Another clever solution to the problem. I am impressed with your willingness to gut the previous design for the convenience of having the controls on the other side.

The woodworking is great and all, but what I really love about these videos is the ingenuity and design. It's fascinating to watch you work, Matthias.

What i like the most on your videos is definitely the way you isolate an solve tricky problems with very simple insights.... That's not something you learn in school..

I always enjoy watching you build machines and seeing the techniques used and how you overcome the inevitable hiccups.

You never cease to amaze me with your deft engineering skills and the ability to find a way to do everything with wood. It's art. :)

You never cease to amaze me, Mr Peabody.

Man Matthias, I get so excited when my phone updates me with your videos. They are so great, and I'm so impressed with your dedication to woodworking. Keep it up buddy.

Great work, Mattias. I like the progression and how you quickly and concisely explain why you're making the improvements.

Great video. Really enjoy seeing your process on these and how you revisit things that didn't quite work.

Fascinating. I like the way you demonstrate your thinking-tinkering-rationalizing process.

Wow, thats quite a modification to your original design. Glad you to see your unwillingness to compromise when you feel its not right. It really brings your videos to another level when compared to other youtube channels with similar premises.

I enjoyed watching this build and seeing all the solutions to little problems you encountered. Thanks for sharing.

It is nice to see the evolution of thought and process and to see how you make it even better. Thanks for sharing.

The last time I was this early, Matthias was doing his signature table sit.

Trial and error is at the heart of invention! What a great sander! I have to build one of my own. My goal is to have every tool in my shop to be hand built by me. Thankz

I thought the 1st version of this belt sander was very nice. It's amazing at how many little mods and improvements you are making. I'm enjoying watching the belt sander evolve!!!

You are a wonderful human being I've learned a lot from you the hands of the beautiful and widely thought Mohammed from Saudi Arabia thanks

"I'll call that close enough", that's a tshirt right there 😀

Always great watching the troubleshooting and improvments. Great vid as usual.

This has been such an awesome build to watch! I'm so excited every time I see the next video of it is posted!

You are amazing Matthias!

3/4 Mio. viewers... just incredible. Congratulations!

este matias wandel es impresionante con el ingenio que se manda para hacerlo todo manual

The fast forwarded hammering stuff is satisfying to watch... I don't know why...

You sir, are a genius. Love watching the videos.

Nice. I like that backwards spinning insight

I really did not get how that new mechanism should work, but as always, a very good and entertaining video. The part of not understanding is on me...

Genius! Very innovative.

You could also polish up the flat piece of metal you're using underneath the sandpaper with some abrasive cutting compound/metal polish to really alleviate any extreneous sound generated by friction. Just a tiny amount as excessive amounts would make it less level. Just an idea. Looks great, almost ready for green paint no doubt!

Matthias, I love the early videos of your midi powered pipe organ. Would you ever consider doing an in depth build of one of those, like your videos of various home made power tools?

that drill bit was hilarious. even woodworking geniuses make whoopsies sometimes

If you make a *sander* that *trump* s factory made ones, you should call it *bernie*, it would be *hillari* ous

Really into this one, Matthias.

Congratulations .... You are the best !!!

Awesome work and very efficient, I would like to know where you acquire your bearings, seeing as you are a master of frugality, I figured that you would patron a fair priced provider, thanks in advance.

HE IS THE SPOCK OF EXTREME WOODEN CREATIONS

Haha).I also sometimes fix drillbit like that). Great sander, I need it. I necessarily will build something resemble.

I know my hand belt sanders have thick wear bars inside them for when the belts track wrong. I've seen them bars just about cut in half in some sanders too. So don't be afraid to go a bit bigger than that metal you put in there.

Another excellent video. Thank you.

Another excellent video. Thank you

You're like the Bob Ross of wood working.

Nice job and as always, an entertaining vid. Scott

Did you do anything to raise the planen higher above the surface of the table? In the previous video you mentioned that you were considering doing that because the belt was not consistently sitting against it.

How well does a wooden spring like that hold tension under permanent load?

Matthias, I have been watching your videos for a few years now, and I have to say that they isn't one video that I haven't learned a few things from. My question is, what is you background (education / employment)? From all of the computations that you do, you seem to have a good foundation in engineering. Keep up the great work!!

I love how you mis aligned the drill bit, reminds me of a video a long time ago

Nice adaption => nice video. Did you use a special strong wood for the little adjustment pieces?

hmm, very interesting. Wondering why you didn't make the belt tensioning system like convention ones (cam and spring thingy)?

thats a cool tracking mechanism

Hello, comme d'habitude les idées sont géniales et les vidéos très explicites, mais pourquoi ne les faites-vous plus avec l'option traduction? Quoi qu'il en soit je vous suis avec toujours autant de plaisir et vous m'avez beaucoup appris, continuez vous êtes au top !! ;)

Vou tentar fazer esse seu projeto muito criativo.

Hi Matthias ,why not having a adjusting knob on each side , nice video, nice job thanks

great job

Muito interessante ..meus parabéns

I don't have any spare motors (and I don't have the time or desire to shop the garage sales to find one right now- tho thats clearly the place to get them cheap). I looked at harbor freight, they have a 1/2 horse power motor for $120. Or you can get a 3/4 horse power as part of a belt/disc sander for $80, plus I used a %25 off coupon to get it for $60. So either the sander works fine after adjustments, or I got a cheap motor to build one.

it would be intresting if you had a camera somewhere in the shop to take a timelapse of you building and moving the cameras. To show the whole process.

plz make video about old machine in your workshop you made that...

Your quite an intelligent fellow

Bom dia amigo gosto muito de ver seus videos ,parabéns.

Come up with a little.... say an aluminium plate, engraved with "Wandel" and there ya go- a whole new tool line - coming soon to a store near you! Yeah- outset lettering with a rounded rectangle border... with Green backgrounding. It'll be great! ;-)

Looking great! Eventually you will have fully loaded shop with completely homemade power tools!

cool thing

Площадку под лентой можно было делать из керамической плитки. A platform under belt could be made from a ceramic tile.

Why didn't you make the threaded rods longer and have controls on both sides? That would have solved your front and sideways control problem without being awkward.

no hablo ingles y tampoco lo enyiendo mucho, donde consigo las medidad de todas la piezas para ensamblar la lijadora, gracias.

you are a GENIUS!

Would it be a bad idea to make the adjustment shafts go straight through the machine with one adjustment knob on each side?

I hope there is a version two because this is getting over complicated.

crazy thought: maybe if the rollers are a bit concave instead of convex they would pull the belt to the center?

May I ask how is the silicon on the roller holding up against the wear out? Seemed like a clever idea, but I wonder if the material is tough enough for this task.

Love your work!!

I look at this revision, reminds me of the three bones between the tympanic membrane and the cochlea.

If Matthias built a car entirely out of wood, I'd drive it.

Was there any reason that you made a whole new design with wooden springs rather than just adding metal springs to the old one?

very ingenious!

Hallo, das ist klasse was Du da baust. Gruß

On some belts (the cheap ones) the length is inconsistent - usually shorter. Can I modify this for larger travel for easier belt changes

Hello Matthias Wandel, I congratulate you on your videos, you know I'm still a novice in the art of carpentry but I really like, in some videos you use diagrams or drawings ... could I share that program you use?

What is the power switch? Did it come with the motor, or is it repurposed from another source?

You could put knobs on both sides!

Nice job Mathias. do you plan on having plans for sale on this project

Another awesome video. cheers :)

I saw a machine very similar to this at Harbor Freight.

I thought you were going to use laminate flooring for the platen. Did I miss something or were you not happen with it for some reason?

thanks for for the great work please tell me which is mre useful for wood working the strip sander belt sander

Couldn't you make it pivot? so it stands up or would this be pointless?

I would have espected a knob on either side to come, guess it saves buying a new shaft.

cutting out patterns reminded me of grade school... goody goody

Question (that might be actually a bit stupid): Making your tools out of wood wouldn't be a slight fire hazard? I mean, if you have some friction on a piece it could heat up quite a bit, right?

Awesome. (y) Why can't the cylinders have a belly in the middle, like your band saw wheels have, that way there would be no need for tracking?

Are you planning to do a stand for this which allows you to flip it sideways?

boa noite desculpe por esta escrevendo em portugues amigo voce poderia passar as medidas do seu projeto para que eu possa fazer uma para mim obrigado

muito bom valeu.

Matthias, why don't you use the Maximum drill that you got?

It's coming nice 😊

Would it have been easier to reverse the motor?

why dont you use torx screws? i switched to them some time ago, much better in my opinion. they are not much more expensive and dont slip like philips by accidentally selecting the wrong bit. if its the wrong bit, it doesnt fit at all.

8:03 are you saying “pop can shim”? Ie a piece of aluminium or other metal cut from a metal beverage container?

The link to the video article has a typo so it does not work.

very nice projekt :)