Tools #2: Craftsman 6x48 / 9 inch belt sander, model 103.0803

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I got this off a craigslist add a few years ago.

It’s old school with oil bath bearings.

And tracking adjusters on both sides of the idler roller.

The disk sander table has a really terrible angle adjuster, a screw wedge, but it also has two support arms that help lock the table in position.

It has worked well for me although the belt has a tendency to drift.
The problem was pretty bad until the rubber sleeve on the idler roller disintegrated due to dry rot.
I decided to replace it with pieces of an old 3

Tools #2: Craftsman 6x48 / 9 inch belt sander, model 103.0803