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Will the WASP sander damage the bearings in my pedestal drill? |
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Damaged Bearings
No - this is a common and intuitive question we get all the time, and its a sensible one to consider.
The answer is two-fold:
1. When you think about it, the bearings in the headstock are ball bearings. Ball bearings are designed to take thrust across the rotation axis. It is surprising that drill bearings stand up so well to the axial thrust we subject them to when drilling - so you see the reverse position that you raised is in fact the case.
2. More importantly, we have yet to hear a negative complaint in this regard in the 6 years the WASP has been used (many hundreds sold). Also, the inventor has been using drum sanders of all descriptions, sometimes very heavily, for about 30 years and has never damaged drill bearings (not that we know of anyway). Terry's woodwork classes have also been using normal drum sanders, and the WASP, and you had better believe how students are cruel on machinery.
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