Strip Sander Value Question

pieceseeker · Post by **pieceseeker** » Tue Jul 16, 2013 7:16 pm

pieceseeker wrote:I want a strip sander, I'm looking for a strip sander, and I'm gonna get a strip sander!

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Shopsmith-Strip ... 3383a57d11

But not this one!! Sold for $270.00

fjimp · Post by **fjimp** » Sun Jul 28, 2013 6:36 pm

Many thanks for suggestions on Strip Sander. To Ed I am a klutz when it comes to sharpening and find stones a better solution. I seem to have trouble applying just the right amount of pressure and ruined a couple of belts. To all I apologize for the disappearing act. This summer seems filled with challenges. I have completed three new cabinets for our bathroom and then took care of a number of Honey Do's. The past couple of weeks have been devoted to a bottom up shop cleaning and a major reorganization of the shop layout. I now have the strip sander located where it is easily accessible and I plan to use it for a number of edge sanding applications as suggested in other replies. Thanks I do appreciate the ideas. Jim

dgale · Post by **dgale** » Sun Jul 28, 2013 8:45 pm

pieceseeker wrote:But not this one!! Sold for $270.00

That is nuts - they don't sell for much more than that new from SS when they are on sale. not a prayer I'd pay anywhere near that for an item on E-Bay when I could get it new from SS.

joedw00 · Post by **joedw00** » Mon Jul 29, 2013 4:17 pm

555309 Shopsmith Strip Sander ... $289.49 Standard Shipping $20.49

joshh · Post by **joshh** » Fri Aug 16, 2013 9:38 am

joedw00 wrote:555309 Shopsmith Strip Sander ... $289.49 Standard Shipping $20.49

It's on sale right now for $249

jebber · Post by **jebber** » Fri Aug 16, 2013 10:34 am

I recently picked up one for $40

But I'm a good negotiator.

dgale · Post by **dgale** » Fri Aug 16, 2013 11:34 am

I got mine on E-Bay about 5-6 months ago for $150 BIN, including shipping - it is in pristine/seemingly unused condition and it included an accessory stand, which usually sell for way too much themselves on E-Bay. It had the manual but only had the curved platen, so I had to buy the other two from SS but when the dust settled I thought it was a good deal...anything >$200 when you can get it new from SS for $250-$275 is nuts, yet virtually all of them on E-Bay sell for that much.

JPG · Post by **JPG** » Sat Aug 17, 2013 12:37 am

dgale wrote:I got mine on E-Bay about 5-6 months ago for $150 BIN, including shipping - it is in pristine/seemingly unused condition and it included an accessory stand, which usually sell for way too much themselves on E-Bay. It had the manual but only had the curved platen, so I had to buy the other two from SS but when the dust settled I thought it was a good deal...anything >$200 when you can get it new from SS for $250-$275 is nuts, yet virtually all of them on E-Bay sell for that much.

http://www.shopsmith.com/ownersite/catalog/sptmountingbase.htm

or

http://www.shopsmith.com/ownersite/catalog/spt_storagestation.htm

??

dgale · Post by **dgale** » Sat Aug 17, 2013 2:12 am

JPG40504 wrote:http://www.shopsmith.com/ownersite/catalog/sptmountingbase.htm

or

http://www.shopsmith.com/ownersite/catalog/spt_storagestation.htm

??

The "Mounting Base" as it is formally known...I was surprised they threw it in with the Strip Sander when the box arrived but certainly didn't complain.

JPG · Post by **JPG** » Sat Aug 17, 2013 1:52 pm

dgale wrote:The "Mounting Base" as it is formally known...I was surprised they threw it in with the Strip Sander when the box arrived but certainly didn't complain.

Of course not!:)

Be kind to gift horses!

Now two more platens would have really been nice!