[Jewelry making - Article 00214] - Re: [Orchid] Using wolf belt sander

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Hi Carol:

    I picked one up at SNAG last year. I haven't used it much, but I've
    been positively impressed with it those times I have used it. The
    initial one had a minor manufacturing issue (someone forgot to
    drill/tap the holes for the dust collector). I had an email directly
    from Kate Wolfe within a day or so, and she swapped the unit for me
    the next day. (Shipping from her went out in under 12 hours, but
    since we're on opposite sides of the country, it took a couple of
    days to get to me.) So customer service is outstanding. I've got a
    few minor tweaks I'd make to it, and will eventually write up for the
    'frankentool' section of my website, but it's a fine tool out of the
    box. (slightly different tool-rest, along with a suggestion from Kate
    about rigging it to be mounted upside down for slack-belt sanding.) 

    If you have (or are thinking about getting) a foredom that can
    switch directions, that'd be a handy thing to power it with, and if
    you have a GRS benchmate, absolutely get the GRS mounting attachment.
    (about $10) It's a *lot* more stable clamped into a GRS bracket. (the
    dust collector assumes a normally rotating foredom, to spray dust
    back and away from you, but there are times when it'd be handy to be
    able to go the other way.) If you have a small shop-vac, use it. The
    thing creates mountains of dust...everywhere.... 

    My only real complaint about it is that it seems to be a mechanism
    for causing me to buy sanding belts. This is just a fact of life with
    belt sanders, so it's more of an observation than a real complaint.
    One of these days, if my use of it gets to the point where the belts
    bug me, I'll look into getting some raw 1" abrasive rolls, and
    splicing up my own belts. It's not hard to do. 

    The available belts run the range from fairly coarse to absurdly
    fine, so it's got a wide range. The strip-length of the belt is also
    short enough that you could splice up your own belts out of standard
    sized sheets of abrasive if you had to, or you needed something
    weird. 

Hope this helps,
Brian Meek.
Usual disclaimers apply: no interest beyond a satisfied user.
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