On Thu, 30 Sep 2004 01:44:12 GMT, "Lew Hodgett"
calmly ranted:

Somebody wrote:

Thanks for all the replies. It's a 5" round. Most of my jobs are
small, but I do wish I had a belt sander sometimes like when I was
trying to strip paint off of my porch (only about 100sq.ft). I was
using 80 or 50 grit but it still wasn't working.

You are asking a boy to do a man's job.

Use a chemical paint stripper to get rid of the heavy stuff followed by some
quality time with that baby (5") ROS equipped with some 40 grit paper.

Or sit down with a putty knife and heat gun. It takes it down to
nearly bare wood in no time at all.


Unless you are skilled with a belt sander (Read that you have experience
destroying lots of things with a belt sander), forget it.

Yeah, a belt sandah can put a trench in wood in a hurry.


I do a lot of sanding.

Mostly on epoxy on your teensy toy boat, right?


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