Photo Index - Blue Star Products - Sanding Table and Disc (for # 1000 Series Lathe)

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Manufactured/Badged by:
Blue Star Products
Fairfield, IA

True Manufacturer:
Heston & Anderson, Fairfield, IA

Machine Specifications
Machine Class:	Wood Working Machinery
Machine Type:	Sander
Machine Size:	10”
Submitted By:	Reuben Deumling

Machine Specifications
Description/Model:	Sanding Table and Disc (for # 1000 Series Lathe)
Date of Manufacturer:	sometime after 1941
Serial Number:
Last Updated	9/20/2020 11:41:57 AM

Comments:

We know very little indeed about this particular sander. It doesn’t match any of the smaller disc sanders so far logged here, though it shares some basic architecture with offerings by Yates, Atlas Press, Tomlee, etc. The paint appears to be original and the casting marks and six-lobed knobs suggest the various parts belong together, including the miter gauge which appears rather oversized. The asymmetric miter gauge as well as the table tilt adjustment both only work from the right side, suggesting that if this had been a disc sander attachment for a lathe (the base suggests not), it would have had to have been mounted outboard.

Edit: Mike Levine identified this as a Blue Star (Heston Anderson) accessory for a lathe from the 1941 catalog (cut below). Except for the wing nuts it is a perfect match so I suspect this particular sander was a slightly revised later version.

Photo 1:

Comments: view from front showing the knob for removing the table to replace the sand paper
Source: seller’s photo

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Photo 2:

Comments: side view showing miter gauge, casting #s, matching knobs, and Montgomery Wards motor
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Photo 3:

Comments: three quarter view of cleaned up machine: disc, motor, table, miter gauge
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Photo 4:

Comments: motor
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Photo 5:

Comments: cut from 1941 Blue Star catalog
Source: http://vintagemachinery.org/pubs/110/756.pdf

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