Anyone Here Tried One Of These?

Tom H wrote:
> I have this one from HF.
> I use it on a Milwaukee grinder.
> Works good but not Milwaukee quality.
> It's worth the price for those times when you need to get into a tight
> place.
>
> You know it's important to buy those tools that you might need some day.
> --------------------------------------------------------
>

What keeps the whole thing from spinning around? Some kind of screw
that wedges against the grinder?

J T (in [email protected]) said:

|
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=30749

| Any of you guys have any experience with one of these? Good
| experience? Or bad?

I bought one. Could never make the belt track worth a darn. HF angle
grinder worked well though - just not as a sander. :-P

--
Morris Dovey
DeSoto Solar
DeSoto, Iowa USA
http://www.iedu.com/DeSoto

Sounds like a Dynafile. Quite common in machine shops. Very fine work can
be done with them with a bit of practice. Common tool in the debur room
where one slip can cost thousands.

"Prometheus" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> I used an air version of a similar tool- it wasn't a grinder
> conversion, but a standalone thin belt sander with a handheld grip.
> The idea is neat, but I found that for myself, it wasn't all it was
> cracked up to be- the two major problems were that the belt liked to
> slip off the roller on the end no matter how it was adjusted, and was
> a PITA to put back on, and because the belt was so narrow and moved so
> quickly, it had a tendancy to gouge things very quickly.
>
> Useful for rough work, an maybe carving- but not really a finishing
> tool in any sense of the word.

Yup. I've got the dedicated Makita one . It was a leftover from my auto /
plate glass days. Mostly used it to take the sharp edge off the cut glass .
Have used it on the odd wood job. It works if your careful but I think I
would only use it as a last resort. YMMV.
Jim
"J T" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=30749
>
> It's a very intriguing concept, and I could definitely use
> something along those line on a pending woodworking project. However!
> Seems to me you wouldn't have all the fine control of it the ad writer
> implies you would. If you had a couple of handles along the lines of a
> chainsaw I think it could be accurate enough - nothing like a bit of
> chainsaw carving. But set-up the way it is I'd be worried it would be
> inclined to take more off in places then you wanted. I may get one
> later, for metal-work, I think it would work fine for that, but just
> wonder how well it would operate on wood.
>
> Any of you guys have any experience with one of these? Good
> experience? Or bad?
>
>
>
> JOAT
> Teamwork is very important. It gives you someone to blame.
>

[email protected] (J T) wrote in news:29816-44E1142F-738@storefull-
3333.bay.webtv.net:

> http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=30749
>
> It's a very intriguing concept, and I could definitely use
> something along those line on a pending woodworking project. However!
> Seems to me you wouldn't have all the fine control of it the ad writer
> implies you would. If you had a couple of handles along the lines of a
> chainsaw I think it could be accurate enough - nothing like a bit of
> chainsaw carving. But set-up the way it is I'd be worried it would be
> inclined to take more off in places then you wanted. I may get one
> later, for metal-work, I think it would work fine for that, but just
> wonder how well it would operate on wood.
>
> Any of you guys have any experience with one of these? Good
> experience? Or bad?
>
>


For $8.00 I doubt it will be worth much. That has to cost someone about
$2.00 or less to make.

I have this one from HF.
I use it on a Milwaukee grinder.
Works good but not Milwaukee quality.
It's worth the price for those times when you need to get into a tight
place.

You know it's important to buy those tools that you might need some day.
--------------------------------------------------------

"J T" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=30749
>
> It's a very intriguing concept, and I could definitely use
> something along those line on a pending woodworking project. However!
> Seems to me you wouldn't have all the fine control of it the ad writer
> implies you would. If you had a couple of handles along the lines of a
> chainsaw I think it could be accurate enough - nothing like a bit of
> chainsaw carving. But set-up the way it is I'd be worried it would be
> inclined to take more off in places then you wanted. I may get one
> later, for metal-work, I think it would work fine for that, but just
> wonder how well it would operate on wood.
>
> Any of you guys have any experience with one of these? Good
> experience? Or bad?
>
>
>
> JOAT
> Teamwork is very important. It gives you someone to blame.
>

On Mon, 14 Aug 2006 20:24:15 -0400, [email protected] (J T)
wrote:

>http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=30749
>
> It's a very intriguing concept, and I could definitely use
>something along those line on a pending woodworking project. However!
>Seems to me you wouldn't have all the fine control of it the ad writer
>implies you would. If you had a couple of handles along the lines of a
>chainsaw I think it could be accurate enough - nothing like a bit of
>chainsaw carving. But set-up the way it is I'd be worried it would be
>inclined to take more off in places then you wanted. I may get one
>later, for metal-work, I think it would work fine for that, but just
>wonder how well it would operate on wood.
>
> Any of you guys have any experience with one of these? Good
>experience? Or bad?

I used an air version of a similar tool- it wasn't a grinder
conversion, but a standalone thin belt sander with a handheld grip.
The idea is neat, but I found that for myself, it wasn't all it was
cracked up to be- the two major problems were that the belt liked to
slip off the roller on the end no matter how it was adjusted, and was
a PITA to put back on, and because the belt was so narrow and moved so
quickly, it had a tendancy to gouge things very quickly.

Useful for rough work, an maybe carving- but not really a finishing
tool in any sense of the word.