Intarsia Craftsmen What Sanders Are You Using?
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I am reviewing different pneumatic drum sanders for doing contour sanding. The two that are on my list are the Seyco sander and the Foredon variable speed bench lathe sander. They both run about the same price so that is not a factor. The Foredon has variable speed and would use an inflatable drum. The Seyco would come with flexible padded type sanding sleeves.
I am not sure if the variable speed of the Foredon would be the best bet and if the inflatable drums are better than the padded type sanding sleeves? 
The Seyco has a speed of 1800 RPM were as the Foredon variable speed is 500-7,000 RPM. My thoughts are the Seyco is a much beefier machine but the Foredon has the variable speed? Is the Variable speed that much of a game changer and best for sanding ? And what kind of sleeves are the best, padded or inflatable for this kind of use? 

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I don't do intarsia myself, but am familiar with it.  I can point you to a few scrollsaw specific forums, where you may get more response to your questions.

http://www.scrollsawvillage.com/forums/

https://forum.scrollsawer.com/

http://www.stevedgood.com/community/index.php
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I use the Sand Boss. I use my lathe with a Jacob's chuck. That way I can use the variable speed to avoid removing material too quickly since I applying varying pressure to change the curve radius.

Personally I wouldn't buy either the seyco or foredom of those for intarsia. The speeds are far too fast. I'm generally between 100-500 rpm.
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Bill Thanks for the leads they did help me and I think at this point I am just going to start with the Foredom.
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(12-06-2017, 11:44 PM)fall Wrote:
I am reviewing different pneumatic drum sanders for doing contour sanding. The two that are on my list are the Seyco sander and the Foredon variable speed bench lathe sander. They both run about the same price so that is not a factor. The Foredon has variable speed and would use an inflatable drum. The Seyco would come with flexible padded type sanding sleeves.
I am not sure if the variable speed of the Foredon would be the best bet and if the inflatable drums are better than the padded type sanding sleeves? 
The Seyco has a speed of 1800 RPM were as the Foredon variable speed is 500-7,000 RPM. My thoughts are the Seyco is a much beefier machine but the Foredon has the variable speed? Is the Variable speed that much of a game changer and best for sanding ? And what kind of sleeves are the best, padded or inflatable for this kind of use? 

Any motor you might have around, with the proper work arbor, will do the job at hand.  Might even consider chucking them up on your drill press.  If you don't have one, it would be a great purchase, compared to what you reference.

Pneumatic drums are their own "padding" for the flexible back sleeves. 

That said, the word "contour" suggests you might be looking for something like an OSS, where you can do some shaping with stock removal.  They aren't prone to burn edges like a non-oscillating drum might.  When my kids were young enough to cajole (bully?) into helping, I used to have one of them move the quill on the press up and down to the same effect.
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