Bet You Didn't Know Your Belt Sander Could Do This?

[Tarhead]

That wild and crazy Guido Henn is at it again in this video from the German Woodworking magazine Holzverken. Mute it if you don't want to hear the German commentary. Now I just need to create a few jigs unless someone has a spare green Bosch beltsander:
[video=youtube;sLGC7fJd1xQ]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLGC7fJd1xQ&feature=youtube_gdata_player[/video]

 

[tryingtokeepmyfingers]

do not think your video link worked

EDIT : ok it is working for me now.... not sure why it did not the first time

 

[Tarhead]

I just clicked on it and it works for me...Win XP w/Chrome

 

[tryingtokeepmyfingers]

That's not a sander that is a transformer

 

[jazzflute]

I have that sander, although it's blue. What I don't have are all the accessory jigs. I'm lucky enough to already have an edge sander, widebelt sander, spindle sander, and disc sander, so I don't need ALL the jigs. The one I would like to have—and can't find anywhere—is the first one he used: the leveling shoe. They don't make it anymore, and I've never been able to find a used one. That could be REALLY handy for leveling very large surfaces that won't fit through the widebelt! It's a great idea; I'm surprised that they don't offer it anymore.

 

[Berta]

It is German...maybe it will come to our country in a FESTOOL wrapper! :gar-La;

 

[Dave Richards]

I've got a blue version of that sander, too. I wish I'd gotten that first attachment at the time I bought the sander. I'm thinking I'll have to look at the sander now and see if I can design one to make in the shop. Probably not that difficult. I never really thought about all those other attachments before.

Thanks for sharing the video.

 

[CaptnA]

Never knew there were belt sander attachments to help use them for the things I've done (tried to do?) with them.
Makita lists a sanding shoe but I couldn't find one.
Interesting video. Thanks for sharing.

 

[cripto]

is that first attachment this
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Bosch-26080...=1382621286&sr=1-5&keywords=bosch+belt+sander

 

[Dave Richards]

I think so but it's too bad they're in the UK. I don't think I paid that much for my sander.

 

[Willemjm]

Personally, I have never been able to achieve perfect flatness with a belt sander, even with a shoe and a jig. Even with a wide belt sander, one still has to clean up belt marks afterwards and accuracy goes South.

Take a very light swipe with a long hand plane on a sanded top and the sanded valleys and peaks immediately show up.

As I do not run a production shop, I can afford a little extra time and normally get to around 0.002" flat with hand planes.

 

[cripto]

Found this one to here in the US
http://www.amazon.com/Bosch-608-005...&qid=1382622847&sr=1-5&keywords=sanding+frame