Customer Reviews

Performax 60-2080 Ready to Wrap Abrasive Strips for Performax 22-44 Drum Sander 80 Grit(3 wraps in a box)

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These strips were LOW LOW quality. I've had my Jet 22/44 for about 18 months and use it on wide boards, table tops or countertops that I make in my small commercial custom shop. Typically I use 80 grit strips only, and use it to flatten these wide surfaces by taking multiple light passes.

I normally purchase my abrasives from my local woodworking store, and have had great luck. However, recently my local store was out so I purchased these online.

However upon opening the box the strips themselves seemed different in three ways:
1. They came in an unmarked cardboard box (not the "Jet" box).
2. The strips seemed very dry and brittle.
3. The ends were cut a little differently, leaving only the smallest of strips available to clip into the drum itself.

The backside of the abrasive was labeled "Klingspor - Made In Germany", just like the ones I've previously gotten. But the plain cardboard box seemed a bit strange. I don't know what to make of that, but something seems not right.

Within 5 minutes of installing the first strip it broke. I worried that perhaps I didn't fasten it in correctly, so on the next strip, I made extra sure to get things just right. I was able to process about 150 square feet of wood before that second strip broke. This is still very poor performance. Just now I installed the third strip, which broke as soon as the drum was turned on: even BEFORE any wood was fed into it. Amazingly poor quality.

I'm very disappointed in the low quality of these strips.

The rolls that I've used so far fit the drum perfectly, so no issues. The price was good compared with in-store prices. It would be useful to have the rolls labeled or marked somehow, since I bought a few different grits and had to open a roll in order to determine whether or not it was the grit I wanted to use.