SuperMax 19-38, Owner'S Manual

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19-38 DRUM SANDER OWNER’S MANUAL

Setting Up the 19-38 Drum Sander

3.   Use a flat, uniform piece of wood as a thick-

ness gauge. Insert the piece of wood between 

the conveyor belt and the drum on the inboard 

(right) side of the machine. You will not be able 

to pull and push the wood out without adjusting 

the height using the height adjustment handle. 

The tension rollers are set to be low enough so 

that items cannot pass easily underneath. Use 

the height adjustment handle as necessary to 

ensure that the piece of wood fits into position. 

Lower the sanding head so that the drum comes 

just in contact with the piece of wood being used 

as a thickness gauge. 
4.   After you place the piece of wood between the 

conveyor belt and the drum, rotate the height 

adjustment handle one full turn. After the 

height has been adjusted the wood piece may 

be removed. 

5.   Repeat the steps on the outboard (left) side of 

the machine using the same procedure. As you 

check look to make sure that the drum is paral-

lel. A simple visual check that the drum is paral-

lel is sufficient. 

6.   If the drum is not parallel, loosen the four sock-

et head screws (See arrow A in above image. 

These screws are along the outboard side of the 

conveyor belt) and raise or lower the conveyor 

with the 7/16th adjustment nut (See arrow B in 

above image for exact location of the adjust-

ment nut) to achieve parallel alignment. Then 

tighten the four socket head screws. Repeat 

steps 3-5.

 DUST  COLLECTION

Dust collection is necessary for the SuperMax 19-

38 Drum Sander. The sander comes equipped with 

a 4” diameter dust exhaust port at the top of the 

cover. Check to make sure that the minimum dust 

requirements are sufficient. 
To attach to the dust collection system install a 4” 

hose from the dust collection system to the sander 

dust connection. For best results follow the recom-

mendations of the manufacturer. When connecting 

dust collectors straight pipe is preferred because it 

is the least restrictive for airflow. If straight pipe is 

not possible Y’s and elbows are preferred because 

they are less restrictive to airflow than T’s. 

 NOTE: DUST CAPACITY RE-

QUIREMENTS 
The minimum recommended dust 

collection capacity is 600 CFM. Some 

applications will require more dust 

collection than the recommended 

minimum CFM.

POWER AND ELECTRICAL SAFETY

The SuperMax 19-38 Drum Sander requires 110 Volt, 

single-phase 20-Amp service. After the dust collec-

tion system is in place and the drum alignment is 

checked your machine should be ready to be pow-

ered up and operated. 

SAFETY NOTE: do not rewire the Su-

perMax 19-38 Drum Sander to 220 Volt. 

SAFETY NOTE: always disconnect 

electrical power before doing any ser-

vicing or adjusting of the machine. 

Wood piece being used as a thickness 
gauge.

A) Socket head screw; B) Adjustment nut.

A B