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ACME

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manufacturers,
and many othei

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with 4"
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4" belt
platen
justing
and adjustments
belt and

Edge Sander is

to

photo

to

pulleys

cabinet

models.

side, with

screws,

releasing

a budget-priced machine,

meet

tool

industries.

the left shows

needs of

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school shop, display

and die

and t h.p. motors. It

base,

illustration is

This

belt removed

centrally-located switch,

it

for

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quick

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the cabinet

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idencical

to

changes.

4-C

plastic

for both

show

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and fixture
fabricators

model

equipped

shows

also

2/a"

from the form-

the table-ad-

form block,

for tracking

fur-

the

and,

the

A

typical form-block
net shops,
below. The form block is
the quarter-round
is guided

ducing
shaping operation.

is

derailed in

by a steel lip on

perfectly-sanded

a

application, used

shaped on a lipped

line

the

fashioned

the table

job

is

today in

drawjng

mould

p

cabinet

edge; the feed rate in pro-

about

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hundreds

to the

right and

sanding

the

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in its

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the desired

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to

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To keep the

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terns can

in

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tions a table-edge

dled with the
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since
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block
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VARIETY

sanding belt

pressure,

stock

often

position

entire

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holders

block

where

table tilted * a feature

is possible.

are used

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be modified by sanding

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and drawing

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laminated with formica.

from

belt

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form

block.

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a guide

SANDING NEEDS

form blocks

or maple.

or saw, they are

on holder

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pat-

line

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ings

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to

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far.

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ing,

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table tilted. In

about

fade

be sanded

job

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the table

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to

Photo
up on the

a

corner-easing application

wood stock.

trates a

of

tern

Both are

one

case, the Acme

on

the

power-feeds

are no longer

modification.

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flat,

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off.

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of

3/16"

show why

pattern

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size

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machines.

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up

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to L/2"

table

height.Keying this false

deep,

may be built

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table

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of

are

plastics and

shows

plate,

for
rasive belts
nomical.

course

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using

metal-work.

equally applicable

other

alutninumoxide

For

are

applications

trades.

de-burring

plastics, silicon'carbide

usually most

pictured herein

to the
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operation on a

sanding belts bonded

effective

metal,

photo

steel

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size
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machines are
school shops,
manufacturers, and the

as

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with

furniture

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straight-platen

the

unit; the same

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but

power. These 4"

motor

popular in

manufacturers, trophy

and

plasrics

metal

for the

side.

frame

pulleys,

job-shops,

trades.

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aluminum

on

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for

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sanding

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and
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of sanding

leveling

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the

saoding

side of

by palm

fast

and easy

blocks

pressing

then

thousandths

coating

straightplaten

and prolonging

belt is

silicon'carbide

straight-edge

in

grits

tables

with

miter

with

oversize

parts

are

the erpendable

good

the original

specially-selected

dust inside

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sanding

wheels

belt without

machine.

wheel

belt is

belt

"H"

for a perfect

available

The

graphite pad

turned inside

belts

sanding.

from

"K"

are

the

platen,

gauges.

Pre-tested

service

Acme

with

belt with

that

raise

riD"

"E"

provided

changes.

are

of

birch,

the

shaped

as ao

"J"

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of

belt Iife

are of light'weight

abrasive

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wing

nuts

and

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record.

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and

treaded

windings.

disturbing

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out

table opposire

balanced.

belts, and

rubber

motors

which

by compression

moulding

mating.

steel,

provides

and

for

to

made

Motors

the top edge

and lower

alignment

light-weight

tracks

are

roughed out,

against

Birch

accessory.

faced

friction'free

cutting

to

sand in

flexible

plastics.

assorted

(fine).

to 2/0

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approximately

lock

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are

at

any angle.

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the

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Sanders

tire,

is

for

vertical

are mounted

of

the straight

table and

of work.

balanced

the

belts

spring

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the belt

blocks

with

wood to

efficiency.

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form

cloth

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belts

come with

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hun&eds

graphite pads

are derailed

finely-balanced

use,

rotally-enclosed,

on four

plaren.

form

block frame

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up and

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and

block.

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as a unit,

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released

drawing

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of

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steel guard

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aluminum-oxide

for

machine;

stock.

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in

service

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above.

performance.

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studs

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mounted

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on

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graphite

on

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groove

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to

sanders

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and knob

belt

protected

with

replaceable

prd

for

wood or

both

form

are

supplied

suaight

to

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supplied

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pads

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when

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etc.

features

maci.ines

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belts;

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form

block

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files

and

price

samples

resists

as

include

manual

4-C models

cabinet-type

for

list

switches,

for

lipped

of

machine

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form

blocks

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aruminum

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