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indigoonlatigo(at)msn.com
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Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2008 6:52 am Post subject: 3/4 or 1" belt sander.

Can anyone give me a source and name of a hand held belt sander in the above dimensions. 

  

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 John G. 409

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Jim Berry

Joined: 10 Jan 2006
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Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2008 8:00 am Post subject: Re: 3/4 or 1

Got mine at Harbor Freight. I have also seen them at Tool King.



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johngoodman

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Location: GA

Posted: Wed Jun 25, 2008 6:32 am Post subject: Re: 3/4 or 1

John,

I have the one Harbor Freight sells. Inexpensive but the belts are a different story. It's a good sander for light work but can quickly bog down with any heavy work. It also is a little bulky and the belt does not rotate. The housing that covers the back side of the belt can interfere with your work, as well.



The best one I've seen was pneumatic, and very expensive, but I can't remember the brand. Dave Saylor at AirCrafters was using it. 



If I were doing it over, I'd probably go with a pneumatic one. Here is an inexpensive one I found with a quick search of the internet:

http://www.toolsource.com/belt-sander-p-76749.html?sourceid=nextag



John

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Posted: Wed Jun 25, 2008 7:49 am Post subject: 3/4 or 1" belt sander.

Thanks for the link. I am still wondering whether I will purchase one. I just want to make some clean, shallow channels into the windows and the canopy and doors so that the glass cloth will lay in it. I just purchased a new angled die grinder and I think the 1 1/2" disks will probably do just as good a job with careful hand pressure. Because non of the lines are straight it might be a better way to go.

  

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 Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2008 07:32:04 -0700

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 John,

 I have the one Harbor Freight sells. Inexpensive but the belts are a different story. It's a good sander for light work but can quickly bog down with any heavy work. It also is a little bulky and the belt does not rotate. The housing that covers the back side of the belt can interfere with your work, as well.

 

 The best one I've seen was pneumatic, and very expensive, but I can't remember the brand. Dave Saylor at AirCrafters was using it. 

 

 If I were doing it over, I'd probably go with a pneumatic one. Here is an inexpensive one I found with a quick search of the internet:

 http://www.toolsource.com/belt-sander-p-76749.html?sourceid=nextag

 

 John

 

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MauleDriver(at)nc.rr.com
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Posted: Wed Jun 25, 2008 1:16 pm Post subject: 3/4 or 1" belt sander.

The electric Makita seems to be a very good tool - that's what Dave 

Saylor's team was using when I went out there.  But it runs over $200.



Experimenting  around a bit I found a HF Model 96989 Jumbo Air Belt 

Sander - it's got a 1" belt, it's light weight compared to electric,  

and worked quite nicely for me.  One possible consideration regarding 

air and electric is where are you going to work?  Fiberglass dust sent 

me outside or in an open hangar for most of the work and while my air 

lines reached those spots, electric would have been easier.  This tool 

was about $60.



I also found an electric 1/2" belt sander from HF - completely useless 

for the work required so far but it was less than $40.



A 3" belt sander from Sears  turned out to be more useful than I would 

have imagined.  Great for rough trimming the canopy top but even used it 

on the doors - very easy to get a straight line with.  Prices vary 

widely  but I recall $60 will do it.



A good shop vac is the companion tool for fiberglass sanding  - having a 

filter bag installed is critical unless you just want to recirculate the 

dust into every nook and cranny of every inch of everything.

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 John,

 I have the one Harbor Freight sells. Inexpensive but the belts are a different story. It's a good sander for light work but can quickly bog down with any heavy work. It also is a little bulky and the belt does not rotate. The housing that covers the back side of the belt can interfere with your work, as well.



 The best one I've seen was pneumatic, and very expensive, but I can't remember the brand. Dave Saylor at AirCrafters was using it. 



 If I were doing it over, I'd probably go with a pneumatic one. Here is an inexpensive one I found with a quick search of the internet:

 http://www.toolsource.com/belt-sander-p-76749.html?sourceid=nextag



 John



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johngoodman

Joined: 18 Sep 2006
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Posted: Wed Jun 25, 2008 4:25 pm Post subject: Re: 3/4 or 1

First, I did a disservice to the HF sander; it actually does rotate, but my other caveats stand.

I think MauleDriver is right; the 3" belt sander seems to be best for a lot of jobs. Your suggestion to use a small die grinder may be the way to go.

John

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