I would buy it

This sander is direct drive at 1 HP:
http://www.grizzly.com/products/Combination-Sander-6-x-48-Belt-12-Disc-3450-RPM/G1183

I don't care for disc sanders because they seem to gum up rather easily. I took the disc off my 6" X 48" Craftsman and just switch belts which is so much faster and easier than replacing the sanding grits on a disc sander. I made a 10" disc sander direct drive, with a platten and a spare motor for really small sanding operations, but it gums up easily and requires frequent cleaning with a sponge rubber cleaner.

Good price on the Grizzly unit, but as always, offer a bit less than what's listed. :wink:

 

Not a bad price to be sure, but id rather put $200 towards an edge sander, like this one:
https://www.ridgid.com/us/en/oscillating-edge-belt-spindle-sander

More common belts, and more sanding area with the horizontal direction of travel. A disc sander that small is borderline useless, i wouldnt worry about the loss. Much better to have the spindles in my opinion.

One rather alarming thing i noticed about the Grizzly is that the listed belt speed is 5000fpm. That is insanely fast to have a belt running, i have a 2x72 belt grinder that runs at 4000fpm that i use for hogging through tool steel. With the belt running that fast, youll be looking at severe burning of your workpiece if youre the slightest bit inattentive, or if the species is prone to burning to begin with like maple or cherry

 

I did buy the grizzly sander combo. Working through it, cleaning things up making adjustments, Etc. I have used Johnson's paste wax on surfaces like table saw surfaces and bandsaw tables. But this is different. This is a cast iron belt sander platen. And given the speeds that this belt runs as was mentioned earlier, I am not sure that a wax is a smart idea. I would like to reduce friction however. Is my thinking good here? Should I let it go? Or what should I use? All ye who are wiser than me, I welcome your perspectives.
And I do need to be honest, this is a big tool. I have a small shop. I like that big disc. But... I may fix it up, use a little while and then do something different.

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