The Shopsmith belt sander is a perfect sander for many different projects. Unlike other belt sanders, it is very versatile and offers variable speed settings. With a Shopsmith belt sander you can do a wide variety of things such as sharpen lathe tools and use it to sand flat stock and curved stock. For sanding wood, it can do everything from very small details such as sanding down and removing scratches from a table, to the removal of a lot of wood, like you would need for rounding a corner, or refinishing a piece of furniture. The Shopsmith belt sander can handle it all. The variable speed makes it a great sander to get for all of these projects. Most sanders run to fast for gentle projects, but not this one.
