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kippster

12-10-2007 08:01:40

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Hey guys! I have a very large (like 10-12 feet wide)stationary belt sander in the top of my barn. Brother in law bought the darn thing and when he died I got it. I have nothing that I need it for. Anyone have any idea what it's worth?? Wanna buy it?

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cwtech

12-11-2007 08:53:56

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Re: GIANT belt sander in reply to kippster, 12-10-2007 08:01:40

Without seeing a picture, your description can decribe more than one type of sander.

Look it over and try to find a manufacturer's name and possibly a model number.

Does your machine look like a larger version of this stroke sander?

Stroke Sander

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kippster

12-11-2007 21:04:39

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Re: GIANT belt sander in reply to cwtech, 12-11-2007 08:53:56

My sander is very much like the one that is in the link that was posted, but could sand two to three full size house doors. To give you all an idea, the wheels that the belt runs on, on each end of the machine, are about 2 feet in diameter and the belt is every bit of 8 - 10 inches wide. I'll try to get some pictures of this monster and repost

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VaTom

12-11-2007 04:49:19

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Re: GIANT belt sander in reply to kippster, 12-10-2007 08:01:40

Pretty sure that's going to be a drum sander, not a belt sander. With the abrasive paper wrapped tight around the drums, usually 3. The front 2 drums should oscillate, mechanism on the left end when you face the infeed.

Yup, I've got one. Weighs 11,000 lbs. 3 drum motors plus the power feed motor. Mine'll sand a 42" wide panel. Yours apparently more, as it's a larger footprint.

Change-over's too slow for production shops, where widebelt sanders rule. I made the only bid at auction, $50. Nobody else wanted to try moving it.

More than a few of them "floating" around. Any idea how your BIL got it in the top of the barn? Where is it? There are more than a few of us (unwilling to spend what a widebelt costs) who would make room for it.

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Davis In SC

12-10-2007 21:36:09

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Re: GIANT belt sander in reply to kippster, 12-10-2007 08:01:40

Before you give it away, do some research.. There are lots of "Nice" machine dealers that will do you a favor by hauling off that old rusty hunk of junk...But once they get it, it is worth a fortune..

I am going through that now, trying to sell off a nice machine shop... Dealers want to pay scrap price for nice machines just a few years old.. I will torch & scrap them , before I will give them to dealers..

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Spook

12-11-2007 00:20:30

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Re: GIANT belt sander in reply to Davis In SC, 12-10-2007 21:36:09

I think you can get some money for your equipment, but it might take a few years. A lot of Tool & die shops have gone tiits up in the last few years around here. I was at a flea market last year, and a guy had a radius dresser, new in the box. I know they ran $3000 a few years back. He was asking $100. I passed on it, since I don't need it. BTW, the guy didn't even know what it was. I bought a series II Bridgeport, with readouts, power feed to the table for $1300. I got a whole bunch of tooling with it too. Just a lot of machinery idled since China took over a lot of markets.

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Allen Hunt

12-10-2007 10:29:53

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Re: GIANT belt sander in reply to kippster, 12-10-2007 08:01:40

You can find experts in old woodworking machinery at owwm.org. If you register, you can post on the for sale page called "bring out your dead".

A related site, but with no discussion forum is owwm.com, which also has a for sale page.

As a friedly hint...don't go in and ask what something is worth. The folks there are very friedly and a great bunch of guys, but that question sort of ruffles feathers and is against forum rules. They believe in everyone doing their own homework.

I have seen a sander like you mention that had three belts, course, median, and fine. It is in the woodshop at the Illinois Railway Museum. Bob Kutella is the man you want to talk to there. You could run a whole door through that sander. It was made by Berlin and sounds a lot like the one you mention. I would say the worth is little more that scrap because of the time it takes to replace belts etc. on that machine.

It is okay to ask folks what they know about a particular machine and they are extremely helpful. Pictures really help!!!

Allen Hunt - owwm and old tractor guy...

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