Not that I have personal experience with this, but a friend of mine built a belt
sander specifically for doing metal work, in his case, for shaping knife blades
for custom knives. It's a long belt and runs at high speed, so I would surmise
that the high speed wood working tool would be perfectly adaptable to metal
work. I don't recall what he uses for grits, and he's away on vacation
presently so I can't ask. You can see the results of his work here:
http://www.prayerknives.com/
John Niolon wrote:
> I've got a nice little Sears Belt/Disc sander combo that was marketed for
> wood working... I'm more into metal work now and wonder if that unit would
> work for metal work as well...
>
> it's a 4 x 36" belt/ 6" disk...2800rpm 2/3 hp table top unit #0921536...
> not a heavy duty sander but adequate for light fab work..(I think ?)
>
> my other question is on belt/disc recommendations... what type belts/disc
> are best for light metal work ?? aluminum oxide ?? open coat ?? closed
> coat ???
>
> I need some guidance here guys ??
>
> thanks
>
> John
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