@jocarr1791
You can glue sand paper to an old table saw blade and use that as a disk sander. Or, make a disk out of plywood, glue sand paper to it, different grit for each side) then mount it on your table saw. I have a plywood sanding disk for my table saw, and it works great.
@vidarisaksen9379
I have a similar one that I bought about 10-12 years ago. I changed the motor to a 1.5hp 3-phase relatively soon since the original was weak. I use it mainly for aluminum due to the low rpm it works very well without filling up the paper with aluminum dust.
@googleusergp
There are still some product categories where HF has to improve. This would be one of them and I would prefer older USA made tools where the motors are more true to the horsepower rating that are on them. I have limited HF tools, but the one that I have to say that is really working well thus far is a manual tree trimmer that I use at my garage property to trim any trees and branches that hang over the garage. So far it has worked rather well and done the job. However, that is a low technology tool and it’s pretty hard to screw that up.
@littlechuckn7380
I have one of the older green ones. It’s not terrible. I mainly use it for wood/ occasional light metal.
@mlieser1230
Sometimes I feel that there are more misses than there are hits with Harbor Freight equipment. I had a cheap belt sander I bought from Big Lots. It worked great on metal. I picked up a Delta belt sander at the dump. It runs but the rollers are seized and the disc plate is broken. It's a back burner project.
@littlejack59
if it's a brushed motor you likely need to run it without a load for a couple minutes before you first use it. Not sure what the manual says but that's the case for dremels rotory tools.
@ronnovak1604
Mine worked great for sanding warped exhaust manifolds..
@snowvisionoutdoors
So what you are saying is..... Was Not worth it? or is there still a place for it
@kashjunkie
I was gonna get it just for sharpening chisels lol but idk now
@chanceharmon6491
It sounds like you got a defective tool and then proceeded to not replace it. You should probably bring it in and see if they'll swap it
@loganlawlyes1980
Its harber freight, if you want quality tools you buy once cry once. Its affordable tools for a budget
@JamesSmullins
You literally bought the cheapest one they have and then complain about it? Central machine is the lowest end of their power tools, everyone knows that.
@victorhoyt4352
There he is!!
@jennifurzoe1302
And yet you keep going back to that place.
@boosted3500
Sounds like you modify all your tools hahaha
@tfarm7015
Well that isn’t really for steel
@JamMhill520
If ur having to "tweak" the ratchets maybe ur the problem or methamphetamine is ur problem is what it really sounds like!
@TwoTurtlesAndAWrench