Ratings & Reviews for Metabo HPT 9 -Amp Variable Speed Belt Sander with Dust Management

built good

it does a great job

Belt immediately wanders off pulleys when you start it no matter what you do- piece of junk and now I have have to return it I am going to have them start it up right in the store to prove -it belt flies right off, see now give me my money back

Low price high quality

Good price

Solid sander

Powerful and well built but the balance is not as good as some other belt sanders I have had.

Powerful, consistent and stable sander.

Powerful, consistent and stable sander.

Its fine if you don't mind repairing gouges

I was redoing my pine kitchen counter tops when my old craftsman broke, so I thought I'd "upgrade". The only good thing i can say is that it catches dust well. Its heavy and off balanced. No matter how you set the tracking, the belt just did whatever it wanted to do. You're probably only getting about 6" of actual sanding area because of the way the pulleys are designed and forget it if you need to sand within 3" from a wall, because that's as far as you have from the sanding plate to the rolle...

Good quality.

Thus far just fine.

Amateur occasional diy guy

After fighting my 30+ year old belt sander I started looking online for a good replacement. This Metabo came out on top more often than not. I went with corded because 1) 90% of work would be in shop 2) I’ve used other battery powered tools that when used continually for longer periods they slowed, needed a break and unless you’ve got plenty of spare batteries it’s a pain! Although battery tools are super convenient most of the time. I put a belt on and adjusted the tracking and it stayed right ...

21×3" belt sander

Great product except for the cover to the pulley is plastic breaks easily. Prefer cast iron

Heavy duty sander

Got it as a Christmas present. Have used a few times, and it performs very well. It is a very sturdy sander. Would highly recommend.

*Use Caution - Dangerous Engineering Defect

With continuing use, the rear trailing edge of the thin metal platen bottom surface becomes sharpened by the inside of the belt. This happens because the platen metal covering is thin, slightly higher than the drive wheel, and the belt cannot be prevented from slowly tapering the metal to a razor-sharp condition from the belt continually moving past the trailing edge. I unexpectedly seriously cut my finger since I was not expecting to find anything razor sharp on my sander. I have owned many b...

Belt sander

Quality belt sander, has preformed well every with heavy use. Would recommend for a wood worker or a DIYer. Used this sander to make my Chippendale style banisters.

Excellent sander

Corded is far better than battery when working on big projects, let alone, cheaper. Sands perfect, works perfect at half the cost