This is one of these tools that once you buy and use, you wonder how you managed without.
They are designed to be used with an ordinary power drill and even a cheap and cheerful DIY drill will do and is probably the best because the lighter the drill the better. I will explain why in a wee while.
In the box you get 5 different sized drums, from 15mm diameter to 55mm, and two sets of the sanding sleeves of 100 grit and two sets of 60 grit. The quality is good enough to allow these sleeves to last quite a bit.
I kind of stumbled on my set at a car boot sale after taking a wee break away from the kitchen I was making. The worktops are made of 40mm solid ash and I had just cut the sink cutout for a Belfast sink and created a nice rounded edge with my round over bit. Unfortunately, a few bad burn marks were made at the inset corners of the cutout, and since I was still wincing due to the huge blister on my thumb through previous sanding, I thought something else was needed.
I knew as soon as I seen the sanding drum set, that it was the tool for the job.
Sure enough, 10 minutes after setting my drill up with the smallest drum, the worktop was perfect and I had one of those satisfying 'just made a good tool purchase' moments.
I have since set it up in a drill stand to make perfect circular holes and easy profiles after cutting most of the wood out with a jigsaw.
As ash seems to burn easily, or maybe I was too slow with the router, I was using the smallest drum a lot to take out the burn marks. This is where the lightest drill possible is best, as you have to do this with the drill hand held.
I have seen these sanding drum sets with different brand names (they all seem to be in the same box) and ranging from 8-25 pounds. I at least think that you get your money back after two or three uses due to the time saved, as well as no wear on your thumb
Cheers,
Ray.
They are designed to be used with an ordinary power drill and even a cheap and cheerful DIY drill will do and is probably the best because the lighter the drill the better. I will explain why in a wee while.
In the box you get 5 different sized drums, from 15mm diameter to 55mm, and two sets of the sanding sleeves of 100 grit and two sets of 60 grit. The quality is good enough to allow these sleeves to last quite a bit.
I kind of stumbled on my set at a car boot sale after taking a wee break away from the kitchen I was making. The worktops are made of 40mm solid ash and I had just cut the sink cutout for a Belfast sink and created a nice rounded edge with my round over bit. Unfortunately, a few bad burn marks were made at the inset corners of the cutout, and since I was still wincing due to the huge blister on my thumb through previous sanding, I thought something else was needed.
I knew as soon as I seen the sanding drum set, that it was the tool for the job.
Sure enough, 10 minutes after setting my drill up with the smallest drum, the worktop was perfect and I had one of those satisfying 'just made a good tool purchase' moments.
I have since set it up in a drill stand to make perfect circular holes and easy profiles after cutting most of the wood out with a jigsaw.
As ash seems to burn easily, or maybe I was too slow with the router, I was using the smallest drum a lot to take out the burn marks. This is where the lightest drill possible is best, as you have to do this with the drill hand held.
I have seen these sanding drum sets with different brand names (they all seem to be in the same box) and ranging from 8-25 pounds. I at least think that you get your money back after two or three uses due to the time saved, as well as no wear on your thumb
Cheers,
Ray.
