Porter cable belt sander model 371K

Go one for Chrtistmas...cool tool. Not used a bunch, but it will cut some material and doesn't feel like you are holding up a anvil.

I think it will really come in handy for scribing...

CW wrote:

Recently got one and I like it a whole lot, too. It's great for a hacker like me whose motto is "cut once, sand twice."

Watch your back. You are treading on treacherous ground saying that on this newsgroup.

Them's fightin' words... I was just going to say that I don't have that model, but I have an old little "Sandcat" or something like that which takes 2.5"x16" belts, IIRC. Same size range, at any rate. Handy size for a belt sander, in my opinion. It's nice for rough, quickly-slapped-together work like an ape might do, but hand planes or scrapers work better for any fine furniture building. (just a reply in kind...) Andy

RE: Subject

A silk purse a pig's ear does not make.

As long as you treat a belt sander as an abrasive cutting tool, you will be OK.

Even consider the possibility that it might be a finishing tool and you will be on a slippery slope that you won't want to be on, unless of course you are a top shop.

Lew