From: none@none.com99   
      
   As I have mentioned I used the 1x30 Harbor Freight belt grinder for   
   years.  I could have just bought another one and financially it would be   
   just fine.  Instead I bought two other bench top belt grinders.  A 1x30   
   from Wen and a slightly more powerful 1x42 from Buck Tools.   
      
   The Wen was a bit of a disappointment at first.  For the first several   
   months sometimes when I would start it up it would be stuck.  I don't   
   mean hard starting.  I mean stuck.  That seams to have worked itself   
   out.  I just put a new belt on it and it started fine.  In fact its been   
   a while since I had to give it a push with my finger to break it loose.   
   I might even put the side cover back on if I can find it.  For now it   
   seems to be working just fine.  Its POM wheels seem to be holding it,   
   but of course they would need to last for years to hold up as well as   
   the cast and machined metal wheels on the Harbor Freight belt grinder.   
      
   The Buck Tool was not at all a disappointment.  I have run it for months   
   and months with a single padded fine finishing belt.  I just put a new   
   belt on it today for the first time.  I can bog it out, but it takes a   
   fair amount of pressure, and fine belts bog out easier than coarse   
   belts.  Its two speed, but I honestly don't know what they lo speed is   
   for.  Wood sanding maybe.  I use it for polishing and deburring.  I have   
   no clue how it compares to a big name brand belt grinder, but its been a   
   joy to use.   
      
   I mostly just use the Wen for deburring.  I think I am going to move it   
   over next to the Buck Tools so I remember to deburr with the belt on the   
   Wen, and polish with the belt on the Buck Tools.  Depending on how they   
   each hold up if/when the the Wen fails I'll probably replace it with a   
   second Buck Tools 1x42.   
      
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