Belt sander question

[steelhead]

For plug making, which is a better purchase? The belt sander with the narrow vertical belt or the heavier duty one with the wide horizontal belt?

[MAC]

Wide horizontal belt. This way you can use the nose of belt as well as the large flat side. Plus the horizontal one has a disk on side usually depending on brand.

[steelhead]

Sounds lilke it's a lot more versitile. Better for furniture making as well I would imagine.

[Young Salt]

i'd go with the bigger ones. in most cases, wider is better. The ones with the narrow paper are so wimpy they will often bog down on you. I'm looking for a combo disc and belt sander myself, but they can get pretty expensive for the better ones.

[MAC]

You can get a delta (pretty good machine) for about 90 bux at Lowe's