If you’ve ever sanded wood at home, there’s a decent chance you own a belt sander – and you might be wondering if the tool can be used to sand your floor. “These powerful tools use a continuous loop ...

A man in a hat and overalls pushing a sanding machine along a hardwood floor. - Vova Shevchuk/Shutterstock When refinishing hardwood floors, sanding is often necessary. It removes the old finish from ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." When mounted to a fixed stand, they also excel when it comes to smaller tasks like edge sanding or knife ...

It will typically cost between $42 and $200 per day to rent a floor sander. The exact cost will depend on the rental company, the duration of the rental, the type of floor sander, the required ...

If you’re tackling sanding projects that require rugged, coarse-grit sandpaper, you need a belt sander. These machines use a spinning “belt” of sandpaper, which gives them more power than orbital or ...

Before the invention of floor sanders (1903 is the earliest patent), workers used short blades to scrape floors by hand. Power sanders eliminated that backbreaking job, but the machines were huge and ...

The nice thing about working with wood for DIY projects versus metal or masonry is that wood is relatively softer and lighter. You can lift a chunk of wood with just your hands, combine boards ...

The Uniq edge sander from Kundig features four sanding stations that allow users to perform all common edge processing operations on one machine. The robust, versatile precision instrument features an ...