks again for the help.
I eventually took some very strait grain wood and got it very close with
out buying a new machine this time.

north wood clocks

[lucky788scroller]

cool! and that was cheaper then either of the two sanders you were considering! More money for wood!