Convert old table saw to to a handy disk sander

Dave Bagwill · Post by **Dave Bagwill** » Wed Dec 14, 2011 1:33 pm

I had a cheap old table saw. I needed a good disk sander. So I trotted down to the neighborhood tool store and bought a 9" plate to replace the saw blade, attached some self-adhesive sandpaper to it, and it works great as a disk sander - the table saw has the tilt mechanism and I bought an inexpensive router speed control for - well, for speed control :-).

Certainly the table saw is not designed to have material pushed into the side of the blade, so I don't use this for heavy duty sanding - I will thin braces before installation - obviously - and miter all sorts of angles easily.

This pic is off the interweb - my shop is too cold today to force my wife out there to take a pic of mine :-)

http://i938.photobucket.com/albums/ad22 ... arev45.jpg

Woodyok · Post by **Woodyok** » Sun Dec 18, 2011 3:25 pm

That's a great Idea Dave. That's what I call field expediency. Or it could just be good recycle use.

Dave Bagwill · Post by **Dave Bagwill** » Tue Dec 20, 2011 12:26 pm

I have an adaptation of this just using a clamped piece of straight material as a fence; used to sand miters at difference angles etc.

http://i938.photobucket.com/albums/ad22 ... /miter.png

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Convert old table saw to to a handy disk sander

Convert old table saw to to a handy disk sander

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