Bargain Belt Sander

[rjrl101]

I was looking for a belt sander to speed up a very tedious sanding job recently and came across this Ryobi EBS-1310V for £79 http://www.ryobi-direct.com/acatalog/100mm_Heavy_Duty_Belt_Sander_Only__79.html . Best price I've found for a 100mm belt sander. It also has a sanding frame and a box you could lose a small dog in.

There's an additional discount of 10% off once items are in the basket too (December orders bonus) making it only £71.10 + delivery. Ordered one on the 12th, and it arrived today (18th). Not used it on any wood yet, but it had a nice soft start when I briefly turned it on to check it wasn't DoA.

Time and temperature permitting, I will test it out tomorrow.

 

[chunkolini]

Ha!!
I paid over £100 for one of these, a good piece of kit for the money, especially at that price.
Chunko'

 

[Corset]

Its a bit of a beast that sander. I fing that if you are using the sanding frame that its worth checking its aligned properly as it can tilt easily to one side. Plus the frame leaves some marks occasionally but as it hardly a fine finishing tool thats not much of a problem.
owen

 

[chunkolini]

I started off using the frame and just found it got in the way, so it is now living among the bits of 'useful stuff' in a box in the corner.

Chunko.

ps what to do with the enormous plastic box it came in? it's to good to throw away and just floats around the place getting in the way, let alone the cases off my circular saw and sanders.

 

[mrwilby]

Any chance of some pictures of it and the sanding frame?

I presume this allows you to mount the sander upside down so that you can use it as a fixed sander?

TIA!

 

[Corset]

Yup you can do that but its meant to stop the belt sander digging in to much when you are flattening big areas.

 

[johnjin]

Thanks rjrl
I have just ordered one. I checked Screwfix price and it was £119. So a very good deal for about £77 including delivery.
mrwilby
The sanding frame is for sanding large areas like a door or a worktop and stops the sander from digging a hole for itself. The idea is that it will only sand the high spots and therefore end up making the top pretty flat. You can then use a finish sander after this or finish by hand.
Hope this helps

Best wishes

John

 

[johnjin]

I'll just have to learn to type faster.
You beat me to it Corset.

John

 

[mrwilby]

Thanks chaps.

The reason I asked about mounting upside down is that I read a makita sander review, and the casing on that model (I forget the number I'm afraid) was made in such a way that you could mount it on its back and use it as if it were a fixed belt sander.

Thought it was quite a good idea.

This one is a good price however....

 

[johnjin]

Just an update
They called me this morning about 9am to ask if I would like to collect it as they are so close to me. So another £5 off and this deal is getting better and better. I thought that it was pretty good of them to think to call to see if I would like to collect it.
As long as it works I will be very pleased

Happy Christmas

John

 

[NeilO]

Popped into B&Q today for a few sundries, and saw had aquick look down the tool section ( as you do :lol: ) lo and behold,Ryobi EBS1310v on clearance from £119.00 to £90.00 with another sticker at £74.76?? queried the price and got it for the lower price £74.76 8) ...

the carry case is huge,belt sander sanding frame and belts :shock: but im happy with my Crimbo pressie to Me..

 

[rjrl101]

I've used it now and finished in just a few hours a job that, last week, the orbital sander was making no headway on whatsoever. It's a beast of a machine and fitted with an 80 grit belt is quickly disappearing wood that resisted 40 grit paper on my old orbital machine. I'm going to see what finish a 120 grit belt can produce tomorrow as I do the fine sanding to finish the job off.

Dust collection is pretty good with the bag on and the dust extraction port is round and of a decent diameter too which will make it easy to attach a hose to if necessary, unlike a number of the others I looked at which only had tiny D shaped extraction ports.

Having done a search for belt sanders on this forum, I decided to buy one with a frame but all the frame's done so far is irritate me. Out of the box it tended to stick on one side during adjustment but a good beating and a dab of wax soon fixed that. In use, it leaves black marks wherever it drags on wood. Several coats of Liberon wax stopped that behaviour briefly but it's doing it again now.

Are sanding frames like the stabilisers on bikes - i.e once you've learnt to ride competently you don't need them anymore?

The sander also came with two tiny g-clamps for securing it upside down to a bench. I'm not sure what role this style of frame plays once it's inverted. Is there a fence accessory available - there are couple of holes on the underside of the machine it looks like you could attach something to?

Very pleased with it - in fact, in awe of it! As for the giant box, I reckon you could pack clothes in it and take it on holiday with you. Beats paying for expensive Samsonite luggage and no-one would mistake it for their case on the carousel at the airport either!

Richard

 

[chunkolini]

Hi Richard
On the shelving units I make I do them with 120grit to get a good surface then give them a quick whizz over with 180 on the orbital sander.

The other day I had to sand 30m of 150mm plank, both sides. My favourite job.

I can reccomend makita balts, and there is a guy on Flea bay doing them very cheap in packs of 25. Dont buy the cheapo versions, eg Silverline they just fall to pieces in 5 minutes.

Chunko.

 

[rjrl101]

Hi Richard
I can reccomend makita balts, and there is a guy on Flea bay doing them very cheap in packs of 25. Dont buy the cheapo versions, eg Silverline they just fall to pieces in 5 minutes.

Chunko.

I picked up a few spare belts from Pen Tools in Hereford (very nice shop). Can't remember the brand name - it doesn't say on the belt but it did on the shelf in the shop - but it wasn't a cheap one like silverline.