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can i just use a belt sander to do my grinds? sorry for all my questions, im not a paying member so i cant use the search function. thanks
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you can, thats how i started 15 years ago. i got ahold of my fathers belt sander and made some knives. lets just say the belt sander did not last long. grinding dust will eat up the sander.
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JT's right about the dust eating up your sander i've had it happen to me a couple of times. but it you buy a belt sander with a good vaccume attachment you can stop the dust from screwing it up. also if you fix the sander to a table or vice pointing up like a bench sander you can use a shopvac near the belt to catch most of it. thats what i do and seems to work well as i haven't had to replace mine in about 2 yrs. hope this helps,
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