Most of you know I like tinkering with my “toys” almost as much as I like building knives, well here’s my latest tinkerin. I had an old Wilton 2X42 belt and 8” disc grinder. It crapped out a while back due I’m sure to all the dust and crud accumulating in the motor. I didn’t realize how much I used it till I didn’t have it any more so went to looking at alternatives. Replacement with the same thing was looking like pushing $400 shipped here. All I really needed was the disc sander part and anybody whose has used a constant, high speed disc sander knows the disadvantages not to mention health hazards involved. I wanted a variable speed and reversible sander which since I had already bought one of those some time ago I knew was going to be some big $$.
Enter our favorite huge online auction site… A week of “shopping” and I had a 3ph, AC, 2hp motor and an inverter coming. The inverter was used but guaranteed but the motor was new and I’d found what is called a “washguard” version. Completely sealed so no more dust in the motor problems. Anyway for less that $300 and a little work your looking at the latest addition to my shop… One cannibalized belt/disc sander, don’t know why I didn’t do it a long time ago.
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