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|name=Belt & Disc Sander (Axminster) | |name=Belt & Disc Sander (Axminster) | ||
|image=Axminster Belt & Disc Sander.jpg | |image=Axminster Belt & Disc Sander.jpg | ||
|model= | |model=AS612E | ||
|category=Equipment | |category=Equipment | ||
|subcat=Woodworking | |subcat=Woodworking | ||
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The wood shop has a large freestanding belt and disc sander. Very useful for all kinds of smoothing and shaping work in wood. | The wood shop has a large freestanding belt and disc sander. Very useful for all kinds of smoothing and shaping work in wood. | ||
No training requirement, but please seek advice from other | No training requirement, but please seek advice from other woodshop users if you are unfamiliar with its use | ||
If the belts or discs are showing signs of tearing or excessive clogging notify the mailing list and the maintainers will fit new ones. | If the belts or discs are showing signs of tearing or excessive clogging notify the mailing list and the maintainers will fit new ones. | ||
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You must allow the sander to come up to speed fully before using it to sand any material. | You must allow the sander to come up to speed fully before using it to sand any material. | ||
You must only apply light pressure when applying your material to the sanding | You must only apply light pressure when applying your material to the sanding discs equivalent to “finger tight”. | ||
= Maintenance = | = Maintenance = | ||
[[:File:JET_JSG-6DC.pdf|Manual for the JET JSC-6DC]] with parts diagram—identical to our Axminster apart from branding. | [[:File:JET_JSG-6DC.pdf|Manual for the JET JSC-6DC]] with parts diagram—identical to our Axminster AS612E apart from branding. | ||
* 2022-06-21 [[User:Padski|Padski]] freed the motor end-cap from the rotor bearing with repeated & firm strikes of the sanding disc end of the rotor shaft head-on with a wooden mallet. Tip for next time: remove the belt and wiggle the disc-end end-cap loose to a gap after undoing the four bolts, but there's no need to loosen the belt-end end-cap—consider the inertia of the disc-end end-cap when striking the shaft. Cleaned the centrifugal switch contacts, although the plastic triangular wedge was also incorrectly seated. See also: [https://discord.com/channels/943237246092447794/943237246092447797/999026886170640434 Discord logs] from a failed attempt to open it by [[User:Liyang|Liyang]] on 2022-06-19. | * 2022-06-21 [[User:Padski|Padski]] freed the motor end-cap from the rotor bearing with repeated & firm strikes of the sanding disc end of the rotor shaft head-on with a wooden mallet. Tip for next time: remove the belt and wiggle the disc-end end-cap loose to a gap after undoing the four bolts, but there's no need to loosen the belt-end end-cap—consider the inertia of the disc-end end-cap when striking the shaft. Cleaned the centrifugal switch contacts, although the plastic triangular wedge was also incorrectly seated. See also: [https://discord.com/channels/943237246092447794/943237246092447797/999026886170640434 Discord logs] from a failed attempt to open it by [[User:Liyang|Liyang]] on 2022-06-19. | ||
