"John P." wrote: (clip) Basically what I've learned from this experiment is
that this $10 HF part is not a substitute for the $400 Dynabrade Dynafile.
;-)
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In my orginal post, I mentioned that I have used bot the Black and Decker
and Milwaukee units. I did not mention that I am also using one of the
Harbor Freight grinders with the conversion kit that John P referred to.
Mine works fine, but I should add that I have modified it to take a
different belt. (I got a bushel of belts that almost fit at a flea market.)
All of these units have an adjustment that tilts the belt path, to make the
belt track. John, I assume you have not been able to make yours track, even
with this adjustment. There must be something wrong with it. Mine gets
very hard use, and the only problem is an occasional broken belt.