Sunday, June 22, 2008

My Birthday Belt Sander

I had a birthday on Friday and here is what I got!



It's a Craftsman 3" x 21" belt sander!!! Here is what the other side looks like.



I really wanted this as opposed to a palm sander because it can chew through some really heavy work that a palm sander would take a long time on and also because I already have a palm sander.

I also wanted the 3"x21" because it is the most common size. I did consider the new Porter Cable mini sander. (Click here to see it.) but decided that the 2-1/2"x 14" belt was just not everywhere unlike the old 3"x21".

Not everyone will need one of these, but they do so much from smoothing out scratched wood floors to distressing old furniture to making a badly fit joint smooth as it should be. You will see this again in future entries.

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