Adjusting a cantilevered drum sander

[Dave Bagwill]

This is one of the shims, one pic on either side of it. I had to bend the thin sheet metal in half to get it just right. I was very frustrated up to that point.

[Kevin in California]

Can you give a wider view of that so I can see exactly where that is?

[Dave Bagwill]

Sure. Back in a few minutes.

[Dave Bagwill]

Here ya go, hope it helps. My problem was the outboard side (open side) was lower, and I could not level it with the screws alone. So I cut some shims, lifted the outboard side with my left hand and placed the shims with my right. Re-tested, made a thicker shim, done.

YMMV, these are tricky buggers, but unless you have a newer machine with the one adjusting screw, the shims are the most accurate and easy fix. In my case.

[Kevin in California]

Thanks Dave,
the shims on mine have been placed under the bed on the outboard side, but mine looks like yours, so I will give a try to what you did.

Kevin

[TonyinNYC]

On my machine, I have to adjust the table to get things level, but the process is the same. Shim, test, shim, test, drink, test, shim, drink, test. Drink, drink, drink, leave shop to avoid contact with pointy, spinny, dangerous things.

[Kevin in California]

Okay so mine is cutting LESS on the outboard side so that would do the reverse of what I want to accomplish, but if I shim the two bottom bolts, that would cause the drum to tilt down, correct? I don't have it in front of me, but......