You're right, Jim. My belt sander is strictly a horizontal edge sander. One that could be tilted to vertical would work fine.
If all you had was a horizontal belt sander I suppose you could make a fence perpendicular to the direction of the belt and grind the pad on its side. I did a couple on the belt sander without such a fence and while it's possible it ain't much fun. A pad can fly a pretty good ways coming off a big sander!
I also like the idea of the tape. I might try that next time.
SK
Last edited by Cooter Brown; 12/19/06 02:55 PM.
