cool grinder

[John Katt]

how cool is this....16000 rpms you could probably could do a scandi grind in about 10 minutes :thumbup: its like a file on steroids, some really bad gnarly steroids

http://www.vansantent.com/Grinding_Sanding/Jet_Pneumatic_Belt_Sander.htm

 

[setlab]

Meh, I've used one before and they really aren't that great.

 

[John Katt]

story of my life find something that looks cool but it really isn't LOL probably cant get any good belts for either

 

[A C Richards]

Yea, used one for many many many hours. Is a godsend for lathe polishing but not much good for anything else.

 

[Stacy E. Apelt - Bladesmith]

Not so good for me either.

OK for roughing in, but for the cost ($350 plus a box of belts), many other tools do that better. A $30 HF angle grinder will rough in a bevel faster.

For finishing work, it does not have the control you want. A disc or standard belt grinder is still the champ for that.

 

[12345678910]

For the price of the air compress you need to run that, you could get a very nice pro 2x72

 

[John Katt]

For the price of the air compress you need to run that, you could get a very nice pro 2x72

I have the air and the 2x72 covered, but in my minds eye I could just see myself sitting with a blade in the knife vise and using this grinder in a similar motion to draw filing, probably have to figure out a way to put a handle on the tip so you could use both hands.....

 

[Carl_First_Timer]

I have the air and the 2x72 covered, but in my minds eye I could just see myself sitting with a blade in the knife vise and using this grinder in a similar motion to draw filing, probably have to figure out a way to put a handle on the tip so you could use both hands.....

Think belt life...

 

[John Katt]

Think belt life...

I kinda figured the tiny belts wouldn't last long, also the don't say what the belt composition is, they could be cheap AO belts, and their intentions are to make money by selling you 50 box's of belt per year

 

[Stacy E. Apelt - Bladesmith]

I can't find it with a search, but someone took apart a hand held belt sander and extended/modified it to take 2X36" belts. He used it like a big file to take down sword bevels after forging. That size can be bought in most all types we use.
Good used Milwaukee, Dewalt, Makita, etc. hand held belt sanders can be bought at pawn shops and yard sales for $10-20. I think the older ones have steel frames that can be welded to.

Another build would be to take a big 6" disc grinder and add a Multi-tool 2X36 to it.

There is a smaller unit made by Portagrind:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Portagrind-...771?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item53ec146f5b

...And of course Harbor Freight make a similar unit, IIRC.