Installing Abrasives

An 80-grit abrasive strip is already installed on the drum of your sander. Page 28 offers information on the types of abrasive and their recommended uses.

Proper attachment of the abrasive strip to the drum is critical to achieving top performance from your drum sander. Abrasive strips do not have to be pre-measured. The end of the roll is first tapered and attached to the left (outboard) side of the drum. Then the strip is wrapped around the drum, and the second taper is made for attachment to the right (inboard) side of the drum.

NOTE: When using JET Ready-To-WrapTMabrasives, not all of the steps below are necessary. You can use the original abrasive strip mounted to the drum as a template for cutting your own strips.

1.Mark and cut a taper at one end of the roll as shown in Figure 11. Because the tapered end should use all of the left (outboard) slot width, its end must be trimmed back three inches as shown.

2.Squeeze the fastener lever (Figure 12) on the outboard end of drum, and insert the tapered end of the abrasive so that it uses most of the width of the slot. Release the fastener lever to securely hold the strip end to the fastener.

3.Begin wrapping the strip around the drum. The tapered edge of the strip end should follow the edge of the drum.

4.Continue to wrap the abrasive in a spiral fashion by rotating the drum with one hand and guiding the strip with the other (Figure 13). Successive windings of the strip should be flush with previous windings without any overlap.

5.Mark the trailing end of the strip where it crosses the right (inboard) end of the drum (Figure 14).

6.Remove the abrasive strip from the drum, and cut a taper as was done with the starting edge (see Figure 11). Note: The taper on the remaining roll can be used as the taper for the starting edge of the next strip to be cut.

7.Rewrap the drum beginning at the left, as described in steps 2-4 .

Figure 11

Figure 12

Figure 13

Figure 14

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