RE: Van de Graaff /Pelletron (fwd)

[Steven Roys <sroys@xxxxxxxx>]

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Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2004 21:09:04 -0800
From: Dave Halliday <dh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: 'High Voltage list' <hvlist@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: Van de Graaff /Pelletron (fwd)

Instead of breaking a working tool, how about going to a vendor and
getting the replacement parts to build this.

I am partial to Grizzly Tool

They have an 18" wide industrial belt sander (they have lots of other
larger and smaller size ones too) and this PDF file shows the drum and
bearings to be available as replacement parts.

http://www.grizzly.com/graphics/products/pl/G0527pl.pdf?

Page #7  drum - #3107, bearings - #3112 and #3108

Since the unit itself sells for $3,700 but this is a huge unit with two
large motors, digital speed control, motorised feed and thickness
adjustments, etc...  I would bet that the drum and the bearings by
themselves would be less than $100 max.

http://www.grizzly.com/products/item.cfm?ItemNumber=G0527

http://www.grizzly.com

Build up the crown with some tape.



> -----Original Message-----
> From: High Voltage list [mailto:hvlist@xxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2004 7:44 AM
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> Subject: Re: Van de Graaff /Pelletron (fwd)
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> Original poster: Steven Roys <sroys@xxxxxxxx>
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> Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2004 11:28:01 -0700
> From: robert & june heidlebaugh <rheidlebaugh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: High Voltage list <hvlist@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: Van de Graaff /Pelletron
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> The sanding belts in cabnet shops are over 4 ft wide used to
> sand hole sheets of hardwood plywood. I have goten them to
> cut into smaller pieces. They tare length wise to any width
> you like. I do not know if they are treated to resist static
> charges. If not they are very strong and thin.
>    Robert    H
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> > From: "High Voltage list" <hvlist@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2004 10:13:22 -0700 (MST)
> > To: <hvlist@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Subject: Re: Van de Graaff /Pelletron (fwd)
> > Resent-From: hvlist@xxxxxxxxxx
> > Resent-Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2004 10:08:34 -0700
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> > Original poster: Steven Roys <sroys@xxxxxxxx>
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> > Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2004 02:36:15 -0800 (PST)
> > From: Yurtle Turtle <yurtle_t@xxxxxxxxx>
> > To: High Voltage list <hvlist@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Subject: Re: Van de Graaff /Pelletron (fwd)
> >
> > All the hardwood floor sanders I've used were rotating
> > drums. The sandpaper wasn't a "belt" and attached
> > directly to the drum. I suppose a belt model could
> > exist, though I've never seen one.
> >
> > Adam
> >
> > --- High Voltage list <hvlist@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >> Original poster: Steven Roys <sroys@xxxxxxxx>
> >>
> >>
> >>
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> >> Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2004 08:19:44 -0800
> >> From: Ed Phillips <evp@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> To: High Voltage list <hvlist@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >> Subject: Re: Van de Graaff /Pelletron (fwd)
> >>
> >>> I've been doing some searching around online
> >> looking for possible VDG
> >>> parts.  While looking at conveyor systems on ebay
> >> this morning (in
> >>> the few minutes of calm while our 22 month old
> >> triplets were eating
> >>> breakfast!), it occurred to be that a ready made
> >> drive system for an
> >>> actively charged VDG could probably be scavenged
> >> from a belt sander.
> >>> One of the big floor standing models might be
> >> perfect...just chop it
> >>> up.  I might have to try this.  Thoughts?
> >>>
> >>> Zap!
> >>>
> >>> Charles Brush
> >>
> >> Terrible waste for such a neat tool and, unless
> >> you're trying to
> >> compete with Round Hill or the MOS, overkill.  Start
> >> with something
> >> smaller and simpler and doable in a short time and
> >> then work your way up
> >> to bigger and better!
> >>
> >> Ed
> >>
> >>
> >
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