6 inch belt sanders

camerio · Post by **camerio** » Sat Apr 28, 2012 9:33 pm

Is there a big difference between the Shopsmith 6" belt sander and the Magna belt sander ?

SDSSmith · Post by **SDSSmith** » Sat Apr 28, 2012 10:47 pm

camerio wrote:Is there a big difference between the Shopsmith 6" belt sander and the Magna belt sander ?

Generally, there is no major difference. The newer Shopsmith belt sander has the larger dust collection port.

damagi · Post by **damagi** » Sun Apr 29, 2012 1:42 am

I remember seeing on the sawdust session where Nick disassembles and repairs the 6" belt sander that at some point they switched from a crowned drive cylinder to a flat one...dont recall if he said when