Hey guys,
We are looking to adding a wide belt sander to our shop - Currently we do all of our sanding with orbital sanders (Real Bottle Neck in our Workshop). We Cnc cut mdf parts and brackets and they get powder coated. They leave our routers looking great but we want to give them a final sand before Powder coating (Remove any tiny burs and blemishes). I was thinking a Wide Belt Sander would be the way to go with a fine sand paper above 200 grit. We are looking at a Laguna Pro 37" Wide Belt Sander with a sanding platen - Has anyone used this machine or seen one in action ??? We really like the Laguna brand and we are trying to stay under $20K for this purchase.
We tried to use a drum sander but it left sanding ridges or Maybe "Chatter" in the parts - This than required a orbital sand and defeating the purpose of the drum sander.
Any advise or recommend will be grateful