Customer Reviews

DELTA 31-050 1-Inch Belt Sander

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Let's face it, for under fifty bucks, I wasn't expecting much in a benchtop belt sander, but this little baby filled my needs perfectly. It came out of the box and its styrofoam surround needing only to bolt on the table. The table is attached and adjusted using a nifty heavy duty spring loaded bolt. It came with an allen wrench to adjust the 90 degree stop on the table, but a quick check with my tri square showed no such adjustment was necessary. After fitting the table to the machine, I finished reading the instruction booklet and clicked the switch. It started verrrry slowly but after a minute it fired up to full speed. I turned it on and off and found this was only a one time nuissance, as it roared to life in nano-seconds on the second start. I used it to hone a curved corner on a pair of 8/4 table legs and the 100 grit belt (included) cut through the hard maple like a champ. The 1/5 HP motor is all the power this machine needs. It did make a sort of rat-a-tat-tat sound so I disassembled the side and found that by adjusting the belt tension the noise went away. I ordered four packaged of different grit paper at the same time as the machine, and ... took a couple weeks to stock all the grits before shipping. However, the machine was shipped separately and arrived in a few days.

I see Delta maybe discontinuing this machine in favor of the 1/4HP combination belt/disk sander. I saw that machine at ... for seventy bucks and wasn't impressed by the flimsy appearance.