ALDI grinder / belt sander

NickWelford · 13 Oct 2016

Aldi today have a reasonable looking bench grinder/belt sander on offer for 30 measly devalued pounds Sterling. Does anyone have any experience of it? 3 year warranty. I know it's a bit underpowered, but hey, 30 quid?

JJ1 · 13 Oct 2016

Not an answer to your question but for what it's worth I have their belt sander, delta sander, detail sander and orbital sander and I'm very happy with all of them, especially given the low cost and excellent warranty.
None of them get daily heavy use but for an amateur woodworker such as myself, they perform just fine and represent excellent value for money. I expect the item you mention will do the job just fine and if it doesn't, their aftersales service, in my limited experience, is very good.

Monkey Mark · 13 Oct 2016

I have that one, bought about 3 years ago.
As you say, it's under powered. Ok with the stone but the extra surface area of the belt made that part pretty useless i thought unless takling only thin parts.
I still use it, but it hasn't had a belt on for some time now.

DaWoodster · 13 Oct 2016

Thanks for the heads up, just popped out and grabbed the last one.

Brian18741 · 13 Oct 2016

For £30 you can't go too wrong. It's easy to stop the belt though. Alright for light jobs.

lurker · 14 Oct 2016

I took the wheel off mine as it was out of balance and I have other grindstones.
The belt bit is good and with proper adjustment does not slip very much.
In a way, the slip is useful as it acts as a clutch when you press on too hard thus avoiding overheat.

NickWelford · 14 Oct 2016

Thanks guys, went and got one. I have a number of grinders, it's the belt I'm interested in, want to make knives, small ones for carving. Any recommendations as to where best to source belts?