I'm just curious......WHY???? Delta Bench Random Orbital Sander

**Mike Langford** · 06-10-2009, 4:41 PM

I'm just curious.....WHY?.....was this tool made?????
http://asheville.craigslist.org/tls/1209995456.html

It's a Delta Bench Random Orbital Sander (31-750?)

**Joe Hardesty** · 06-10-2009, 4:45 PM

Because, sometimes it's more efficient, easier, and safer to take the item to the tool. Especially good for small items.

I know a guy who mounted his ROS upside down using an inner tube for just this purpose.

**Bruce Page** · 06-10-2009, 5:27 PM

I haven't seen that one before. Must not have been a big seller.

**glenn bradley** · 06-10-2009, 5:31 PM

Haven't seen it before either but have seen a couple books where the author put his sander upside down in a wheelbarrow innertube to get the same basic effect. I didn't know they were commercially available and I certainly wouldn't pay $100 for one ;-)

**Ron Jones near Indy** · 06-10-2009, 5:39 PM

I haven't seen those for quite a while. It seems I saw them at Lowes several years ago for a few months and then they disappeared from the shelves. Apparently not a big seller. I don't remember the price.

**David Keller NC** · 06-10-2009, 5:50 PM

Originally Posted by Mike Langford

I'm just curious.....WHY?.....was this tool made?????
http://asheville.craigslist.org/tls/1209995456.html

It's a Delta Bench Random Orbital Sander (31-750?)

Because the world will never run out of idiots that are willing to pony up the bucks to buy a new (and useless) power tool. Heck, it's similar with hand tools. The Jackson handsaw with "laser guide" is an excellent example.

**Cliff Rohrabacher** · 06-10-2009, 7:13 PM

To make this chick smile
http://www.woodshopdemos.com/dbos1.htm

And these people happy
http://www.epinions.com/reviews/Delt..._Sander_31_750

and this guy nearly ecstatic
http://www.thisoldworkshop.com/delta-robs-review.htm

Yah I looked at it and said huh?
But apparently some folks like it.

**Jason Beam** · 06-10-2009, 7:15 PM

Originally Posted by David Keller NC

Because the world will never run out of idiots that are willing to pony up the bucks to buy a new (and useless) power tool. Heck, it's similar with hand tools. The Jackson handsaw with "laser guide" is an excellent example.

We are real good at making people with more cents than sense, huh? :P

**Peter Quinn** · 06-10-2009, 7:34 PM

Why was it made? Two words. Stupidity.

Hey, that's only one word! Proves my point, must be its contagious.

**Chris Tsutsui** · 06-10-2009, 7:56 PM

People buy that because they don't want to wrap a scrap piece of wood with sand paper and use their hands.

Soon there will be a machine that measures and cuts your wood and the days of the tape measure and table saw will be over.

Oh wait, that's right... My friend was laid off from his cabinet shop and replaced by a CNC machine.

**Perry Holbrook** · 06-10-2009, 8:16 PM

Looks like once again I'm in the minority, and from the tone of the replies, looks like I'm not very smart either.

A couple of years ago I posted here to see if anyone knew if such a machine existed and came up dry. So I decided to purchase a 1/4 sheet detail sander and mounted it upside down. That works well but has no dust collection.

These machines are probably not needed in many shops, but if you are cranking out production of small items like I do, they are perfect for breaking (softening) edges. Much faster and more comfortable than trying to hold the item in one hand and the sander in the other.

Perry
(minority of one and not very smart)

**Ed Sallee** · 06-10-2009, 8:24 PM

I couldn't agree with what Perry said any more.

I've clamped my ROS upside a time or two..... Not sure if I'd buy the machine, but the application is useful.

**Kyle Iwamoto** · 06-10-2009, 9:32 PM

I dunno about being useless, they make absolutely huge table sanders..... Same idea. Just really big.

No, I wouldn't buy one either. I'll just flip my ROS over. That idea DOES make sense. No cost. Now where is my wheelbarrow......

**David Keller NC** · 06-11-2009, 10:29 AM

Originally Posted by Perry Holbrook

Looks like once again I'm in the minority, and from the tone of the replies, looks like I'm not very smart either.

A couple of years ago I posted here to see if anyone knew if such a machine existed and came up dry. So I decided to purchase a 1/4 sheet detail sander and mounted it upside down. That works well but has no dust collection.

These machines are probably not needed in many shops, but if you are cranking out production of small items like I do, they are perfect for breaking (softening) edges. Much faster and more comfortable than trying to hold the item in one hand and the sander in the other.

Perry
(minority of one and not very smart)

So why wouldn't you use a small disc sander? They're the cats meow for model makers, and there's lots of brands and models out there. According to the review from "This Old Workshop",

"Without a doubt the least pleasant feature of the Delta ROBS, and I am assuming any tool of this type is the hand fatigue rate caused by the high rate of vibration. I found my hands buzzing and sore by the end of a five-hour session with my new ROBS."

**Julian Nicks** · 06-11-2009, 10:53 AM

Wow, are there a bunch of crass people on this forum!

The reason a disc sander might not be the ticket for some is that a disc sander will leave sanding marks just as a belt sander would. The large disc and fence would seem to make it superior to a random orbit sander (ros for you smart folks)in an innertube. If you want to have that kind of attitude, then you could say that a tablesaw is useless because you can mount a circ saw upside down to achieve the same effect.

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