I am going to buy one of these. I think I saw Delta at Lowe's or HD.

Anyone have one of these, and do I need to spend some bucks for a good one,
or is a HF unit as good?

I need a two inch wide belt that runs vertical.

Steve

I needed a belt sander to finish one job... so I ran over to the local
Fleet Farm store and bought the only one they had in stock; a Delta
"Shopmaster" with a 4" belt.
I have never seen a bigger pile of junk. Flimsy and underpowered are
the two nice things I could say about it.
The disc sander worked for perhaps 20 minutes (not using it, using the
belt) before it quit turning altogether. ;-(
The "table" is so wimpy, grinding warm butter would be too great a load
and would knock it out of square.
The best thing about it (until now) was that nobody else knew how bad I
got screwed! LOL
David



"Steve B" wrote in message
news:qS4Wf.815$I%6.559@fed1read12...
I am going to buy one of these. I think I saw Delta at Lowe's or HD.

Anyone have one of these, and do I need to spend some bucks for a good
one, or is a HF unit as good?

I need a two inch wide belt that runs vertical.

Steve

On 28 Mar 2006 05:45:17 -0800, "mlcorson"
wrote:

Steve:
I went through this decision process about a year ago. I looked at
every midlevel belt sander readily available at the normal commercial
outlets. Lowes, HD, Grainger etc. A friend of mine had a Delta. In my
opinion, they were underpowered and not built as well as I thought they
should be for the money. I had been looking for a 2"x72" belt sander.
Even considered building one myself. After some search work on this
forum and others, I discovered the Coote Belt Grinder. The price ($350
plus motor) was a little out of the range of my budget, but I decided
to buy it. I put a 1hp motor with step pulleys on it and I couldn't be
happier with the quality and performance. You can also add a disc
attachment if you need the disc sanding capapbility. I do not. As my
father used to say: "Buy the best its cheaper". There is also someone
on this forum who keeps reminding us that: "Buy quality and cry only
once". I think that's good advice.
-Mike


And dont forget BurrKing.....

Gunner



"A prudent man foresees the difficulties ahead and prepares for them;
the simpleton goes blindly on and suffers the consequences."
- Proverbs 22:3