Belt Sander Basics | Beginners Tutorial

[@catstuart1]

This tutorial is brilliant, thank you.

[@CasualDIY]

Thank you for watching 👍

[@marketadurchanova3065]

Thanks, your tutorial really helped. I used my belt sander for the first time and it turned out well.

[@CasualDIY]

Glad that my video was some help 👍

[@ASCarvings]

A lot of good information there. Thanks Thomaz

[@CasualDIY]

Thank you kindly for watching 👍

[@johncoops6897]

Great video! One thing that could have been covered in more detail was about the grits. These tools are great to clean off old finishes (stains, varnish, paint), and for cleaning up dusty dirty rough timber, however that kind of work really clogs up the belts. ... So I find that a "scratch" pass with 80 (or even 40 on some materials) is almost always a good idea just to knock the rubbish off. Using too fine grits too early will cause a world of grief, since the belt will clog and that causes heat... and heat embeds the muck onto the belt forever! ... Paints and varnish-like finishes are the worst, and if you melt them into the belt you need a screwdriver or old chisel to get it off. You will wreck the job if you are sanding with blobs of paint stuck in the belt! So, slow belt speeds, big coarse grit size, and very light pressure at the beginning! ... I suggest to buy a wide range of grits, 80, 120, 180, 240 and always use them in order. It's so quick to change belts that it's much faster to just start at 80 for a quick cleanup, then step up to 120 then go higher and higher (one step at a time). Each belt is only on there for a few passes before changing grits, so they stay cool and wear is minimal... hence you get much better belt life.

[@CasualDIY]

Great info there, thank you for sharing all this. I'm sure it will be very helpful for many people. Cheers!

[@RetroMods]

Cheers mate. I was just about to embark on a project and I'm sure I would of gone nose heavy. Appreciated👍👍

[@CasualDIY]

Glad that my video was some help 👍

[@markduggan3451]

Great video as always.

[@CasualDIY]

Thank you kindly

[@Charcharcharcharcharcharchar]

Incredible thank you!

[@CasualDIY]

Glad you liked it!

[@Habibulla.M]

Nicely explained 👍

[@CasualDIY]

Thank you for watching 👍

[@helenascheele5922]

Thank you! I didnt get a manual to my new beltsander, so you,ve been my. Teacher. Thank again! I didnt Find a Link to that cleening thing. Do you know the name of it?

[@CasualDIY]

You are welcome! Just search on Amazon sanding paper cleaning block

[@markbarron2805]

Great video. Thanks. I have same belt sander and over time it has lost some of the tension between the rollers - wondered if this was something you had come across and whether you’d been able to fix it?

[@CasualDIY]

So far not had that issue. I would imagine some bolts got loose. Worth checking out all the fittings on your sander

[@CriticalThinker1967]

I think we all already worked out how to pit the belt on. Interested in seeing how pros sand with it

[@gaborpallosi7600]

Used to have a same 1🥰! You can't kill it👍 Hope u r well Bro!🤗

[@CasualDIY]

Hehe yes I had mine for years now. All good my friend all good. Hope you are well 👍

[@shawwoodworkingdiy]

Thanx for the great video.... im researching getting a belt sander... the same bosch sander you have, is at the top of my list.... how has your experience been with it? No issues encountered so far? Still enjoying it?

[@CasualDIY]

No issues at all, works great after all those years 👍

[@Rodzina]

I've bought the same sander but mine jumps while sanding probably because of sand belt splice joint is it normal?

[@CasualDIY]

Shat do you mean it jumps? Sanding paper wrong way around?

[@Rodzina]

No sanding paper placed with the arrows but it doesn't run smoothly it vibrates/jumps whenever hit the splice joint -i've never had belt sander so didnt expect that?

[@Rodzina]

I found out today that the motor drive pulley vibrate gently dont now if thats normal or shouldn't vibrate at all??

[@CasualDIY]

@@Rodzina well the whole machine will work and vibrate, hard to suggest anything without seeing it really

[@khs79reunion4]

Vreat video !

[@CasualDIY]

Thank you

[@MikeWilliams-yp9kl]

great video , UNPLUG WHILST PUTTING BELT ON , My friend lost a finger he caught the power button and sanded his index finger down to the knuckle in seconds

[@kanedNunable]

i only use mine now to take off lots of material, but its not pretty haha. i also have a little jig to mount on its side so it works a bit like a sanding disk type of thing. the dust it creates is mental tho and its so old i cant connect a vac to it as the connector is some weird polygon shape :P

[@kanedNunable]

great to see you pumping out the videos mate, i hope it takes off for you. just dont forget your roots man. :)

[@CasualDIY]

@@kanedNunable hehe thanks mate, I hope so to😁👍 Will never forget that mate 👍

[@paulwestlake4278]

A plastic drink bottle cut suitably will make an acceptable adapter for dust collection if you shrink it on using a hot air stripper.

[@zloungeact]

Nice jacket

[@CasualDIY]

Hehe got it from Lidl 😁👍

[@norbertdavis8903]

You need to paint that belt sander to look like a VolksWagen bus, because it looks like one. Lol

[@CasualDIY]

Lol

[@neilfraser6646]

A VW bus with Ferrari wheels needs to be red 🤣

[@EcoHamletsUK]

You can't over emphasize the need to always keep a very strong grip on it. They're great fun to use 😛. I've always thought they would be great for racing, and somewhere on KZbin is a video about turning one into a radio controlled car 😜👹.

[@CasualDIY]

Lol I'm gonna look for that video now 🤣

[@kenthesparky178]

That stack of timber looks expensive 🤭

[@CasualDIY]

Its the lowest grade , rough sawn. So if wasn't too expensive. Need it for some raised beds in my vegetable garden