WEN 6523 Oscillating Belt & Spindle Sander

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C

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WEN 6523 Oscillating Belt & Spindle Sander

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B

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Pros & Cons

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Pros

Dust collection on it *, but when you look at the amount of material it removes, that’s to be expected. Oscillate and exposes a clean sanding surface. Sandpaper changes with a flip of a switch, very easy.

Manual is available for download on line. Easy to assemble. Reasonably easy to move, several different diameter spindles.

Plastic platform is fine for getting edges ‘square enough’. I am pleasantly surprised how easily it makes smooth straight lines when i make router templates. I make arched wooden tops for wind chime and this is perfect. Very versatile with a small foo... Read More

Cons

The belt adjustment knob was stripped right out of the box. Tried the reset button - nothing. Lack of response from “customer support’ proves you should avoid wen products.

Oscillating attachment has excessive vibration and looks repaired or used even though it came from factory sealed box (see pics). The front tilting table is warped from side to side and front to back. The sanding belt is not square to the table. I gue... Read More

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Highlights

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Quality

No problems with the belt or drums slipping

Its about 7 but that puts it in line with the rest

I had a problem with the tilting table on this unit

Hard to do with the rounded edges

Price

The wen was a better price and seemed to have better reviews

Packaging/appearance

Easy to set up light enough to move to the table and then out of the way

We looked at every piece of packaging several times but it was not in the box

I should have read the packaging before spouting off at the mouth all is well it turns out the 12 inch sleeve fits directly o t... Read More

Competitiveness

The dust collection works better than i expected with my shopvac hookup

All at a fraction of the cost of the more wellknown brands

Overall wen products are not top of the line

I dont know how well theyd fare if used daily by professionals on a worksite

Overview

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This product had a total of 1,157 reviews as of our last analysis date on Feb 23 2023.