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Definition: Drum Sander |
Drum SanderNoun1. A power tool used for sanding wood; a loop of sandpaper is moved at high speed by an electric motor. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Occupations | Sets up and operates sanding machine equipped with two or more sandpaper-covered drums to smooth surfaces of flat woodstock: Reads work ticket to ascertain information, such as grade, type, and quantity of woodstock to be sanded, specified thickness of finished pieces, and whether both sides of stock require sanding. Moves specified woodstock to be sanded to feed-end of machine, using handtruck. Wraps specified grades of sandpaper around individual drums, inserts ends of sandpaper in drum slot, and tightens bolts with wrench to close slot and expand drum to produce uniform sanding surface. Turns handwheels or pulls lever to raise or lower individual drums or bed of machine, according to thickness of panels and depth of cut. Presses button to start machine, and turns handwheel to control speed of conveyor, according to grade and type of woodstock to be sanded. Feeds woodstock onto endless belt or between live rolls that carry stock under rotating drums. Feels and examines sanded surfaces and measures thickness of sanded stock with gauge to ensure specified finish and depth of cut. Observes ampere meters and turns handwheels to adjust tension and relieve pressure of individual drums when friction between drums and sanded stock causes excessive heat to drum motors. Replaces sandpaper on drums when dark, wavy streaks are detected on sanded stock. May sand particleboard panels. May be designated according to type of machine operated as Endless-Bed-Drum Sander (woodworking); or according to type of stock sanded as Veneer Sander (woodworking). (references) |
| Tends sanding machine that removes excess glue and lead from wooden pencil blanks: Removes metal clamp from blanks. Places blanks in machine hopper and starts machine. Removes sanded blanks from machine and stacks blanks on cart. May mix and spray coloring on ends of pencil blanks to indicate hardness of pencil lead, using spray gun. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: Drum SanderSynonyms: electric sander (n), sander (n), smoother (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Drum Sander |
| Specialty definitions using "drum sander": INSULATION CUTTER AND FORMER. (references) |
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Consumer Goods |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
drum sander | 112 |
performax drum sander | 11 |
delta drum sander | 10 |
ryobi drum sander | 8 |
floor drum sander | 6 |
building drum sander | 3 |
drum sander used | 3 |
drum sander woodmaster | 2 |
pneumatic drum sander | 2 |
37 drum sander | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-d-e-m-n-r-r-s-u" | |
-1 letter: underarms. | |
-2 letters: daunders, duramens, eardrums, manurers, maunders, surnamed, surnamer, underarm, unmarred. | |
-3 letters: armures, asunder, damners, danders, danseur, darners, daunder, demands, duramen, eardrum, errands, maddens, madders, manured, manurer, manures, maunder, medusan, mudders, murders, remands, remudas, rudders, surname, unarmed. | |
-4 letters: adders, amends, amused, amuser, armers, armure, damned, damner, dander, darers, darned, darner, dedans, demand, demurs, denars. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)44 72 75 6D 53 61 6E 64 65 72 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000100 01110010 01110101 01101101 00100000 01010011 01100001 01101110 01100100 01100101 01110010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)D r u m   S a n d e r |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0044 0072 0075 006D 0053 0061 006E 0064 0065 0072 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)388487792536780707184 |
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