Performax 10-20 Drum Alignment

[Ken Massingale]

I've run into a wee lil issue with drum alignment on this sander. I am out of adjustment room to get the outboard end exactly the same height as the inboard end. With the OB end ~1/32 higher than the IB end, I'm at end of travel in the slots on top of the sander.
Anyone else had this, or am I overlooking something?
Thanks
ken

[kwgeorge]

I don’t know Ken it sounds as something else is going on with that. I have that sander and have never had that issue.

I think what I would do is to thickness a board to ¾” making it nice and flat with the thickness being constant throughout its length. Make it about 10” long and then lay it under the drum and crank the drum down until part of the drum rest on it. The remove the adjustment knob completely and loosen the hex screws. Once the drum is level on the board then retighten the hex screws and reinstall the knob. The drum should not be parallel and from this you can fool around with the knob and hex screws to get some minor adjustment room back in it.

My quick thoughts.

Ken

[Ken Massingale]

Thanks Ken, I'll give that a try.
k