I purshased a Delta 6" combination belt/disc sander at a garage sale.
To be honest with you I use the disc more than the belt. I use the
disc to square up and shorten the ends of miter cut pieces of wood. I
have only used the belt with very course grit paper as a "slicker" to
shorten screws, etc. The sander is almost permantly mounted for use
with the disc.

"Oregon" wrote in message .com...
I'm wanting to buy a good 12" disk bench sander, but I keep seeing the
combination disk / belt sanders. I can't figure out why a bench belt sander
would be of any use, unless I have a specific need to send wood across my
shop at very high velocity. I've already got several tools I use for that
purpose. Before I drop some dough on JUST a disk sander, can anyone
convince me that I need to have a bench belt sander as well? Thanks.
O.