Best Place to buy Sanding Belts? - and tool gloat!

[Bob Elliott]

I have a 6x48 belt sander I found in the trash at work. It works great and the bearings are tight. I suspect safety red-tagged it and it got thrown out. It even came with a metal stand. Being free the price was right!

Where is the best place to buy belts for this sander?

Bob

[Neil Brooks]

Did you check the trash :)

Peachtree Woodworking sells 'em, but ... if it were me ... I'd buy 'em from Klingspor (http://www.woodworkingshop.com/cgi-bin/228DB9F1/mac/qryitems.mac/itemDisplay?qryType=GRPSG&group=BELTS&lenSgDsc=66X48).

Oh, and ... for the record ... you suck ;)

[Bob Elliott]

Peachtree is cheaper. Anyone know how their quality is?

177765

Picture of subject sander attached. It has a 3 HP Baldor motor and looks like it saw little use.
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[Bruce Page]

Nice gloat.
I run Klingspor on mine. I’m very happy with their durability and they have the best seam joint that I have found.
For what you paid for the sander, quality belts should be easy. :rolleyes:

[Neil Brooks]

Picture of subject sander attached. It has a 3 HP Baldor motor and looks like it saw little use.

The motor is junk, and subject to spontaneous greasy fires -- doubtless why it was red-tagged.

You should send me that motor, pronto, and get yourself a REAL motor -- say, from Harbor Freight.

Bro: I KNOW you'd do it for me....




:D

[Anthony Whitesell]

I don't know the quality, but the best price I found was grizzly, but I was also looking for 220g which is pretty rare apparently.

[Dino Drosas]

You can always buy cheaper. As with any abrasives; you get what you pay for. I cannot say enough good about Klingspor quality or their service. Dino Drosas

[Roger Bullock]

I purchase my sanding belts form Online Industry Supply. Wide range of manufacture, quality, and sizes.

[Mike Zilis]

I like Industrial Abrasives dot com out of Reading PA. Good prices and quality products.

Mike

[jim gossage]

I have bought belts from Grizzly and Klingspor - a little more expensive but the quality is much better from Klingspor. The Griz belts did not have a smooth seam and you would fee/hear a little thump each time the belt passed under the workpiece. The Klingspor were quiet and last longer.

[Scott T Smith]

You can always buy cheaper. As with any abrasives; you get what you pay for. I cannot say enough good about Klingspor quality or their service. Dino Drosas

+1. Klingspor is a major supplier to commercial shops. Their products have excellent quality.

[Justin Bukoski]

+1 for Klingspor

[glenn bradley]

+1 Klingspor. For abrasives there's cheap items that wear out fast and are actually expensive and there's reasonable items that last well and are actually cheaper than the "cheap" stuff.

[george wilson]

That looks like a Kalamazoo sander. For some reason they are very expensive.

[Bob Elliott]

That looks like a Kalamazoo sander. For some reason they are very expensive.

I can't find a manufacturer tag on the machine so I don't know who made it. I'll look at Kalamazoo and see if they made it.

I am disappointed with the way the table is held on the machine. There is one bolt that secures it. IMHO they should have pivoted about a bolt and held with a second.

[Rick Lizek]

Do commercial purchasing. Have bought from all places mentioned and more. Industrial Abrasives is the all time best for quality, price and service. Lowest minimum for custom belts as well.

[Bob Elliott]

Anyone know where I can find a miter gauge for this tool? the slot is 5/8" wide by 3/8" deep.

This is a Kalamazoo machine: http://www.kalamazooind.com/products/belt-sanders/s6ms-6%E2%80%B3-belt-sander/