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I'm thinking of getting a bobbin sander for things like the edges of guitar bodies and templates. The Triton one at Scrwefix seems like decent value. Are they any good in general, and does anyone have experience of the Triton (or the same machine with a different brand on it)?
I notice that Screwfix also do sleeves for them. The Triton branded ones are aluminium oxide and pretty cheap, but come in sets of all six diameters. The Sheppach are quite a bit more expensive but with no details on what the abrasive is (they're darker in colour), and come in a pricier set of six sizes, or 3-packs of the same size. I'd have thought the 3-packs would be more useful once the preferred sizes have been worked out, but is either brand better than the other?
Nomad
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What is your budget?
Because I have several guitar building friends who bought cheap bobbin sanders and ever one of them ended up returning them. The Scheppach was particularly poor IIRC.
For me the entry level would be the small Jet one- the JBOS5.
Even then I know someone who has gone through 3 of them in the warranty period.
I have the larger Jet one- the JOVS10 and it has been absolutely perfect, but it was over a grand and was replaced with the JOSS which is £1600.
The problem with the cheap bobbin sanders just comes down to the parts quality.
They are just not robust enough and the arbour ends up becoming misaligned, then it is basically useless.
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Either way, a very useful machine but you could achieve much the same effect with judicious use of rasps and sanding blocks. These are much cheaper, quieter and take longer to muck things up through inattention.
Adam
Changing the sleeves on the JOVS10 is a complete nightmare too.
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I havent even bothered to try and change the smaller bobbin sleeves ..
Adam
Having decided that I didn't have the space, or justification for a Jet sander I built my own using:
1. A hand drill on a stand,
2. Home made bobbins, using instructions on the internet,
3. A sanding box with a hole on top for the bobbin and a hole at the bottom for the vacuum extraction. This is marvellous because even a household vacuum sucks all the dust away from the bobbin, and keeps it out of my lungs. Just stand the vacuum outside of the door/window to prevent it blowing fine dust back into the air in the room.
As @octatonic says, you need to practice to get a smooth, level finish without ridges.
I know i dont always have good advice to offer, but.....
Adam
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How did you true up the sides?
Adam
Arbor then- or whatever the part in the bobbin sander is that the bobbin sits in and rotates very fast.
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An arbor is generally something that can be removed from the machine (like the double-tapered bar thing that goes into my milling machine to fit a drill chuck). If it's fixed, it tends to be called a spindle.
Budget: Tight git. Prefer new, might consider used if something interesting turns up locally. The Triton is 120 quid.
Usage: Very occasional only. Lucky to do two bodies and some templates in a year.
I've done the thing with a power drill in a stand, although I never got as far as a dust collection hood (vacuum tube clamped nearby, and a good dust mask). I found the sleeves wore pretty quickly, and it seems to me that the oscillating motion will help reduce that.
Nomad
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