Plastic Pulley Strips
I have owned two of these in the space of 2 days and both of themhave died within that time frame. In both cases, I was cleaningmetal with the belt. After sanding continuously for just over anhour the case was very hot. The sanding belt is driven by a beltinside the casing. The drive belt turns a PLASTIC pulley that isused to turn the belt. In both sanders the plastic pulleystripped and was completely useless. My guess is that theplastic got hot and softened. I am very disappointed in thissander and am going return it for a different brand tomorrow.I giving it two stars only because when it did work it workedvery well. If you were using it intermittently (like for 5minutes max. at a time) then it would probably work well.