The ability to easily switch between the spindle or belt for whichever projects I am working on is quite helpful and it fits in a convenient footprint in my shop. I have had the Ridgid spindle / belt sander in my shop for several months now and am quite satisfied with it. It struck me as rather large still even after I got it out of the box. I'm very glad I got the smaller one to save some space. The Wen seemed more user-serviceable if needed, and still had a several-year manufacturer warranty.Īs for the size, I have a very small shop (a nook in the back corner of my 2-car garage that still needs to house 2 cars and my kid's driving toy car and all their toys and the gardening stuff and … you get the point). I wasn't impressed with the Ridgid lifetime warranty after reading into it, but it may help in a pinch. The decision for me came down to: 1) do I need a miter slot, and 2) do I want the warranty. You are buying a sub-$200 tool, I would expect exactly this. There are some possible issues with the Ridgid, and there are some possible issues with the Wen. That still may be the case, but I wouldn't think it's any higher or lower than the competing model. Apparently Ridgid knocked it out of the park with their first version, then revised it to the current version and the first couple years had some QC issues. My opinion is the quality of the Wen/Grizzly/Triton/etc is going to be similar to that of the Ridgid. Here's a link to an overview video, I think you can find the rest from there: I think he has plans to purchase too, but don't quote me on that. But I need to put some time on it first.Īs for taller… if you're looking for something out of your price range, and you have some time, Kevin at KRTwood made his own and has a few videos with great information about how he made his. I fully intend to do a thorough review of this unit and post here as there is not much information on the Wen variant on this website that I could find. Now, please note I've spent all of 5 minutes with the machine and my opinion may change after I've used it a while. With the very limited time I've had with it, the quality is better than I was expecting and above that of the $160 price I paid for it. I saw an overview of a competitors version that wobbled to an extent I would consider unacceptable, but I'm happy to say mine does not exhibit that trait (video here: ). Everything was there, the unit turned on, the top is metal (contrary to some reviews, probably an earlier revision was plastic), and the top was very close to square and just a hair out of alignment between the movable and fixed sections of the surface. I had about 5 minutes to unbox it and look it over.
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