Step 3: Check your progress frequently. Large handheld belt sanders are powerful machines that can strip through surface finishes or remove material extremely quickly, especially when the belt is ...

Faced with a project requiring a lot of sanding, [George] had two options. Suck it up and buy a belt sander — or re-purpose a tool he already had to do the same job. He chose the latter ...

With a simple homebrew attachment, [Darek] turned his angle grinder into a micro-belt sander that’s great ... he did it all without any fancy machine tools. No lathe? No problem – the drive ...