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    Question 1x30" belt sander / grinder - a bad buy

    For sharpening metal tools, mainly knives, I bought a 300W 1"x30" Belt 5" Tray Disc Sander Grinder from eBay a couple of years ago, and it's been a disaster. It started making a bearing(?) racket after a few months, and despite me changing out the bearing unit twice on the the middle back roller, it made no difference, so the noise must be coming from the motor itself. It's worse when I use a tight-fitting belt, like a leather belt. Runs almost silently with no belts installed. Unit still works, just sounds unbelievably loud (you have to wear hearing protection to make it bearable).



    EBay seller is out of business, so warranty useless. Yes, I KNOW it's my fault for buying cheap Chinese stuff off eBay! What would you do with this thing, other than throw it away? I have a whole bunch of unused 1x30" belts now, good quality, from the UK, that I need to sell(?) as well.




    I need another solution, like a bench grinder running a silicone carbide wheel on one side and a leather wheel on the other.

    These solutions look interesting:





    Don't want to spend much. Tormeks etc is waaaay out of my reach. I suppose I should start with a decent bench grinder. Does it have to be variable speed?

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    Have you tried pulling the motor apart & replacing it’s bearings - assuming it had bearings not bushes.
    Nothing to loose if it already faulty.

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    This is probably what it's vaguely copying. The belts are 785mm long and 50mm wide, so a bit bigger than yours - not much use to you I guess.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Pete57 View Post
    Have you tried pulling the motor apart & replacing it’s bearings - assuming it had bearings not bushes.
    Nothing to loose if it already faulty.
    I have not, no. I've just been too busy (and not confident I can fix a motor by replacing bearings, which I have never done before.)


    Quote Originally Posted by woodPixel View Post
    You could try a few different things, like one of these little machines. I was going to buy one, just for the occasional job, without the space for a huge belt jobbie
    If I was going to use a tiny belt like that, I'd use my Aldi Work Zone power file, which is essentially the same thing:



    That still leaves me without a fine sharpening option, like my leather belt

    Quote Originally Posted by Bernmc View Post
    This is probably what it's vaguely copying. The belts are 785mm long and 50mm wide, so a bit bigger than yours - not much use to you I guess.
    I'm sure it is copying something, although probably more something like this:



    That's a very popular unit at Harbor Freight:
    1 in. x 30 in. Belt Sander

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    Are you sure it is bearings and not just something simple like a loose fitting part that just needs to have a grub screw tightened? Or maybe the side door or some other cover rattling which could make more sense.

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