Sam Salvati Posted January 1, 2007 Share Posted January 1, 2007 I am looking into buying(not building) a CHEAP belt sander, one that has cheap but good belts, that go into the higher grits, like 1000 and stuff. Can anyone help? Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian C. Posted January 1, 2007 Share Posted January 1, 2007 check out grizzly industrial. Grizzly Industrial -- Home. they have a 2" X 72" belt grinder. they call it G1015 knife belt sander/buffer. I dont own one, but have heard good reports. Your milage may vary :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Salvati Posted January 1, 2007 Author Share Posted January 1, 2007 check out grizzly industrial. Grizzly Industrial -- Home. they have a 2" X 72" belt grinder. they call it G1015 knife belt sander/buffer. I dont own one, but have heard good reports. Your milage may vary They are nice, I have heard great things(from Julian mainly hehe:)), but still a bit expensive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Salvati Posted January 1, 2007 Author Share Posted January 1, 2007 If anyone is selling a used one, or even just the wheels for one I would be interested, perhaps a possible trade for what little I might have thta is interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Fredeen Posted January 2, 2007 Share Posted January 2, 2007 What size of sander are you looking for? If you want cheap, you can always check out Harbor Freight. They stock a couple of 1" x 30" (one with a 5" disc attachment, the other without), and they also have a couple of 4" x 36" sanders. The 1" x 30" go from $40 for the standard and $60 for the one with the disc. Both 4" x 36" are about $90. I dont know exactly how reliable they are per say, after all you get what you pay for, and its not the $$$$ professional equipment. I have/had a couple of their 4" x 36" grinders (for linear grinds on long blades). I burnt the motor out of one of them due to heavy use (grinding 3-4 hours straight, every day). What happened was the upper roller got cloged and jamed with a bunch of grindings, and when I turned it on, the belt wouldnt move, rather than shutting it off immediatly, I grabbed some WD40, and tried to loosen things up, and as a result of the motor not turning and circulating air for awhile, the motor overheated. I got a new one, which I oil often, and I havent had any problems since. Dont know if that would be what you are looking for, but I thought I would throw it out there. And if you need abrasives, I get mine from Abrasives, buffers, grinders, handle material, knife making suplies and more They have a good selection of belts for just about any sized grinder, and in the higher grits as well, and they are fairly reasonable price wise. Personally I am hoping to build myself a grinder soon, one with more versitility and design specifications for blade work. Just need the time, and to wait for the budget to loosen up a bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Turner Posted January 2, 2007 Share Posted January 2, 2007 Try ebay Sam, you may find something there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Salvati Posted January 3, 2007 Author Share Posted January 3, 2007 Nice. Thank you guys very much, thanks for that site Tar, REALLY HELPS!!!!!! Good idea Mike, But i don't trust ebay that much, but I will look. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Patrick Posted January 3, 2007 Share Posted January 3, 2007 ApprenticeMan, I got the 4x36 belt sander from Harbor Freight about four weeks ago. So far it has been a decent tool. I have only two things that I have noticed that could be better. One, the belt will track a little goofy belt to belt, so it requires a little track adjustment. (which the adjustment is pretty simple to do) And two, if you really wail away at the metal and try to hog off alot of stock at once, it does bog a little. Othe than that for now it is an OK tool for me. Oh, FYI, arbor freight sanding belts are relativley cheap and hold up very well. Good Luck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacob Posted January 4, 2007 Share Posted January 4, 2007 I bought the Grizzly knife grinder for armouring. I like it. I will probably make some curved plattens for it, and I wouldn't mind having a smaller diameter drive wheel for grinding deeper into inside curves. I will probably get some flap wheels to solve that, though. I bought the belts from a merchant on ebay. I don't recall if I just used her site, or purchased multiple auction lots. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
julian Posted January 5, 2007 Share Posted January 5, 2007 They are nice, I have heard great things(from Julian mainly hehe:)), but still a bit expensive. I second Julian's motion on the Grizzly...lol. K&G's belts are real good for the money, I like 'em. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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