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Title: Hog thickness sander
Post by: jered 203 on April 13, 2012, 10:14:00 PM
Has anyone had experience with this machine making limb laminations?  Looks like an alternative to a $600 sander.


http://www.vanda-layindustries.com/html/the_hog_sander.html
Title: Re: Hog thickness sander
Post by: dmikeyj on April 13, 2012, 11:05:00 PM
No experience, but have almost bought it a couple times.  I also priced out materials to make one myself, and it didn't seem worth even trying.  I figure it is a good price.
Although, for that money, you could put together 5 of these:
http://tradgang.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=125;t=006375;p=1

Am also interested in any hands-on review.
Title: Re: Hog thickness sander
Post by: mtquivers on April 17, 2012, 03:54:00 PM
I bought one of these a long time ago, then lucked into a performax sander not long after. It worked pretty good as long as the sandpaper was tight. There is a learning curve with any sander you have to self feed though. Just takes some getting used to.
I honestly forgot I had it until I read this! PM me if you're interested. I might make you a deal.