Lee Valley Sander (*PICS*)

[John Weber]

I hooked up my Uncle up with a motor for one of the small Lee Valley narrow belt sanders. Nice little package. The Lee Valley sander is well made and a typical good value. For anyone looking for a belt sander and has a motor lying around it’s hard to beat for 50ish bucks.

John


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Sorry about the large pics size - should be fixed now.

Also the motor is a Rockwell 1/3 hp reversible. One toggle switch turns it on and off and the other changes direction. It was the last one I had, so not I'm trying to sell anything, just that the sanding frame is well worth the cost.

John

[Byron Trantham]

John, look good to me. There have been several occasions that I wished I had a belt sander like that.

[Dave Van de Laar]

Has anyone used this sanding machine for sharpening chisels and plane blades? I took the sharpening course at Lee Valley and that was one of the tools the instructor used for sharpening. If anyone has used this what are your thoughts for sharpening

[Tyler Howell]

John,

Is that the thing your suppose to hook to you grinder??

[Keith Outten]

Years ago I bought one of the Delta 1" by 30" belt sanders. Cost about 50 bucks and is small enough to put on a shelf when I'm not using it. They are very useful tools. It sharpens, grinds, sands...etc.

I like the one that John found at Lee Valley better except that it doesn't have any covers so dust collection isn't possible. I have been known recently to use my sander to prep black marble for engraving. Yep...with silicon carbide belts your can grind tile and stone :) You can buy felt belts for these sanders for polishing and honing.

Indispensible!

[John Weber]

Tyler,

No, I think that is a different 2" belt device. This is a stand alone, you just add a motor.

John