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With the right belts, these 1x30 sanders make it easy to get knives very sharp and very quick. Can even get a leather belt for stropping. I have never used the disc part, though.
Do people typically use this style of sander for metalworking? The narrow 1" belt doesn't seem like it would be very convenient for most woodworking.
With the right belts, these 1x30 sanders make it easy to get knives very sharp and very quick. Can even get a leather belt for stropping. I have never used the disc part, though.
Do people typically use this style of sander for metalworking? The narrow 1" belt doesn't seem like it would be very convenient for most woodworking.
I have their 4x36" + 6" disc sander, which is a bit more suitable for woodworking.
I could see this little 1" being useful for some woodworking (small parts, model making, prepping lathe blanks, breaking corners, small chamfers, etc), but yeah.. seems this one's more geared towards knife making. Won't compare to a legit high-speed belt grinder but it's better than nothing.
Do people typically use this style of sander for metalworking? The narrow 1" belt doesn't seem like it would be very convenient for most woodworking.
When I was a machinist, I used both the 3" & 1" - I remember preferring the 1" - mostly for chamfering/deburring/sharpening - I don't remember the why exactly.
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Do people typically use this style of sander for metalworking? The narrow 1" belt doesn't seem like it would be very convenient for most woodworking.
At our production shop, we use the 5" disc side to buff/sand down pieces cut from rods and/or pipe The right angle formed from the table and disc helps keeps the pieces square. We use the belt sander side to deburr/sand down freshly machined threads.
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I could see this little 1" being useful for some woodworking (small parts, model making, prepping lathe blanks, breaking corners, small chamfers, etc), but yeah.. seems this one's more geared towards knife making. Won't compare to a legit high-speed belt grinder but it's better than nothing.
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