Belt sanders, any preference

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Belt sanders, any preference

Post by rocket » Mon Jun 30, 2014 9:28 pm

Hare and Forbes have a Hafco belt sander on special at the moment,, http://www.machineryhouse.com.au/L112 just wondering if anyone has any experience with this model/make/ brand , where does it sit in the quality stakes when compared to Carbatec, Jet,
Informed opinion will be gratefully received.
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Re: Belt sanders, any preference

Post by simso » Mon Jun 30, 2014 10:32 pm

I have one of those, and they really are good, it gets used daily, and I've had it for quite a few years now
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Re: Belt sanders, any preference

Post by demonx » Tue Jul 01, 2014 8:04 am

The sander you have linked to is called an Edge sander, I have the bench mounted belt sander type where the belt is a bit shorter and cannot be adjusted at angles.

If I had the budget at the time I would much prefer the edge sander, but it is overkill just for guitar building. I'd still like the edge sander though, would be handy at times.

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Re: Belt sanders, any preference

Post by rocket » Tue Jul 01, 2014 9:16 am

Thanks for the positive feedback gents! it just might sway me to indulge in a bit more machinery.

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Re: Belt sanders, any preference

Post by rocket » Wed Jul 02, 2014 2:35 pm

I took the plunge and ordered one. :D
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Re: Belt sanders, any preference

Post by demonx » Wed Jul 02, 2014 11:22 pm

If you're not already using a belt sander, you'll wonder how you lived without one.

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Re: Belt sanders, any preference

Post by rocket » Sun Jul 20, 2014 12:08 pm

Picked it up yesterday, assembled it but still need to get a couple of components to connect it up to the dust extractor.
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Re: Belt sanders, any preference

Post by simso » Sun Jul 20, 2014 3:07 pm

Nice and new,

These units run pretty straight and true as well, the backing plate is hard wearing as well, the dust extraction side however is pretty useless

The lever for kicking it over to a flat top sander is good as well, we have our fretboard radius jig, designed to swing over the belt when in the layed down position

Nice to see it with its attachments as well, we threw them away after about the first week, not really practicle for what we use it for, we just kept the end attachment for grinding on the radius
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