INSPIRATION - Belt Sander Holder

Yeah, but ... where's the dust bag?

Tue, Oct 23, 2007, 1:44am (EDT+4) snipped-for-privacy@devnull.spamcop.net (Pop`) doth wonder: Yeah, but ... where's the dust bag?

No prob, just point it toward your neighbor's yard.

JOAT "I'm an Igor, thur. We don't athk quethtionth." "Really? Why not?" "I don't know, thur. I didn't athk."

Now that I think on it a bit more, I don't know as I'd have much call for a belt sander in a jig like that, not on it's back; but standing on end, could definitely get some use out of something like that.

JOAT "I'm an Igor, thur. We don't athk quethtionth." "Really? Why not?" "I don't know, thur. I didn't athk."

snipped-for-privacy@webtv.net (J T) wrote on 23 Oct 2007 in group rec.woodworking:

My first requirement when purchasing a belt sander is that the top is flat so it will lie upsidedown by itself. The second requirement is that it have a trigger lock so it stays on by itself. The rest of the functions I don't require that it do by itself.

Wed, Oct 24, 2007, 1:21pm (EDT+4) snipped-for-privacy@online.newsgroup (Steve) doth sayeth: My first requirement when purchasing a belt sander is that the top is flat so it will lie upsidedown by itself. The second requirement is that it have a trigger lock so it stays on by itself. The rest of the functions I don't require that it do by itself.

Putting a sander upside down on a bench, then turning it on, would be way too scarey for me - you didn't mention fixing it in place. It would have to be in a jig, then the jig fastened firmly down, before I would want one upside down running near me - which renders the flatness of the top meaningless. And, if it didn't have a lock so it stays on my itself, no prob, I'd use a zip tie to hold the trigger down. Then have a switch on the socket to turn it on and off - same as my router table.

JOAT "I'm an Igor, thur. We don't athk quethtionth." "Really? Why not?" "I don't know, thur. I didn't athk."