The Saga of my Broken Drum Sander Continues...

The saga of my broken drum sander continues . I found out that the threaded support rods aren't the only stripped out part on the sander. It turns out that threaded rods thread through brackets that supports the entire roller bed-the part of the sander where you place an item to sand. Fortunately, I found this out AFTER I called the maker of the Drum Sander (Woodmaster Tools) and was told that I would likely findthat these brackets wouldhave stripped out as well. But all is not lost. Woodmaster sells a retro-fit bracket that should (hopefully) allow me to fix this problem and finish sanding up the 9 chessboards that have been sitting in the queue awaiting completion for the last several months.