I am looking for a belt sander that can sand the ends of the pipes to create a angle or circle to mate on top of a pipe ie for making chopper frames, roll cages etc... i cant quite get the correct term for searching them on ebay and other places.

i know a hole saw with press is another way, but theyre kinda expensive, or am i looking at it wrong?

thanks

 

Do you mean notchers? I didn't know you could notch tubes with a belt sander.

Anyways, this is a good alternative to hole saws. It works much better. http://www.hougen.com/cutters/cutters_index.html

 

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Anyways, this is a good alternative to hole saws. It works much better. http://www.hougen.com/cutters/cutters_index.html</TD></TR></TABLE>

wouldn't a roughing endmill be better if your using a mill?

 

Using a roughing endmill would be ideal, but not everybody has access to a mill. Most of the holecutters I posted have 3/4" shanks (or smaller). You can either buy an adapter to run those on your drill press (they sell the adapter), or you can use the smaller shanks. You can run those on your home shop drill press with no problems. They make a cleaner cut and last longer too.

 

Please don't ruin a perfectly good drill press by trying to mill with it. The bearings in the drill press head was never meant for a side load, youll just tear up your drill press and meake terribul looking notches. Purchase the right equipment the first time or if you just need a few things notched look online for a local fab shop that can notch the piping for you.

 

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The hole cutter (the link I posted) functions like a hole saw, just makes a better cut. You'd still utilize the same notching jig, but instead of the holesaw, you'll use those hole cutters.

I don't understand why you think there would be any side load on the drill press bearings?

 

he thought you were feeding it like how you notch with an endmill.

 

Notchers like these http://www.medfordtools.com/me....html work very good for low volume work.Google it , there are many types.

 

I think this is the kind of notcher he was refering to http://www.rmdbender.com/products/m900.htm

 

You can get belt sanders with different sized rollers on the end you would be using for grinding.

I dont remember where I saw it. It could have been a car show on tv or one of the fab shops around town but they were making their own rollers on a lathe for different sized tubing.

It was a grinder that was set up with a flat disc and belt combo so it was kind of an all in one station where you could notch your tubing and then get rid of burrs and the flat part of the belt sander was accessable too. Something very similar to above but you would have to manually hold and feed the tubing yourself.

I can see both an actual tubing notcher and a modified belt sander set up being useful in a shop, I just wish I could have everything my little heart desired.