All parts sold: Parting out Delta 22-560 planer

Don’t need the parts, but thought I would mention that you could have got most of what you needed from an old treadmill. Deck, rollers, variable speed multi-horsepower motor to run the belt, actuator motor for adjusting bed height (elevation) along with lots of other hardware and metal framing. Around here, they pop up on CL for free every now and then, and lots of others out there for dirt cheap.

Cheers,
Brad

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I thought about the treadmill route for the bed/belt and it’s still on my watch list.

Because I have a love of over-complicated gadgets and the shaft is about 8” longer than the roller, I’m actually kicking around making this an open ended sander. While I was looking at the easiest way to split the planer and thinking about what it would take to reset the chain, etc, I realized I could just mount two pillow block bearing to the planer carriage with the shaft cantilevered out the side of the planer I could use the planer mechanicals as is. Then I just need to mount the motor to the carriage and I’m off to the races (maybe). If it doesn’t work, them I’m only out the cost of the bearings and maybe not that.

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Wondering if you still have delta 22-560 motor? It’s for a 12 1/2”x6” planer

Sorry, all the parts are long gone.

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@MikeDS Did you make your planer into a sander as described? I’m curious to see how it worked out.

I have a 22-540 that’s in great shape except that the elevator-crank handle snapped. It still raises and lowers perfectly, but the opportunity came up and I replaced it with a DW735. Now considering parting it out, selling it whole, or seeing your post above, the sander idea is interesting, but I can’t quite picture it.

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Well about 25% into the project I fell into a deal on a Performax 19/38 for a steal so I ended up abandoning the project.

But to be clear I wasn’t converting the planer to a sander, rather I was just going to use the planer lead screws as the mechanism to raise and lower the sanding drum. I don’t have any pics but that part worked ok-ish. I attached a simple sketch as to where I was headed. Basically the lead screws would raise and lower the drum arm and the motor would hang below supported by the drive belt on one side and probably a spring on the other.

As I started to think about the best way to set up a table and move the material I lucked into an estate sale with the 19/38 and walked away with that and a ton of sandpaper for $500, so I basically dropped the project.

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That was/is a deal, good deal! Thanks for the info and the sketch, it makes very clear where you were heading.

I’m going to list the 22-540 whole first, and if it takes long to sell it may consider other options like parting it out. I know, as far as tool building that pillow blocks in several grades are widely available. It’s possible to get Acme threaded rod in some sizes, but I’m not sure if nuts are available, or if any of that comes at a reasonable price. Not long ago I saw a user-made 28” drum sander largely made from 3/4” cdx plywood and some parts from a kit and a motor he had available, and the idea has been intriguing me. I need to sort my planer out first then square away dust collection!

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