Woodriver Benchtop Spindle Sander

[John Stankus]

Woodcraft has the Woodriver Benchtop spindle sander on sale this month. I have been thinking of picking one up.
Any experience/opinions on the sander?

John

[Matt Day]

Looks like the same as all the other clones including Harbor Freight. I'd spend the extra couple bucks and get the Ridgid. Many happy users.

Or get a heavy duty vintage one like a boice crane, state, etc.

[Bill White]

Ridgid here. Best of the low cost units.
Bill

[Stephen Rosenthal]

I picked up a Ryobi OSS550 in an opened box at an estate sale for $20. Didn't really need it at the time, nor do I usually buy anything Asian made, but couldn't pass it up at that price. It's virtually the same as the SS on sale at Woodcraft. Decent power, small fixed cast-iron table and good dust collection with a shop vac. Don't use it very often, but fills a need without taking up much space. That said, I wouldn't buy it at Woodcraft's "sale" price.

Steve

[lowell holmes]

My Ridgid sander will do belts or spindles. I suggest you look at it.

I have the $200 one.

[Dave Lehnert]

I know nothing about them but you can get a like unit from Home Depot cheaper.
http://www.homedepot.com/p/WEN-3-5-A...7hUaAvMc8P8HAQ

[Larry Anderson]

Ridgid here. Best of the low cost units.
Bill

I too have the Rigid and agree best unit for the hobby woodworker.

[John Gornall]

I bought one of those cheap sanders on sale for 69.00 to use on one job. If it finished the job I would be happy. Used it hard for about a week. It earned a permanent place in my shop. After a few years it stopped oscillating. Took it apart and the belts had failed. Belts had numbers on them and I got new belts on ebay for about 15 bucks. Running just fine years later. One thing I like about it is the cast iron table that allows use of magnets - use it as a thickness sander for small strips. Dust collection with shop vac is good. Got my moneys worth.