Subject: Delta 4x36 belt/6" disc sander????

From: damian drewek <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 10 Feb 1997 12:37:00 -0600

I found the Delta 4" belt/6" disc sander at my local Fleet Farm store
for $99.  Thats a great deal as far as I can tell.  This is a bench top
and I am wondering if this is enough sander for most uses (vs.
purchasing a pedistal 6" belt 8 or 9" disc)???

Any advice or experience would be welcome.  Damian

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From: [email-masked] (Explodey2)
Date: 10 Feb 1997 22:29:14 GMT

Well it certainly depends on what you want to do. The $99 sounds like a
good deal , but only if the machine does what you want it to do.  I saw
this sander demoed and you could just about stall it with moderately
sanding. If you are doing only light craft work it might work OK. Anything
heavier and you'll wish you had more power and greater sanding area. The
delta floor model (small one) is more of a substantial machine and I've
seen for around $350. Jet just introduced a siimilar one and if averages
hold will sell for less than Delta (maybe $300). If budget is a major
concern, you could go with a cheaper machine like woodtek, grizzly,
reliant etc in the area of  $250. I wouldn't go with less than 3/4 true hp
rating. Hope this helps.

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From: [email-masked] (Kevin W. Tucker)
Date: Tue, 11 Feb 97 16:49:37 GMT

>Any advice or experience would be welcome.  Damian

Bought one a couple months ago - works great, no problems.  For the 
small-to-medium parts that I need to sand with this thing, it works fine - I 
did not see the reason to invest in one of the large floor models.

BTW - $99 is a great deal - take it.

Kevin

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From: StanR <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 12 Feb 1997 02:50:10 -0800

> reliant etc in the area of  $250. I wouldn't go with less than 3/4 true hp

As explodey2 says, it's a good sander for the dollar. But I believe a
six-inch disk is going to be too small for almost anything except small
parts. Eight is probably minimum for a useful disk sander. Remember,
only a portion of a quarter of the disk is actually useful most of the
time.

Stan