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    Kundig edgesander

    Any one have a kundig edgesander and are they worth the money
    looking to replace a older edgesander with kundig it will be used for mainly sanding cabinet
    'door edges

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    I do... Uniq. Its a beast!
    Fit and finish is on par with Martin machinery.
    There is nothing I produce that doesn’t touch this machine.

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    Do you have the standard unique or s

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    I have the standard. I would think the “S” would be better for doing cabinet doors.

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    Do you use the jointing side and how accurate is it,can you run small parts like the ends of 5"wide drawer fronts

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    If you're just edge sanding doors, I'd look for something solid and older.

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    We've got one on order. I think it should be plenty solid at 1,050 pounds for a 45" x 32" footprint. For us, being able to remove a fixed amount per pass is a feature we look forward to having. It should make fitting inset doors a breeze.

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    Unfortunately this experience would be on my mind. Be interesting to hear your experience James.

    https://sawmillcreek.org/showthread....ander-Disaster

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    James did you get the uniqu s

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    Quote Originally Posted by Eric Wing View Post
    Do you use the jointing side and how accurate is it,can you run small parts like the ends of 5"wide drawer fronts
    I have the old Samco / SCMI Unilev sander that is very similar. We feed through drawer faces on the jointing fence side using a power feeder. It is set up to remove about 0.010" per pass with 120 grit. I would not use it for short ends though. One other thing to keep in mind is that, like any jointer, it will produce a taper if there is any glue residue that causes one end to ride away from the infeed fence. So I use the open side for doing tops and bottoms of doors and the drawer face short sides.

    The Kundig looks like an all-around improvement on the Unilev, so I'm interested to hear about the narrow sanding, too.
    JR

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    Quote Originally Posted by James Biddle View Post
    We've got one on order. I think it should be plenty solid at 1,050 pounds for a 45" x 32" footprint. For us, being able to remove a fixed amount per pass is a feature we look forward to having. It should make fitting inset doors a breeze.
    James, you beat me to it. For a machine with this footprint at 1000 lbs. I would say its plenty “solid”.
    “Old” is one thing its not.

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    I have the Unique S model with the feeder. What do you need to know?

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    Quote Originally Posted by John Sincerbeaux View Post
    James, you beat me to it. For a machine with this footprint at 1000 lbs. I would say its plenty “solid”.
    “Old” is one thing its not.
    An H5 weighs more than three times that.

    I'm sure it's a nice edge sander, the jointer like setup is interesting, but for what they cost I'm not sure they're a very good value. Having a tiny platen is kinda useless too, so you're pretty much just getting the offset tables and enough platen for small parts.

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    Anthony
    how do you like the s do you use it for sanding door edges and how well does it work for edges

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    I absolutely love the machine. It has 2 sides, the veneer side fence is very adjustable and allows me to dial in the amount of sanding needed. The Uniq S model does come with a powerfeeder if you have a lot of doors to do at one time.

    The dust collection is OK.

    The belts were slightly unique size, but I did find a US distributor for them and orders a wide range of grits.

    The oscillating spindle sander is a total bust. Several of us were unable to find sleeves at a reasonable price. They again are a VERY odd size. This was disappointing! I do curves so opted for a separate Shop Fox spindle sander with sleeves readily available.

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