This belt sander, as a regular belt sander
is just about finished, but to make it usable
as an edge belt sander, I need to make
some sort of a base,
that I can tip it down on,
and then this goes on here,
and this will bolt on in a way that it can slide up and down.
And, then the table goes on there,
so I can adjust that vertically.
Now, I need some threaded knobs, like this,
to hold this onto here, and this is for my tilting router lift.
So, I just printed out the shape from my plans
and I'm gonna use a carriage bolt for the thread.
I have to scrape the finish off this old plywood
where I want to glue to it.
I'll just leave these to dry, like that, cause I can't
very well clamp these pieces.
The T-Nut's gonna fit in here, and then this knob
has to go through another piece of plywood
and into the T-Nut. Except my bolt is a bit short,
so what I have to do, is I have to cut this piece of plywood
down to just thick enough for the T-Nut,
so I can still reach it.
I cut these just a bit too thick, so I have to
sand them down to the right thickness.
I hadn't modeled those gussets in CAD, so then I realized
they're a bit too deep.
That hook on the end of the table is too awkward.
Now, the reason why I put the nuts, that this goes on
in slots, is so I can tilt the table a little bit if I want to.
Now, so far on the front, it's just been resting on these
nut holders. That's not terribly secure,
so I made this thing, which holds up the front of it,
and also keeps these nut holders in place,
although it still let's them slide around a bit.
Well, I think this machine is ready for some green paint.
And, now the sander is painted.
And, if I want to use it as a regular belt sander,
all I have to do is just flip it back up.
And, now comes the big job of drawing a set of plans for this.
I'll put a link to them in the description, when they're done.