Listed below are some of the most common visible sanding flaws from widebelt sanders – chatter marks, wavy surfaces, ridges and grooves – and the possible sources of the problem. Chatter refers to the ...

Faced with a project requiring a lot of sanding, [George] had two options. Suck it up and buy a belt sander — or re-purpose a tool he already had to do the same job. He chose the latter, and turned an ...