100 Re: Orbital and Belt Sanders
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100 Re: Orbital and Belt Sanders
From: kevins@chinacat.osf.org (Kevin Sullivan)
Date: 20 Mar 91 21:00:33 GMT
In article <98598@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu>, stein@boa.cis.ohio-state.edu
(Jeff Steinbeck) writes:
|> I am in the market for a belt sander. But I have heard some information on
|> orbital sanders. Has anyone done a comparison of these two tools. Do they
|> perform the same function? Is one better than the other? Thanks for any
|> information you may have.
I have both. I have found that the orbital sander lends itself well
to finish sanding. The belt sander will take off an amazing amount
of material in a very short time. However with the right grit paper the
orbital will remove quite a bit of material. I have the new Bosch
with the velcro paper. Great system except the paper can be a bitch to
get so buy it while you can. The orbital is much easier to control. I
was able to 'master' the operation quite easily. Whereas I ruined a lot
of stock when I first got my belt sander. If it was either/or I would
buy the orbital first. I just don't need that much brut force that
often. The orbital has a much larger range of applications.
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