TomPracMac
Aluminum
- Joined
- Mar 8, 2005
- Location
- Gettysburg, PA
Hi,
Help, please. What is the proper direction the drums should rotate on a 25" Kuster Ultasand dual drum sander.
I acquired this sander from an estate, and therefore it's impossible to talk with anybody who has ever operated it. Further, the only owner's manuals I've been able to locate do not provide any indication of proper rotation direction.
At present, the drums rotate 'away' from the operator. That is, unless the board is very securely held by the traveling feed belt and pressure bars, the drums would grab the board and shoot it through the sander away from the operator. [Sort of similar to climb milling....]
The drum rotation on this Kuster sander is the opposite of my Delta 18" /36" drum sander [and it's is the opposite way wood planers rotate]. That is, my Delta sander and planers tend to reject the board back to the operator.
Sometime, a prior owner modified the machine to make each drum individually adjustable for height. I am concerned that he/she changed the drum direction also. Anybody know which way the drums should rotate? [I'm a little too scared to try ... fearing the drums are now going the wrong way.]
Thank you very much for the help. Tom
Help, please. What is the proper direction the drums should rotate on a 25" Kuster Ultasand dual drum sander.
I acquired this sander from an estate, and therefore it's impossible to talk with anybody who has ever operated it. Further, the only owner's manuals I've been able to locate do not provide any indication of proper rotation direction.
At present, the drums rotate 'away' from the operator. That is, unless the board is very securely held by the traveling feed belt and pressure bars, the drums would grab the board and shoot it through the sander away from the operator. [Sort of similar to climb milling....]
The drum rotation on this Kuster sander is the opposite of my Delta 18" /36" drum sander [and it's is the opposite way wood planers rotate]. That is, my Delta sander and planers tend to reject the board back to the operator.
Sometime, a prior owner modified the machine to make each drum individually adjustable for height. I am concerned that he/she changed the drum direction also. Anybody know which way the drums should rotate? [I'm a little too scared to try ... fearing the drums are now going the wrong way.]
Thank you very much for the help. Tom