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Belt sander for wood---metal use?

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JSinIL

12-17-2004 17:14:45




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Hello, I have a large 220 volt single phase 6"x80" belt sander for my woodworking. I have recently been moving more toward metal working and have been getting by with a couple bench grinders and angle grinders. As my skills and shop grow, I am wanting to get a belt grinder for knife making, metal shaping/fabrication etc. So this is my very basic question. Can I simply swap belts for one designed to remove metal? If so what kind of belt Aluminum oxide, silicon etc? I didnt know if metal required a different rate of belt speed than wood to work. The last thing I want to do is ruin a good woodworking tool by using it on metal. BTW my current setup is a single speed at 1800 Feet per minute belt speed. I have had a hard time comparing it to belt grinders since they usually do not publish a belt speed or they are variable and say something like 100-8000 SFPM.

Thank you in advance for your responses
JSinIL

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Slowpoke

12-22-2004 00:20:03




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 Re: Belt sander for wood---metal use? in reply to JSinIL, 12-17-2004 17:14:45  
SFPM is surface feet per minute, same thing as feet/minute.



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Big Jim

12-19-2004 22:50:09




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 Re: Belt sander for wood---metal use? in reply to JSinIL, 12-17-2004 17:14:45  
Only thing I'd suggest is to keep it blown out fairly well. Those little pieces of metal have a habit of getting into places they really shouldn't



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Davis In SC

12-17-2004 18:56:48




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 Re: Belt sander for wood---metal use? in reply to JSinIL, 12-17-2004 17:14:45  
No problem there, I use our belt sanders for anything that comes along..... wood, steel,plastic,aluminum, etc. I keep 80 grit belts on ours, same grit on the flat 12 inch disc. We just buy the off-the-shelf aluminum oxide ones. Use it, all you are going to hurt is the belt,& they are fairly cheap. It is a versatile machine.... Regards, Davis



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Davis in SC

12-17-2004 19:03:26




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 Re: Belt sander for wood---metal use? in reply to Davis In SC, 12-17-2004 18:56:48  
& I forgot to add best to wear safety glasses + a faceshield, & do not stand in the "line of fire". I recently had a 12 inch dia PSA disk to come loose. It rolled about 50 feet, climbed the wall, hit the ceiling, then finally stopped, & fell to the floor. Glad I was standing back !!!



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Rod in Smiths Falls, ON,

12-18-2004 17:15:08




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 Re: Belt sander for wood---metal use? in reply to Davis in SC, 12-17-2004 19:03:26  
Davis is right about using the same belts for metal. The new belts came about about 20 years ago. Someone at the time told me that they had been designed for grinding burrs off cast metal, but they proved useful for wood, as well, and quickly replaced the sandpaper variants.

I even sharpen my jointer knives on a 12" disk sander, so pretty much anything goes with these versatile machines.



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