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I burned out the motor on my first unit, however I was shaping boat parts out of some fairly hard mahogany. I have purchased two of these sanders over the last five years. They are very useful for a variety of wood and metal projects. If they made a heavy duty model I would be willing to pay more for it. Once you put one on your work bench you will be surprised how frequently you use it.
In fact when I put on a new belt it barley had the power to run it because it was so tight. it puts a bow in the belt so there is no way of getting a nice flat sanding surface with light pressure. It is certainly not a precision sander and if you think you can get nice small precise sanding this is not for you. I had this little Grizzly H3140 1 x 30" belt sander for just over a month now. It serves it's purpose and for the price can't complain too much. The big problem is (and I know it is design and can not be resolved) is the crown in the drive wheels. After it ran a bit and the belt stretched out it was fine. It is a great little sander for small stuff too small for the bench top.
I had a chance to give it a good work out. The belt has even cut a "U" shape into the table top. It is stable and will sit any ware with out fastening it down. It will stall if you try and get aggressive.
and it's grate for hobbies too.i build boats & cars. it's money will spent.i like it because of it's size. it will fit anywhere,when there not much room to work. .not very good at this, if you would like to call i can answer better over the phone, i even took it to the shop and ues it.
It tracks well, the belt is decent quality, the motor is quiet and powerful. I bought this sander from amazon.com. I have a 4" craftsman that I use for my heavy-duty stuff, but I needed this stand-up style belt for one kind of job. I would not recommend this to be the ONLY sander you have in your shop, but if you need the free-standing belt style for some jobs, this is a great buy. For less than $100 its a great machine.
We had 7/8" x 4' dowels and sanded a point on them with the belt sanded and then finished by hand. He is looking forward to using it with the Boyscouts for making the pinewood derby cars. I had purchase a 10 pack of extra belts, thinking they might break or wear out, but never opened the box.My husband is a custom cabinet maker and has larger belt sanders, but nothing that would have worked this well and been as easy to transport and set up for an event like this. I needed a belt sander for a Girl Scout event, where our troop was making and selling S'more Sticks. We sold close to 100 sticks in 7 hours, and this machine was a little workhorse. He was quite impressed with the performance of this unit.Nice job, Grizzly. It was small enough and safe enough for all of the kids to "help" sand their own sticks and get some experience operating a belt sander.
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