Resurected from the dead...

[Doug Campbell]

Most of you know I like tinkering with my "toys" almost as much as I like building knives, well here's my latest tinkerin.  I had an old Wilton 2X42 belt and 8" disc grinder.  It crapped out a while back due I'm sure to all the dust and crud accumulating in the motor.  I didn't realize how much I used it till I didn't have it any more so went to looking at alternatives.  Replacement with the same thing was looking like pushing $400 shipped here. All I really needed was the disc sander part and anybody whose has used a constant, high speed disc sander knows the disadvantages not to mention health hazards involved. I wanted a variable speed and reversible sander which since I had already bought one of those some time ago I knew was going to be some big $$.

Enter our favorite huge online auction site... A week of "shopping" and I had a 3ph, AC, 2hp motor and an inverter coming. The inverter was used but guaranteed but the motor was new and I'd found what is called a "washguard" version. Completely sealed so no more dust in the motor problems.  Anyway for less that $300 and a little work your looking at the latest addition to my shop... One cannibalized belt/disc sander, don't know why I didn't do it a long time ago.
 

[Roughcountry]

Looks purdy fan-dancy to me. I like all the light you have in your shop also, looks pretty bright to me.

[Lin Rhea]

Those things are handy for getting parts flat. Is that one of those lights you bought awhile back? Lin

[Doug Campbell]

Yep that is the last of five lights, seems the older I get the more light I need, plus glasses and my ever present optivisor...