Hello Dave,

Welcome back to 2021 nice little mini belt sander !

If your looking at one of this, look into at 1"x30" belt sander. Several people sell one but Harbor Freight in the states sells one that pretty much the same price with a beefer motor (compared to this one) and is only slightly bigger than this one. The belts are more common as well. I guess if you really need a small unit it might work for jeweler/model crafting. I know its a good entry level belt sander for knife makers.

Gray Dave, happy new year, that’s an awesome little belt grinder, I like the idea of a small buffing wheel attachment, ummm you got me thinking now mate, cheers Matty

Hi Dave thanks for the plug. I was just thinking about the belts. I have never worn out a belt on my belt grinder. I always rip them or break them first. That looks like it could be a handy tool for grinding high speed steel. I hope you will be around on Sunday.

Put Allen wrench in the bolt that holds the tension bearings and use it to take off tension

Happy new year Dave,

Hi Dave, Happy New Year. Will be interesting to see how it goes. Looks good at this stage and ideal for model engineering. Regards Kevin

come up with a shield to keep particles out of the open frame motor

sometimes I think about these and yeah they seem a little high but youd have a lot of time in making the plate to hold the bearings and be adjustable. wouldn't be hard to set it up for what youd like to do with it like change out or modify the work piece steady plate, yeah and maybe add a disc on the end

Nice to here that You're with us. Interesting stuff You've got. That little machine could be an alternative to the pedestal grinder I've got. Both 12 and 24 volt power supplies are avalable.

Was thinking about building one of these. Please post links for the bearings and any other parts. Thank you for the review.

Hi Dave, those DC motors can handle up to 30 volts no problem and under load can pull 5 amps, so you are barely using it's capabilities with that transformer. Cheers Rob

Dave be advised; once you've used up the provided belts you will find that you are unable to get spare belts, especially if the size you need are.. 10 - 20 - 25 - 30 mm x 330 mm. Yours looks to be advertised as the 30 x 330 mm. I have one of these albeit slightly different design that was supplied, with belts as, 20 x 330 mm, not a cat in hells chance of getting spare belts, I am reduced to using 10mm x 330 mm belts. I have resorted to trying to make spare 20 mm width belts from 6" linisher belts, even with scarf joints & super glue / resin glues, not really succesful so 10 mm it has to be. I've written to Banggood customer services enquiring about spare belts... no response!. Like you I've found that this mini grinder is handy for really small stuff, touching up small drills, small radii, de-burring etc. but nothing major.

Pretty sure I could see 1000 on the back of that belt when you were pulling it through. Next mod - move that power connector round to the back.