Subject: oscillating Drum Sander? (AMT? OTHER?)

From: damian drewek <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 10 Feb 1997 12:34:45 -0600

Anyone have experience with AMT tools?  Any recommendations for an
oscillating drum sander for <$200??  The Ryobi seems tempting, but the
Universal motor scares me (Mainly due to noise.  How about the Delta?

Thnx
Damian

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From: Martin A. Escarcega <[email-masked]>
Date: 10 Feb 1997 13:27:02 -0700

Really depends on how much you are going to work it. I have the Ryobi and
love it. Drawback, table does not tilt. You'd have to build a platform for
angle operation.

Marty

damian drewek <[email-masked]> wrote:
: Anyone have experience with AMT tools?  Any recommendations for an
: oscillating drum sander for <$200??  The Ryobi seems tempting, but the
: Universal motor scares me (Mainly due to noise.  How about the Delta?

: Thnx
: Damian

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From: [email-masked] (James A. Clifton)
Date: Tue, 11 Feb 1997 23:29:57 GMT

>Universal motor scares me (Mainly due to noise.  How about the Delta?

I've got A Ryobi oscillating sander and have no problem with noise,
which seems moderate.  I like it especially for the capacity to do
inside sanding.  Good luck -- Jim C.

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From: "Steven C. Griswold" <[email-masked]>
Date: 12 Feb 1997 01:25:09 GMT

I have the Delta BOSS and it is wonderful.  Cast Iron top, excellent
quality and easy to use.  $199.00.  I thought it was better quality than
the Ryobi.

Steve

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From: StanR <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 12 Feb 1997 02:45:35 -0800

> Universal motor scares me (Mainly due to noise.  How about the Delta?

Stay away from AMT. My experience with their stuff has been very bad.

Stan

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From: Bruce Johnson <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 13 Feb 1997 03:33:44 -0800

I also recommend staying away from AMT. I bought a bunch of carving
tools from them a few years ago, not expecting much, and they were such
poor quality that they were absolutely useless. The actual tools didn't
come close to the appearance of the pictures in the catalog. I sent them
all back. One exception that I kept was their brass spokeshave, which is
really quite nice. Judging by the price of their power tools, I wouldn't
touch them. These are Chinese imports of the lowest quality.

On oscillating spindle sanders, I bought a Ryobi at Home Depot, thinking
it would do some light stuff until I got around to buying a REAL one. To
my surprise, I've beaten the hell out it for more than two years now,
doing 1 1/4" rock maple, etc., and it's still going! It doesn't have a
whole lot of power, and it sounds like a shop-vac, but it has repeatedly
gotten the job done for me. I just ordered the big Grizzly spindle
sander, but I'll probably keep the little Ryobi for detail work. It's a
good value.

Bruce Johnson
Johnson's Extremely Strange Musical Instrument Co.
Burbank, CA

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From: [email-masked] (DavidSloan)
Date: 13 Feb 1997 15:53:05 GMT

<<On oscillating spindle sanders, >>

Ryobi, Delta and Clayton all make benchtop oscillating spindle sanders.

David Sloan
editor & publisher
American Woodworker mag

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From: [email-masked]
Date: 13 Feb 1997 18:59:26 GMT

Current issue of ShopNotes has a shop built attachment with a 50RPM 
motor to make your drill press into an oscillating sander.

Dean May
Georgetown, TX