I have seen them in a shop here in Auckland, the owner was closing his shop, the asking price was a bit high but it did cost him some serious $$ to buy, it was sold within a week.?
Chris Peterson from Comprehensive repair was here working on my SCM Sandya 5 yesterday. It's been remarkably trouble free for the 5+ years I've owned it. He dressed my conveyor belt to expose new grippier rubber, replaced felt and graphite on the platen and made some minor adjustments. Before he left we put on a 180 grit belt and ran a piece of walnut veneer on MDF sheet stock through it. It leaves great finish and didn't burn through anywhere. I'm a happy camper.
Chris says he thinks the best sander out there and the one he likes working on the most is a Viet. Biesse reps them here in the states. He is not at all shy about giving you a list of machines to avoid. My old sander was a Ramco, and he'd be swearing the second he walked in the door.
Jason
Jason Holtz J. Holtz Furniture
3307 Snelling Ave. South
Minneapolis, MN 55406 612 432-2765
-- Jason J. Holtz Furniture 3307 Snelling Ave. South Minneapolis, MN 55406
Jason, did he setup the platen for the 180g and then have you just remove it when not using 180g. I ask because I have heard that it is difficult to dial in the right height without a lot of trial and error so it is easier to get it dialed in to the chosen grit leave the setting and remove the platen when using other courser grits where its not needed/desired.?
On Mar 11, 2022, at 11:15 AM, Jason Holtz <jholtzy@...> wrote:
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Chris Peterson from Comprehensive repair was here working on my SCM Sandya 5 yesterday. It's been remarkably trouble free for the 5+ years I've owned it. He dressed my conveyor belt to expose new grippier rubber, replaced felt and graphite on the platen and made some minor adjustments. Before he left we put on a 180 grit belt and ran a piece of walnut veneer on MDF sheet stock through it. It leaves great finish and didn't burn through anywhere. I'm a happy camper.
Chris says he thinks the best sander out there and the one he likes working on the most is a Viet. Biesse reps them here in the states. He is not at all shy about giving you a list of machines to avoid. My old sander was a Ramco, and he'd be swearing the second he walked in the door.
Jason
Jason Holtz J. Holtz Furniture
3307 Snelling Ave. South
Minneapolis, MN 55406 612 432-2765
-- Jason J. Holtz Furniture 3307 Snelling Ave. South Minneapolis, MN 55406
The only time the platen gets removed here is for hogging off with a 60 grit belt. There's a 100 or 120 grit belt on the machine 95% of the time. I haven't measured the thickness difference between those belts and the 180, but it's not so great to cause excessive heat to be generated.
Jason Holtz J. Holtz Furniture 3307 Snelling Ave. South Minneapolis, MN 55406 612.432.2765
-- Jason J. Holtz Furniture 3307 Snelling Ave. South Minneapolis, MN 55406
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Jason Holtz