Electric sanders have become quite popular in a very short span of time
. These are mainly used by the professionals and for the industry purpose. There are different varieties of electric belt sanders available in the market. Hence, you can very easily get confused while choosing the best one out there.
The first variety is commonly termed as belt sander. This machine consists of two rollers which are rolled by a motor. As the rollers roll, a continuous loop of sandpaper comes out of the rollers. These machines are important for doing the sanding in the initial stage of the work in the rough surfaces.
This device is available in various sizes like 3 inches in length and 18 inches is the length of the belt, 3 inches by 24 inches and 4 inches by 24 inches. These tools can offer you various speeds. So it can be quite confusing for the operator to manage the accurate speed.
The measurement of these devices is quoted in metric units. It is either measured in meters per minute or measured in feet per minutes. Another variety of this machine which quite commonly used in the industrial purpose is known as the disc sander.
This machine is almost same as the one that is used in an auto body shop. It can be of two types that are either bench mounted or it can also be doubled as the angle grinder. Pad sander is another variety of the same machine. This device is also termed as palm sander because it can easily fit in the palm of your hand.
There are two types of sanders, the orbital sanders and the random orbit sander. These devices use rectangular sheets of sandpapers. These sheets are designed in such a way that it will seem that it has been cut from a whole piece of sandpaper.