Hi Gang.
My spindle sander (an old Wilton) finally died...totally seized up. After disassembling and seeing the sad state inside, I decided to scrap it. Bought a new one from Amazon and it arrived today...this one
http://www.amazon.com/WEN-6510-Osci...&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00
I like it because it has a cast iron table and good dust collection..and still light enough to move around the shop easily. One big problem,,the throat plates are thinner than the recess they go into on the table. That leaves a step..probably a a couple of mm...big enough to catch a small work piece sliding across it. I called Wen customer support but not much help. Looking for a fix. I could make large plates of thin material to cover the whole table with holes drilled out for the different drum sizes...but seems sort of klutzy.
Any thoughts??
Don
My spindle sander (an old Wilton) finally died...totally seized up. After disassembling and seeing the sad state inside, I decided to scrap it. Bought a new one from Amazon and it arrived today...this one
http://www.amazon.com/WEN-6510-Osci...&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00
I like it because it has a cast iron table and good dust collection..and still light enough to move around the shop easily. One big problem,,the throat plates are thinner than the recess they go into on the table. That leaves a step..probably a a couple of mm...big enough to catch a small work piece sliding across it. I called Wen customer support but not much help. Looking for a fix. I could make large plates of thin material to cover the whole table with holes drilled out for the different drum sizes...but seems sort of klutzy.
Any thoughts??
Don