The best hand held belt sander by far is Makita 9401 for 4" belts, it wont be cheap to buy unless you can get hold of a second hand one on the Bay.
The long Story:
Did some wood work at the weekend renovating a section of lift off boat roof i made five years ago.
Ive got a 6*5ft area of epoxy sheathed plywood and i need to take about half a mill of it to get a fresh base to repaint it.
We've got a bosch orbital but its slower than by hand and after an hour of mixing hand and orbital i'd got about a 2ft sqaure done! So given
this isnt time ive been in a similar position wth regard to sanding, time to invest!
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Cut to the chase:
I want a belt sander for mixed use (wood, paint, also epoxy) that can shift a decent bit of material without being too stupidly aggressive.
It wont get that much use, and cost is to be kept fairly low, but i dont want some £20 BnQ ownbrand that either.
Also, whats the deal with the belts, are they fairly standard size? avialable in shops? Life expectancy? Range of grits?
What about these:
http://www.tooled-up.com/Product.asp?PID=108090
http://www.tooled-up.com/Product.asp?PID=141836
Daniel
So you want a really good belt sander that will do most types of jobs, but is still cheap to buy.
The best hand held belt sander by far is Makita 9401 for 4" belts, it wont be cheap to buy unless you can get hold of a second hand one on the
Bay.
quote:
Originally posted by roadrunner
So you want a really good belt sander that will do most types of jobs, but is still cheap to buy.
Try ScrewFix, they do some reasonable belt sanders for not a lot of money, (ish), plus they do the spare belts. HTH Ray
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Originally posted by Chippy
... plus they do the spare belts.
http://www.machinemart.co.uk/shop/product/details/cbs2-contractor-belt-sander-230v
Be careful if you get a 4" sander - It used to be a favorite trick to set a 4" belt sander with a coarse belt in and give the job to the
apprentice, then watch as he switched it on and it shot straight out of his hand across the room (or pulle dhim flat on his face if his grip was good
enough)!
Regards
Hugh
Yeah, seems like 3inch is the way to go.
- What most of the diy type shops (bnq et al) stock too, because im quite sure it will half 2 on a sunday when i rip my last one knowing me.
And that Ryobi looks a nice peice of kit, i dont have and thing of theres yet. Sold to the man who should be doing is uni work not on the forum.
What so of grit do i want, presumably typically the removal rate is much higher so a 120grit proberbly take of more than enough for most?
How much do these thing clog on soft paint as well, i guess its a case of keep them moving and dont press to hard and hope you done get too much heat
build up.
Daniel
I have been using the Makita within the carpentry industry for 22 years now. It is fairly large, but it gets the job done and is extremely reliable
.
As for belts, you would normally use 120-150 grits for a fairly good finish, but they would clog up quite quickly, if you are after removing larger
amounts, then 60-80 grits you do the job a treat. IMHO.
Brad.
Hire a floor sander?
quote:Sounds fair to me.
As for belts, you would normally use 120-150 grits for a fairly good finish, but they would clog up quite quickly, if you are after removing larger amounts, then 60-80 grits you do the job a treat. IMHO.