Harbor freight sander question

If it can track a belt and not bog down under the weight of it's own belt or mild pressure.

UA100

The sander its self is as good as most, maybe a little more robust construction, but the table and miter gage are crap.

No.36402-1VGA

Had one a while back. Worked fine for about 1 1/2 years then the bushings in the drive drum wore out. Cost me $2.00 too replace them with parts from a local hardware store. Kept it for another year before selling it for $25. Got my money's worth and it sanded and that's what I bought it for.

No.36402-1VGA

No, and no!

I don't buy anything off them anymore since they refused to honor their guarantee on my bandsaw. I'd rather pay a little more to buy off an honest business than buy crap off crooks. If you are comfortable buying off crooks go ahead. Ronald.

OK, I get the message. I will look elsewhere

Thanks for the input

Searcher1

On Tue, 13 Apr 2004 00:20:59 GMT, "Searcher" brought forth from the murky depths:

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That's the same sander that Harbor Freight sells. Either that or it's kissin cousin. Hard to believe that it could be appreciably better than the Harbor Freight version. Especially at that price.

John Emmons

I've owned this unit for about 2 1/2 years without any real problems. As someone else mentioned, the tables don't lock in place very well but I don't think this problem is unique to the HF sander -- I think most of these smaller units are all designed about the same.

Lance

On Tue, 13 Apr 2004 15:18:05 GMT, "John Emmons" brought forth from the murky depths:

Griz has QC people at the factory and they check the machines here as well. I have 3 other Griz machines and haven't had a single problem with any of them. (And I'm actually USING them this year, yabunchadoubters.)

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