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JPG40504 wrote:That ain't what he meant. He wants to be able to edge sand a flat workpiece by setting it flat on the table with the 'edges' vertical and the belt sander running l-r(or r-l) and the width of the belt vertical.

At least that is what I thought he meant!

OK, it finally soaked in to me too.
Pretty much the same way my Ridgid oscillating spindle/edge sander works in belt mode. Like this but with the little stop removed.
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judaspre1982 wrote:I never new they made such a tool--cool!

Dave

I have been quite pleased with it so far. I can't really speak to its durability yet but so far so good. Since both the spindle sander and the belt sander oscillate it does a very smooth job and does not leave any little ridges or grooves.
That front of the table lowers so you can edge sand at an angle. I don't recall its price but it was fairly inexpensive. I think I got it at Home Depot.


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Depending on the size of the workpiece, I would use:
A. Auxiliary fence attached to Belt sander table positioned on the side, with the belt sander horizontal. Would work easily for items up to 24" square and up to 2" thick.
B. Conical disk sander at side of main table with floating tables supported by legs. Would work for larger pieces up to 3-1/2" thick. May need outfeed and/or infeed support. I recently sized some 3/4 ply this way. Used fence to accurately size the pieces. It was too splintery for accurate sawing.

Jim's post gives a very good solution to the original question. Maybe Doug in Florida wants to square or size a larger or wider board.

Two excellent tools would be the drum sander along with a fence, or the conical disk sander with the fence. Either of these options would be a better choice than the belt sander.

Just an FYI on the Rigid belt/drum sander at Home Depot - It sells for $199.00

JPG40504 wrote:That ain't what he meant. He wants to be able to edge sand a flat workpiece by setting it flat on the table with the 'edges' vertical and the belt sander running l-r(or r-l) and the width of the belt vertical.

At least that is what I thought he meant!

I, too, think that is what the OP had in mind. And, thanks to his question and the ensuing suggestions, I had the opportunity to do just that today. I mounted it on the right side, switched the coupler so the belt ran right to left, and mounted the table on the side, parallel to the belt.

The only problem is that mounting the sander this way puts the table very low:



I had to lower my hot-rod shop stool all the way down.

But, it turned out to be very comfortable and easy to handle the workpiece:



I needed to round the edges on a 20"-long piece, to make a quick-release mount for my miter saw, and the horizontal sanding machine did the job, quickly and easily:

gilamonster wrote:I, too, think that is what the OP had in mind. And, thanks to his question and the ensuing suggestions, I had the opportunity to do just that today. I mounted it on the right side, switched the coupler so the belt ran right to left, and mounted the table on the side, parallel to the belt.

The only problem is that mounting the sander this way puts the table very low:

HEY! That's cheating(mounting the aux tables so they create a shelf!):D

That solution is a keeper!
Dick

JPG40504 wrote:HEY! That's cheating(mounting the aux tables so they create a shelf!):D

but the problem is, when you need to use the auxilary table, you have to find places to put the stuff that was sitting on the table...