Kate Wolf vs. Burr King a battle to the Death!!!
On the Left: The Kate Wolf belt sander. On the Right: The Burr King 760, who will come out ahead? Only time will tell…….
Just kidding, this is really a review on Kate’s sander, but wanted to give you a small comparison on what I am normally used to working on. The Burr King single speed 2″x60″ Industrial Belt Sander. In all reality, this would decimate the Wolf Sander in terms of sheer stock removal, roughing and finishing largish items (even smaller ones too), well it would pretty much decimate any off the shelf sander hands down…but that’s not what I’m here to tell you about.
And just to put things into perspective, this is the size difference.
The Kate Wolf Belt sander is cute! I got to see it first hand at the Gem Show in Tucson last year when Kate was giving some demonstrations on wax carving…my first response was exactly that…”just cute! It looks like a toy.”
All kidding aside, I finally had the need for some small semi-automated sanding needs so I figure I would pick this unit up from Rio Grande, others carry this unit as well (retail about $180 USD at this point in time). Its about the size of my hand, and utilizes 1″ x 10.5″ belts, also available where you buy this unit. The first thing that was really cool…easy to setup right on the bench with the supplied bench clamp. Second, its driven by any foredom unit making this a very nice variable speed sander.
The bench clamp is pretty universal, letting you position the sander in almost any direction you can imagine.
The other first impression that I didn’t like was the direction of the belt movement, being used to industrial sanders where the belt moved from top to bottom (similar to buffing wheels), the Wolf Sander belt direction was opposite of that, making it difficult for someone like me that has that top to bottom movement ingrained in his psyche a tough thing to over come….my solution, just flip the unit *upside-down*…there, that’s better! Flipping this upside down now makes the drive wheel the contact wheel.
As mentioned, its driven by your typical foredom unit, a quick release collet type thingy, keeps the flex shaft nice and secure…not to much to add to that, other than this is also attached to the drive wheel.
Putting on and taking off belts is pretty simple, with the supplied allen wrench, you simply loosen the tensioner wheel (resting on finger), put on the belt, tension the belt, and tighten the screw on the other side. Its a two handed operation, but quick and no fuss.
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