Sounds like you're talking about 2 different applications. A small
orbital sander would do the job for medium to fine sanding, but you
wouldn't use it for shortening a scraping door. Use a belt sander for
removing large amounts of wood, and an orbital for finish work. I have
a nice small orbiter from Miluakee and it works great and it's
reasonably priced.

"James Nipper" wrote in message ...
Anyone have a recommendation on a fairly low-cost small sander for small
items around the house? Are belt sanders still in use today, or are
there better alternatives ?

I am talking about items like sanding off a rough edge of something (wood)
or shortening a scraping door, and stuff like that around the house.

Would Craftsman be a good brand to look at for this ?

Thanks for any tips.

--James--