rossow (mn)
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Way back in the 1970s, when Craftsman tools were still USA-made and sort of respectable, I bought a new floor-model belt-disk sander. (Yes, I should have taken it back but didn't.) Despite the tiniest of incremental adjustments, the belt keeps running off-track after a minute or so of use, so I tucked it into a back corner, piled junk on it and sort of forgot it. Now I'm thinking of trying to revive it and need ideas. I've never pinpointed the cause of the problem -- doubt I could see it with the naked eye anyway. Does it make sense that maybe the aluminum "drum" (don't know what to technically call it) on which the belt rides was slightly mismachined? I'm thinking that somehow truing up the drum might fix the problem, but that might mean machine-shop work (i.e., more dollars than the unit is worth). I'm really at a loss about fixing vs. scrapping. All ideas are welcome.