Hax Planx wrote:
I'd like to get a sander for some rough and ready operations like
shortening tenons, leveling table legs, crude roundovers, etc. Grizzly
has a 12" disc sander that I can get delivered for $135 and I saw a
Delta at Rockler for $170. I've also heard of there being an attachment
for a table saw, but I've never seen one. I suppose a belt sander would
be nice too, but I have serious doubts about how much I would really use
it. Any opinions, experience or idle conjecture appreciated.

I had a spare motor and some plywood, so built a 12" disk sander as
shown in Fred Bingham's book, "Practical Yacht Joinery".

If you had to buy a motor, switch, plywood, disc plate, etc to make one,
$150 for an off the shelf unit starts looking pretty good.

As a boat builder, I'd be lost without one.

YMMV.

Have fun shopping.


Lew