270 degree wrap angle is the best for working quickly and efficiently.
A double gear reduction means that there is a lot of cutting torque.
An advanced design for the sanding belt guide allows for even grinding.
Variable speed: When there is a lot of work, the speed stays the same.
The HARDIN pipe sander and polisher is a must-have for anyone who works with metal. When you need to get rid of welds on curved pipes and other surfaces, you can use the HARDIN pipe sander and polisher. For pipes and tubes, this machine is very powerful and agile. It has a 270 degree wrap angle, which makes it great for finishing or fixing them. Constant speed control gives you a smooth range of speeds even when the machine is under a lot of stress, and the aluminum design and professional-grade construction make it last for a long time. For three years, the HARDIN pipe sander and polisher comes with a 100% money-back guarantee. Features. It can be used to burnish, finish, and recondition stainless steel, steel, nonferrous metals, plastic, and wood. 270 degree wrap angle is the best for working quickly and efficiently. A double gear reduction means that there is a lot of cutting torque. An advanced design for the sanding belt guide allows for even grinding. Belts are easy to change. It doesn’t take any tools to do this. Designed to last a long time and made of aluminum. Variable speed: When there is a lot of work, the speed stays the same. The soft start is done with an electronic. The package comes with a HARDIN Pipe and Tube Sander and a P80 Zirconia Alumina Sanding Belt. Handle the grip.
The bad firs.
The claim that you can do a 270-degree wrap while you are polishing is not true. There is no doubt that the belt will wrap that far, but the belt will not clean or sand as quickly as it does nearer to the end of the wrap. You can only get about 90 degrees of effective sanding in real life.
Second, the on/off switch is very hard to move into the off position. Many times, I have the tool in my hand, but I can’t turn it off. Instead, I have to hold an unwieldy and RUNNING tool with one hand while I try to unplug it with the other. It is very dangerous.
Other people have had the same problem. One person said it got loose over time, but others said they gave it back.
I’m going to use it and keep an eye on the return window.
The good thing is that it works a lot. Not very much on diameters less than 3/4″ because the belts are very stiff and don’t wrap well on small diameters, which reduces the effective cleaning area by a lot more than the 90 degrees I talked about earlier.
It also came with a broken belt guide wheel, but they sent me a new one right away.
A lot of the time I’ve been a machine shop worker, I’ve used strip sandpaper on a lathe to polish tubes, and the action is the same.
Friends of mine have different versions of this tool, but the more expensive one costs three times as much. This is how it works. I’m going to play around with this one for a while.
I’ll write again in a few weeks.
UPDATE.
There is a big problem with the switch that turns the lights on and off. Often impossible to turn off with one hand. I often have to unplug it and hit it with something to get it to let go. I’m giving back my second one and getting something else.
