The Ultimation sander

[Ed Kapuscinski]

Anyone have one of these?

https://ultimation.ca/

I saw them at the GSTMS this weekend and if I didn't have to buy a new fridge it would've come home with me.

A hand powered high precision sander? Sign me up!

[davefoxx]

I want one!  How much were they selling for at the show?

DFF

[diezmon]

$225.00, and you have to hand crank the thing?   

 

[davefoxx]

Hand cranking is not a deal-breaker for me.  You ever seen Roy Underhill on The Woodwright Shop on PBS?    But, I was hoping there would have been a better street price.

DFF

[diezmon]

It be cool to try it first hand. Most disk sanders have a lot of play in the drive so the accuracy is lost. So, if they took the slop out, it'd help a buttload.

Unfortunately, I have to eat.

[C855B]

Looks interesting, especially the precision protractor fence. However... in terms of cost:benefit, add the price of a couple of lattés and you can get yourself a Photon.

Not to mention, last year I picked-up a variable-speed powered sander in the same disk size at Menards for forty bucks, where I use separate protractor to set the fence for the same result.

[wazzou]

Anyone have one of these?

https://ultimation.ca/

I saw them at the GSTMS this weekend and if I didn't have to buy a new fridge it would've come home with me.

A hand powered high precision sander? Sign me up!

The irony here is almost too much Ed. 

[Ed Kapuscinski]

Hand cranking is not a deal-breaker for me.  You ever seen Roy Underhill on The Woodwright Shop on PBS?    But, I was hoping there would have been a better street price.

DFF

Exactly. In fact I LIKE the hand cranking part since it gives you tons of control.

I played with one. The mechanism felt incredibly well built, like no wobble, etc... It felt like the precision tool they're billing it to be.

They were also selling them for $180 in person.

And yes, a Photon is on the list but it doesn't help you square up DPM walls.

[davefoxx]

And yes, a Photon is on the list but it doesn't help you square up DPM walls.

^This.  A Photon also doesn't help making accurate ends on wood or styrene strips when scratchbuilding.  That sander (or something similar) would have made building my trestle much easier and much more precise.

DFF

[Chris333]

Isn't there some sort of Harbor Freight tool that does the same thing, but it powered and is like $30.   


Well OK it is like $80:
https://www.harborfreight.com/4-inch-x-36-inch-belt-6-inch-disc-sander-97181.html

[Point353]

Hand cranking is not a deal-breaker for me.  You ever seen Roy Underhill on The Woodwright Shop on PBS?   

Would those be dowels or mortise and tenon joints holding together your benchwork?

[wazzou]

Isn't there some sort of Harbor Freight tool that does the same thing, but it powered and is like $30.   


Well OK it is like $80:
https://www.harborfreight.com/4-inch-x-36-inch-belt-6-inch-disc-sander-97181.html

Exactly, and you can use something like that to sharpen the lawn-mower blade or any number of other things.
I think I got a Craftsman one from Sears like 15 years ago for about $70 and that thing has come in pretty handy.

[davefoxx]

Would those be dowels or mortise and tenon joints holding together your benchwork?

Wedged through mortise-and-tenon joinery.

DFF

[peteski]

I'm trying to visualize how can one precisely hold a piece being sanded (and make tiny adjustments or alignments) while cranking energetically with the other hand?    I could see if it was foot operated (like old fashion sewing machines), but hand cranked? 

[Ed Kapuscinski]

For one, it's got a flywheel.
And two, that's what you use the fence for.