Thoughts on this sander for lathe work?

[DavidF]

Anybody have this sander from HF? any thoughts on using this for sanding bowls on the lathe etc?

http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=93629

TIA

 

[DaveO]

Don't have an air sander, but I do use one of their right angle close quarters drills with H&L pads from Klingspor. It does an excellent job of bowl sanding. Being able to reverse the drill helps to tame torn grain when you can't reverse your lathe rotation.

Dave

 

[Rob]

David, I use an air sander for metal work, you will have to have an air compressor with a large tank and high cfm to run it long. They eat up a lot of air. I have a 60 gal tank on one of mine and I don't think I would want to sand a bowl with it. I just use a drill to sand mine.

 

[DavidF]

Thanks guys, I'll take a look at that HF drill Dave.