Sanding Belts

delong94 · Post by **delong94** » Tue Aug 19, 2014 10:21 pm

Has anyone used the 6 x 48 belts available from Harbor Freight on their belt sander? They are a good deal at $14.99 for the 5 pack and they have the 12 inch discs for $5.99 for a 2 pack. You get a better deal with the 20% off coupon.

timsturnings · Post by **timsturnings** » Tue Aug 19, 2014 10:50 pm

I have no experience with those belts from HF but for that price I think I would give them a try and possibly report on here of how they worked. JMHO.
Tim.

Gene Howe · Post by **Gene Howe** » Wed Aug 20, 2014 8:19 am

I've used their 3X36 belts and found them satisfactory.

"Wild Bad Bob" · Post by **"Wild Bad Bob"** » Wed Aug 20, 2014 9:58 am

Delong94
I have a clone SS belt sander from Menards, I bought used, had a belt on it. I read on either the SS site or in there book, about "crowning" belts other then SS, so that they track better if I remember. I have not needed to do that, nor have I put a new belt on mine, so only passing on what I read, for you to be aware of.

wa2crk · Post by **wa2crk** » Wed Aug 20, 2014 5:36 pm

I have used a few and put the rest in our community wood shop and reordered some from SS. The seams on the HF belts just seemed to be a bit too "clunky" to suit my taste. They had a very annoying thump whenever the seam came around that caused the work to jump a bit.
Bill V