Mod to cheap 4"x36" belt sander

[Frank S]

Sometimes the most expensive tool is the best choice for being modded. In the case of knuckle busting wrenching for a living for a while I found that the best open&close ended combo wrenches to mod turned out to be Snap-on. Mostly because as a simple spanner they suck They might not break or spread out when you pull on the really hard but that is because of 2 things. First they are made of high quality steel but mostly it is because even if you wear heavy welding gloves the body of them is thinned down so far that even the perfectly rounded edge is sharp enough to cut through leather and pull the hide off of a Blacksmith's hand. However this also makes them the perfect choice for heating and bending to shapes not offered by any manufacture. Being extra slim allows them to reach into tighter places than most any other wrench,

[Vyronb]

I purchased the HFT 6"Disc/4"belt sander similar to this sander. You are 100% correct in that it is underpowered and the table on this machine is horrible. Changing the belt sander belt takes a solid 45 minutes and everything on the disc sander has to be re-squared. It was so frustrating to use the disc sander, I recently purchased a larger 12" Disc Sander and have relegated the HFT sander to my "rarely used" tools. Seeing this modification, I may get it back out and modify it. I have a spare 3450 1hp motor so if the speed isn't too bad, I may make at least this change. Thank you for the idea.