While I was limited with the toes healing I watched quite a lot of YouTube, Ben Crow of Crimson Guitars was using a bobbin sander that took strips of abrasive instead of sleeves.
Well I have a SIP machine
And changing the sleeves is not easy so I thought one of those drums would be a good thing to have. It was made by Carroll Tools, but the comments on YouTube said they were not still trading, but not have much I could do I searched for them online. I found a phone number and it rang, the chap who answered took my details and said his sister would ring me back, he was doing some DIY for her.
I got a call back, she explained the company had shut down as the chap who ran it had died but she had a few bits left and what was I after. I asked about a drum for a bobbin sander, and after check I was told to post her a cheque with my name and address and she would post one of to me, result.
The drum arrived, I then need a spindle to mount it on, after a lot more searching I found a site that listed SIP spares. However the part I wanted was shown as out of stock and to contact them. I did find a phone number, it took several tries to get through, the very helpful lady took the details of what I wanted, turns out they were now selling the spindle complete with the rubber drum and abrasive sleeve at a reduced price, but I had to go back to the website to order it.
Much to my delight the rubber drum came off without to much of a problem.
How ever the spindle was 5/8" while the drum has a bore of 1/2", bummer.