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Bench Sander

A sanding machine that is bench mounted. Used for sanding timber. Similar machines for finishing metal are known as linishers.

A view of the Jet JSG-96, Benchtop 6" x 48" Belt; 9" Disc Sander, 3/4HP 1Ph, 115V from Rockler

These are workshop machines that come in a variety of designs, mainly either disc or belt types with varying sizes in each, and different orientations. It depends on the type of work.

The sander above is a combination machine with both a vertical disc sander and a horizontal belt sander.

The main thing about all bench machine is there ease of use, compared to hand held power tools. With a conventional power tool sander one hand and sometimes both has to be used to hold the tool so that the work has to be held in some other way.

The bench machine lets you keep both hands free for holding the work and this results in very fast sanding of many parts. These sanders are useful to furniture and toy makers in particular.

Apart from speed of use, another aspect of these bench tools is that of ACCURACY. The disc sander in the photo can have stops set up to 90 and 45deg. and the table itself can tilt . The belt sander can tilt from horizontal to vertical and anywhere in between and it's stop can also tilt.

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