On 9 Dec 2005 12:05:24 -0800, "tor" wrote:

Most of my stock is sanded while
it is a flat part no wider than 3.5 inches and an inch thick. One
exception is the alder edge glued panels that I purchase (15" x 36") -
they come sort of sanded to 150 grit - I touch them up with random
orbit 150, then 220.

Is there some way to jig up a portable belt sander to use it like a,
well, narrow wide belt sander? I mean if all your boards are getting
planed to the same thickness how complicated a sander do you really
need? I do a lot of intarsia and need a supply of 1/8" thick wood,
and I'd like to resaw it myself, but then surfacing it all, I don't
need, have room for, or could afford a 30" wide or even 16" wide
sander to sand 3 inch wide boards.


-Leuf