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Anybody have a Central Machinery belt disc sander & like it?
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Author:  Ricardo [ Tue Apr 20, 2010 2:40 pm ]
Post subject:  Anybody have a Central Machinery belt disc sander & like it?
I'm looking for a belt/disc sander combo. The Harbor Freight 4" x 36" belt/6" disc sander looks good on paper. I know they make a lot of junk, but could this be an exception? The Rockwell unit looks good but its twice the price.
Author:  John Killin [ Tue Apr 20, 2010 3:26 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Anybody have a Central Machinery belt disc sander & like it?
I am curious as to how good it is as well. There is a coupon in "Great Garage Makovers" magazine for the sander at $49.99.

Forgetting about quality and thinking about if it would meet my needs, my concern is how quickly am I going to wish the disk was bigger.
Author:  Steve Saville [ Tue Apr 20, 2010 4:41 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Anybody have a Central Machinery belt disc sander & like it?
I nave the 6" wide belt model. It has worked well for me. I have some issues with it but I feel it was worth what I paid for it.
Author:  Chris aka Sniggly [ Tue Apr 20, 2010 4:48 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Anybody have a Central Machinery belt disc sander & like it?
I have that sander. I use it strictly for putting the toes on belly bridges. For that purpose it works great.

FYI I took the disc part off because mine wasn't flat. I have a 12 inch Delta disk sander for that (and it isn't really flat but works).

Chris
Author:  John Killin [ Tue Apr 20, 2010 4:57 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Anybody have a Central Machinery belt disc sander & like it?
I had used the same size a Delta with 6" disk and didn't find much use for the disk either. All in all I wished it was just a bit bigger. And I was doing Uke stuff at the time. laughing6-hehe

It just occurred to me that I'm right there with you wondering. I am in no way telling you not to go for it as I have no practical experience with this model. I'm just laying out my thought process for not leaping to this one. One thing that I have learned is that once I have a tool it is much harder to justify to the spouse that I need a better one. Even if the first one was dirt cheap.
Author:  Ricardo [ Tue Apr 20, 2010 6:01 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Anybody have a Central Machinery belt disc sander & like it?
You are so right John - got to pick the correct sander first time. [uncle]
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