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db5
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I've read that one can use a strip sander on a band saw and have found places to buy one. What has been the experience of you who have used it?
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db5 wrote:I've read that one can use a strip sander on a band saw and have found places to buy one. What has been the experience of you who have used it?
Where da ya get a 1/2" x 6' belt?
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As far as I know this won't work very well. Shopsmith's Strip Sander is mounted in the same location as their bandsaw. Maybe that's what you heard?:confused:
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Even if you found a belt of the proper length, I don't think it would work well on the Shopsmith because of the way that a bandsaw blade tracks on the back of the upper wheel and uses two of the bearings to keep the blade from dropping off the back of the wheel. I think the bearings would simply shred a sanding belt, similar to what happens when a sanding belt on the belt sander begins to drift off center.
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