Patrick, I recently bought the Jet 22-44 Oscillating drum sander, and Love it
It performs up to all that I heard and read in reviews. Money well spent!!
Its an off the wall question but I want to sand the bottom of one of my cultured marble urns.(the size of a car battery) I am tired of using an 18" disc and trying to control everything by hand, Would the Grizzly Dual Drum handle this job without ki…
Just an insight from someone that hears both good and bad about drum sanders from the abrasive supply side of it after the sander purchase has been made...
Go with a drum sander model that uses a plain backing on the abrasive. We've heard many compl…
I have owned a 26" Woodmaster for many years. A wonderful machine . Any propblems were of my own making. It took me a while to learn that this sander is not a planer,nuff said.
Hi Jim, I ended up getting the Grizzly. So far it has been working well. There were a couple of minor adjustments that had to be made like notching the lid to clear the table adjustment handle and repositioning the depth gauge. Out of the box it run…
I have the General International 24" dual drum from about 3 years ago. The machine itself is OK, but drum sanders can be VERY sensitive machines. If I had the space I would have gone to a small wide belt. I use it mostly for sanding five piece doors…
With regard to an earlier version of this sander, I can back up everything that Steve mentioned. Had all the same problems. Also over ten years ago. It was my first experience with a machine that could sand entire boards so I was pretty excited, the…
I once owned the 24" drum sander. Out of all the Grizzly tools I own, That has been my only disappointment. Three reasons, first the handle broke right off the start. Second, I found the paper difficult to put\keep on. there is a metal clip that hol…
Don't know about the grizzly model but last year I bought a Woodmaster drum sander 38" for $2400. A great machine. The big deal is the way a feeder belt tracks, this one is easy & precise to adjust and stays true. They have smaller models. Let us kn…
I am looking at purchasing a Grizzly 24" G1066Z drum sander and was wondering if anyone has or has used this model or any similar. If you have any suggestions on any other in that price range ($1,900.00) would be helpful. Thank you, Patrick.
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