Bench grinder or belt sander?

[davidUK]

For a project, I've had 1,243 stainless steel discs between 13-51mm laser cut out of 0.5mm thick sheet.

They are held in the sheet by a small tag approx. 0.5mm wide and each disc is then twisted out of the sheet.

The separated discs have a tiny tag "stump" to one edge which I've been hand filing off in prototype stage (maybe 22 discs for one instrument) but for this larger quantity I need to remove the stumps more quickly.

What would be best... a bench grinder or a bench belt sander? I could buy a small machine which has both but I may be going down the wrong pat with either!

What would you suggest? If you have a type of machine in mind please post a link. Many thanks.

Something like this?...

 

[ChazzC]

I would use a Belt Sander ("Belt Grinder), with a decent sized table. I would not buy a grinder/sander as pictured: combo machines are always a compromise (and on that one something is probably not going to be running at the correct speed).

 

[davidUK]

Could you link to an example please?

I've also seen disc sanders where half the disc shows above the table.

 

[Vietti]

I agree with Chazz, I have a belt sander, a rotary stone grinder, and a disc sander. I find the 1 inch wide belt sander is used far more than the other two combined. The ability to quickly change cutting grits is very handy.

 

[davidUK]

Something like this?:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/VonHaus-Be...hvtargid=pla-1036030158160&psc=1&gad_source=1