Redesigning how the tracking and tension adjustments work on the 6x48" belt sander to move the controls to the other side and make tracking more responsive. woodgears.ca/be... Plans here: woodgears.ca/be...
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@eCitizen18 жыл бұрын
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.
@busterbox8 жыл бұрын
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.
@drsdrs25258 жыл бұрын
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..
@1anthonybrowning8 жыл бұрын
I always enjoy watching you build machines and seeing the techniques used and how you overcome the inevitable hiccups.
@strangersound8 жыл бұрын
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. :)
@roldac8 жыл бұрын
You never cease to amaze me, Mr Peabody.
@tangledupinbluegrass8 жыл бұрын
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.
@1stage8 жыл бұрын
Great work, Mattias. I like the progression and how you quickly and concisely explain why you're making the improvements.
@jmstrings8 жыл бұрын
Great video. Really enjoy seeing your process on these and how you revisit things that didn't quite work.
@johnbouttell58278 жыл бұрын
Fascinating. I like the way you demonstrate your thinking-tinkering-rationalizing process.
@Clayphish8 жыл бұрын
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.
@athiker72098 жыл бұрын
I enjoyed watching this build and seeing all the solutions to little problems you encountered. Thanks for sharing.
@ddutton08 жыл бұрын
It is nice to see the evolution of thought and process and to see how you make it even better. Thanks for sharing.
@donknotts6508 жыл бұрын
The last time I was this early, Matthias was doing his signature table sit.
@Papperlapappmaul8 жыл бұрын
Oh how badly I wish the thumbs down button actually worked... I can't be the only one who's sick of these damn overused maymays...
@xl0008 жыл бұрын
it's pronounced "meem"/ "meems"
@audiotechlabs46508 жыл бұрын
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
@mikedickson29258 жыл бұрын
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!!!
@ahlawiragi8 жыл бұрын
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
@beanxlj8 жыл бұрын
"I'll call that close enough", that's a tshirt right there 😀
@justinofboulder8 жыл бұрын
Yes, and in the color green....
@allluckyseven8 жыл бұрын
Not any green, though.
@Electobat8 жыл бұрын
Always great watching the troubleshooting and improvments. Great vid as usual.
@kaden568 жыл бұрын
This has been such an awesome build to watch! I'm so excited every time I see the next video of it is posted!
@Traderjoe8 жыл бұрын
You are amazing Matthias!
@norm11248 жыл бұрын
3/4 Mio. viewers... just incredible. Congratulations!
@abdolmayidgonzales54408 жыл бұрын
este matias wandel es impresionante con el ingenio que se manda para hacerlo todo manual
@HunteroftheNorth8 жыл бұрын
The fast forwarded hammering stuff is satisfying to watch... I don't know why...
@SharkRangler8 жыл бұрын
You sir, are a genius. Love watching the videos.
@Alexbrandt278 жыл бұрын
Nice. I like that backwards spinning insight
@JonnyBertilsson8 жыл бұрын
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...
@RosaStringWorks8 жыл бұрын
Genius! Very innovative.
@quibster8 жыл бұрын
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!
@tunafishjoe8 жыл бұрын
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?
@charlesholland68518 жыл бұрын
that drill bit was hilarious. even woodworking geniuses make whoopsies sometimes
@jackmcslay8 жыл бұрын
If you make a *sander* that *trump* s factory made ones, you should call it *bernie*, it would be *hillari* ous
@bigfootandbananaman47468 жыл бұрын
Nice joke
@confiscator8 жыл бұрын
Really into this one, Matthias.
@marinsaitis19728 жыл бұрын
Congratulations .... You are the best !!!
@sergitolstolutskey96978 жыл бұрын
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.
@thegeneraljoe678 жыл бұрын
HE IS THE SPOCK OF EXTREME WOODEN CREATIONS
@mirockswoodshop8 жыл бұрын
Haha).I also sometimes fix drillbit like that). Great sander, I need it. I necessarily will build something resemble.
@1pcfred8 жыл бұрын
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.
@maxximumb8 жыл бұрын
Another excellent video. Thank you.
@jfbmax8 жыл бұрын
Another excellent video. Thank you
@maxdecphoenix8 жыл бұрын
You're like the Bob Ross of wood working.
@Aristocob8 жыл бұрын
Nice job and as always, an entertaining vid. Scott
@cjhoyle8 жыл бұрын
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.
@matthiaswandel8 жыл бұрын
I did put a shim under the platen, but I didn't make video of that.
@stefantrethan8 жыл бұрын
How well does a wooden spring like that hold tension under permanent load?
@GMan78008 жыл бұрын
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!!
@ianciborowski29838 жыл бұрын
I love how you mis aligned the drill bit, reminds me of a video a long time ago
@Mienecus8 жыл бұрын
Nice adaption => nice video. Did you use a special strong wood for the little adjustment pieces?
@matthiaswandel8 жыл бұрын
I used oak. But ash, hickory, or maple would work too.
@StevenZhangMakes8 жыл бұрын
hmm, very interesting. Wondering why you didn't make the belt tensioning system like convention ones (cam and spring thingy)?
@matthiaswandel8 жыл бұрын
I thought about it a lot, but as soon as I use a metal spring, that's a piece of hardware that is more difficult for people to find, and also adds cost to the build.
@kenl52178 жыл бұрын
thats a cool tracking mechanism
@brunocador23888 жыл бұрын
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 !! ;)
@luizcarlosgarcia51678 жыл бұрын
Vou tentar fazer esse seu projeto muito criativo.
@Kebekwoodcraft73758 жыл бұрын
Hi Matthias ,why not having a adjusting knob on each side , nice video, nice job thanks
@mactriz54118 жыл бұрын
great job
@luizcarlosgarcia51678 жыл бұрын
Muito interessante ..meus parabéns
@IMOEMANI8 жыл бұрын
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.
@Heve628 жыл бұрын
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.
@matthiaswandel8 жыл бұрын
Did that once, it's one of my least viewed videos.
@aminzarei21688 жыл бұрын
plz make video about old machine in your workshop you made that...
@robertperly61046 жыл бұрын
Your quite an intelligent fellow
@franciscogastardelli23958 жыл бұрын
Bom dia amigo gosto muito de ver seus videos ,parabéns.
@wdave69448 жыл бұрын
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! ;-)
@wdave69448 жыл бұрын
Tushar Varshney Ok. But... but.... But... ;-) Hey - it's all in good fun.
@kraftybeard42728 жыл бұрын
Looking great! Eventually you will have fully loaded shop with completely homemade power tools!
@forestlampcraft4728 жыл бұрын
cool thing
@MaxPivovarov8 жыл бұрын
Площадку под лентой можно было делать из керамической плитки. A platform under belt could be made from a ceramic tile.
@eformance8 жыл бұрын
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.
@matthiaswandel8 жыл бұрын
Controls on both sides is awkward, I wanted to avoid that.
@joseamadortrujillo83938 жыл бұрын
no hablo ingles y tampoco lo enyiendo mucho, donde consigo las medidad de todas la piezas para ensamblar la lijadora, gracias.
@Colin_Barnes8 жыл бұрын
you are a GENIUS!
@RikardNordin8 жыл бұрын
Would it be a bad idea to make the adjustment shafts go straight through the machine with one adjustment knob on each side?
@whatthefunction91408 жыл бұрын
I hope there is a version two because this is getting over complicated.
@Masheeable8 жыл бұрын
The part where he specifically made it mechanically simpler and overcame a series of minor issues must be too much for some people.
@MICROmor8 жыл бұрын
crazy thought: maybe if the rollers are a bit concave instead of convex they would pull the belt to the center?
@matthiaswandel8 жыл бұрын
It would cause the belt to move towards either side, but not stay centered. The belt always climbs to the highest point.
@gedatsu958 жыл бұрын
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.
@matthiaswandel8 жыл бұрын
Don't know. No signs of wear yet.
@gedatsu958 жыл бұрын
Good to know, thanks for the answer! Thinking about it, the sander probably hasn't been active for enough time to significantly wear the silicon. I'll look forward to a follow up video on this project in the future ;)
@billyjoe33098 жыл бұрын
Love your work!!
@WJCTechyman8 жыл бұрын
I look at this revision, reminds me of the three bones between the tympanic membrane and the cochlea.
@WJCTechyman8 жыл бұрын
I forgot to mention the inner ear part, sorry.
@Advection3578 жыл бұрын
If Matthias built a car entirely out of wood, I'd drive it.
@doubledarefan8 жыл бұрын
A man named Joe Harmon did exactly that. It's called The Splinter. You can find it here on the Tube.
@Advection3578 жыл бұрын
Double Dare Fan Pretty cool!
@puddingpimp8 жыл бұрын
Morgans too. There are some metal bits too, but those are mostly built out of wood.
@elliotromokurek69818 жыл бұрын
Was there any reason that you made a whole new design with wooden springs rather than just adding metal springs to the old one?
@fixbuildbypaolobradadiy79768 жыл бұрын
very ingenious!
@mathiaslehmer68588 жыл бұрын
Hallo, das ist klasse was Du da baust. Gruß
@12345NoNamesLeft8 жыл бұрын
On some belts (the cheap ones) the length is inconsistent - usually shorter. Can I modify this for larger travel for easier belt changes
@matthiaswandel8 жыл бұрын
Sure, depends on how you mount the motor.
@12345NoNamesLeft8 жыл бұрын
I'm referring to the abrasive belt. Is the tension mechanism flexible enough to allow more tension travel?
@joseantoniosenagarcia2428 жыл бұрын
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?
@matthiaswandel8 жыл бұрын
I us SketchUp, then use my BigPrint program to make the big 1:1 printouts
@joseantoniosenagarcia2428 жыл бұрын
+Matthias Wandel Sorry, could you show an example, please. Thank you.
@Nono-hk3is8 жыл бұрын
What is the power switch? Did it come with the motor, or is it repurposed from another source?
@JDeWittDIY8 жыл бұрын
You could put knobs on both sides!
@opasworkshop83738 жыл бұрын
Nice job Mathias. do you plan on having plans for sale on this project
@matthiaswandel8 жыл бұрын
Yes, but need to finish them first. That takes a long time!
@db15958 жыл бұрын
Another awesome video. cheers :)
@Scott_66668 жыл бұрын
I saw a machine very similar to this at Harbor Freight.
@breakinn4038 жыл бұрын
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?
@matthiaswandel8 жыл бұрын
Too thick, and I already had the sheet metal.
@rachedimohammed5878 жыл бұрын
thanks for for the great work please tell me which is mre useful for wood working the strip sander belt sander
@matthiaswandel8 жыл бұрын
Tell me, which is more useful, the spoon or the fork? Depends on what you are eating.
@rachedimohammed5878 жыл бұрын
well i will start building the belt sander it look simpler
@moninum8 жыл бұрын
Spoon! says Keichi
@jerrybomcool8 жыл бұрын
Couldn't you make it pivot? so it stands up or would this be pointless?
@madinatore8 жыл бұрын
I would have espected a knob on either side to come, guess it saves buying a new shaft.
@personacharles8 жыл бұрын
cutting out patterns reminded me of grade school... goody goody
@OscarScheepstra_Artemis_8 жыл бұрын
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?
@matthiaswandel8 жыл бұрын
If you believe saturday morning cartoon physics, then yes. Otherwise no.
@OscarScheepstra_Artemis_8 жыл бұрын
I always thought that saturday morning cartoon physics were pretty real. You'd better be careful. :D I really like your videos. I can't wait to see the whole thing! The wooden spring system is quite ingenious.
@wdave69448 жыл бұрын
I'm agast! Tex Avery wouldn't lie to me. You can't make that stuff up. Well... ok. yeah. Actually you can - so... nevermind ;-)
@AudriusBalnaitis8 жыл бұрын
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?
@matthiaswandel8 жыл бұрын
They do, see first video on the build. But just like on a bandsaw, you still need tracking adjustment.
@Makedeth8 жыл бұрын
Are you planning to do a stand for this which allows you to flip it sideways?
@charlesholland68518 жыл бұрын
next video
@celsomoreno83198 жыл бұрын
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
@tiptap16007 жыл бұрын
Celso, os planos não são caros e podem ser adquiridos aqui: woodgears.ca/belt_sander/plans
@fabriciohenrique96568 жыл бұрын
muito bom valeu.
@packer3568 жыл бұрын
Matthias, why don't you use the Maximum drill that you got?
@matthiaswandel8 жыл бұрын
too heavy
@y2ksw18 жыл бұрын
It's coming nice 😊
@steinie448 жыл бұрын
Would it have been easier to reverse the motor?
@matthiaswandel8 жыл бұрын
If I reversed the motor, the sander would be running backwads and the dust port wouldn't work anymore.
@gamerpaddy8 жыл бұрын
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.
@matthiaswandel8 жыл бұрын
Robertson screws are easily available here, so why bother with torx, when we already have something that works as well.
@gamerpaddy8 жыл бұрын
never saw a robertson screw in german hardware store, weird design. but ye, if it works. it works
@scottverge9388 жыл бұрын
Robertson is the gold standard for most carpentry screws in Canada gamerpaddy and they are great. I can hang my impact driver from the ceiling after driving a screw. With a 5 year old driver bit :D
@rasmis8 жыл бұрын
8:03 are you saying “pop can shim”? Ie a piece of aluminium or other metal cut from a metal beverage container?
@prismaflex61958 жыл бұрын
Yes.
@TjallingBlackCat8 жыл бұрын
Well, it seems to be from a pop bottle, so plastic.
@edwardholmes918 жыл бұрын
Yes, although I think he meant pop bottle shim? It looked like a piece of plastic, although I could be mistaken.
@aaron29998 жыл бұрын
Its made from one of those plastic pop bottle containers (like the 2 liter ones)
@cjhoyle8 жыл бұрын
The link to the video article has a typo so it does not work.