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OWNERS’S MANUAL 37x2 Drum Sander Shown With Optional Infeed/Outfeed Tables, DRO, Abrasive Storage and Casters...
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MPORTANT: ANUAL ANDY Please read this manual. It was designed to help you get the most from your Laguna/S drum UPER sander. Before unpacking or using the machine, familiarize yourself with its components, features, and basic adjustments by reviewing the following pages. You will find it an invaluable aid in setting up, operating, and servicing your machine.
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11. ALWAYS USE SAFETY GLASSES. Also use face or dust mask if cutting operation is dusty. Everyday eyeglasses only have impact resistant lenses, they are NOT safety glasses. 12. SECURE WORK. Use clamps or a vise to hold work when practical. It's safer than using your hand and it frees both hands to operate tool.
NPACKING UPER To properly adjust for operation, loosen each set The sander has been shipped mostly assembled screw by first loosening its hex nut with an open- from the factory in a cardboard shroud on a pallet. end wrench and then the set screw with an Allen If any damage has occurred as a result of shipment, wrench.
ETTING UPER Remove the cover of the conduit box, located Your S drum sander was adjusted and UPER on the underside of the conveyor motor aligned at the factory, and it has been carefully housing, by removing the screws securing the packed for shipment.
ONNECTING OLLECTORS Dust collection is necessary for all S UPER models. The S 37x2 model is UPER equipped with three 4" dust exhaust ports. To attach the S to your collection sys- UPER tem, install 4 "...
DJUSTMENT HAFT OLLAR NBOARD ITER NDICATOR EEDLE NDICATOR CALE NDICATOR Fig.6. Adjusting primary drum alignment. Fig. 7. Rear drum adjustment indicator. the right (inboard) miter gear (see Fig. 6), finely movement during operation. To adjust knob resis- raise or lower the right (inboard) side of the table, tance, grip the nut on the threaded stud with a using the height adjustment handle, to achieve wrench and rotate the knob to remove any...
Height Adjustment Handle Drum Support Table Support Miter Gears CREW Fig. 8. Adjusting conveyor belt tracking. Fig. 9. Table height adjustment. result in bent rollers, premature wearing of the both column tubes. These set screws are tightened bronze bushings or belt. for shipping and must be loosened and readjusted Belt Tracking.
4. With the trailing edge of the wrap properly NSTALLING BRASIVE RAPS cut, rewrap the drum and insert the tapered end Note: When using Pre-Marked™ Pre-Cut™ through the slot in the right (inboard) end of the abrasive wraps, not all of the steps below are drum.
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Fig. 10-b. Trim about 3" from end of cut taper. Fig. 10-c. Trimmed tapered end ready to install. Fig. 10-d. Insert tapered end into outboard slot. Fig. 10-e. Wrap around drum without overlap. Fig. 10-f. Mark wrap where it crosses drum edge. Fig.
The S PERATING UPER Before using your S drum sander, review 1. Set depth of cut. UPER the previous pages in this manual on initial set-up 2. Start drum(s). and adjustment. In this section, you will learn how 3. Start conveyor and select feed rate. to operate the machine.
beneath the front drum. Raise the conveyor table ETTING EPTH OF so the front drum contacts the board but the drum Adjusting the S for the proper contact UPER can still be rotated by hand. Continue to run the between the abrasive and the stock determines the board through the machine.
drum as a single-drum sander, disengage the rear drum by raising it to the -2 setting on the indicators & S OMBINATIONS ETTINGS on both sides. To use the rear drum alone, lower it to the +4 setting on both sides. In this mode, the BRASIVE RADES table height adjustment handle is used to...
veyor table. Make sure the indicator is laying Begin experimenting with the feed rate set at snug on the table support casting. Loosen the about 40% to 50% of maximum. The best feed rate knob holding the top of thickness scale and will depend on a number of factors, including type adjust the scale to zero.
with a less noticeable scratch pattern. Caution: ELECTING BRASIVES Grits that are too fine can sometimes burnish the It is important to select the proper grit of abrasives wood and leave a glossy surface which will not for the type of sanding being performed to achieve accept stains evenly.
Ts. When con- person, or hand pressure on the stock, to minimize necting to the ports of the 37x2, use a larger potentially hazardous situations. diameter pipe to the machine, and then split to 4"...
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drums). However, even a slight offset angle of the over a rotating drum. Have dust collection turned stock will provide for more effective stock removal. on when cleaning. The optimum feeding angle for stock removal is about 60°. Angling the workpiece for stock Stretching Abrasive Life.
ROUBLESHOOTING Any operating problems with the S sanding performance, check the following listings UPER drum sander will likely occur most often during for potential causes and solutions; it may also pay the period that you are becoming familiar with its to review the previous sections in this manual on components and their adjustments.
ROUBLESHOOTING UIDE ACHINE Problem Possible Cause Solution Abrasive strip comes 1. Slack in abrasive strip Remove slack in off drum. on drum. strip. 2. Abrasive improperly Read section on abrasive installed. installation. Abrasive strip loose. 1. Strip caught on inside edge Readjust strip end of slot or on inboard side of in slot and/or trim abrasive...
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Continued ROUBLESHOOTING UIDE ACHINE Problem Possible Cause Solution Conveyor 1. Belt out of adjustment. Readjust belt. belt tracks to one side, or oscillates from side to side. 2. Drive or driven conveyor Readjust. belt rollers misaligned. 3. Conveyor table not flat Readjust by leveling with and square.
ROUBLESHOOTING UIDE PERATIONS Problem Possible Cause Solution Rippled sanded surface 1. Uneven feed rate. Check for these conditions (non-uniform ripples). and refer to previous section, Troubleshooting: Machine. • See Selecting Intellisand Feed Rates. • Conveyor belt slipping on drive roller. •...
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PERATIONS (Continued) ROUBLESHOOTING UIDE Problem Possible Cause Solution Sniping of wood 1. Tension rollers set Reset tension rollers. (gouging near end too far down. of board). 2. Stock not supported Support stock with roller properly during infeed stands, tables or benches. or outfeed.
ERVICING The basic adjustment procedures for your machine easily, further adjustments may be necessary, as are covered under Setting Up Your Sander. outlined below. Following these steps should result Review that section first. If following the general in smooth operation. instructions does not solve a specific problem or Readjustment Procedure result in smooth operation, also check...
HAFT OLLAR Fig. 19. Miter gear below adjusting screw support. Fig. 20. Height controls on outboard side. left (outboard) drum supporting casting (Fig. 17) distance should be 1/32" or less. If there is exces- must both be set at the proper height along the sive space, move the adjusting screw support to the column tubes so the height adjusting screws pro- proper distance above the miter gear and retighten.
Fig. 22. Comparing drum support casting heights. Fig. 21. Adjusting table support castings. support casting (Fig. 21) on both the right (see Fig. 26). Raise the tension roller suspension (inboard) side and the left (outboard) side of the assembly to its highest position so that the machine.
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EIGHT ANDLE UPPORT ASTING ABLE UPPORT ASTING & CREW ITER Fig. 23. Adjusting primary drum. Fig. 24. Using thickness gauge during alignment. other side of drum in the same manner. ment of the drum (see Adjusting Table Level). Note that if only fine adjustment of the primary Caution: Do not overtighten the hex nut of the drum alignment is required, these adjustment indicator (Fig.
Fig. 26. Tension roller adjustment. 1. Tension Roller Suspension Bolts. 2. Tension Roller 3. Spring Retaining Screws. Note: The nut of the rear bolt on the rear sure can be adjusted two ways, either by loosening (secondary) drum bearing bracket should be the tension roller spring retaining screws (see 3, backed off a quarter-turn from being fully tight- Fig.
REPLACING CONVEYOR BELT To replace the conveyor belt, the conveyor assem- Step 1. Check the conveyor drive and driven roller bly must be removed from the machine. Lower the to make sure they are parallel to the surface of the conveyor table to its lowest position with the conveyor bed.
Bolts securing Gear Motor Assy. (4) EMOVED RANSFER Fig. 29. Removing belt guard and transfer rod. Fig. 30. Removing main motor V-belt drive. Machine Reassembly EPLACING 1. To reassemble the unit after replacing the V- To change the V-belt on the S , first UPER belt, first place the transfer rod back through the...
machine. Next, remove the bottom plate from the control box. Loosen the set screws in the shaft coupler, and remove the four bolts holding the conveyor motor assembly in place (Fig. 31). Remove the assembly from the machine and turn it upside down to disconnect the leads from the components to be removed.
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