Tools For Cabinetmaking

Makita 9903 Belt Sander

Perfect Tracking and Quiet too!

The Makita 9903 Belt Sander is  a perfect belt sander for any woodworking shop. Makita has been around for along time and makes all types woodworking tools of the highest quality.

One of our Porter-cable sanders went down the other day ( bearings were shot and it started to make that “grinding noise” as it slowed down ) so we took a look at a reasonably priced replacement. After reading reviews on amazon we elected to give the Makita 9903 Belt Sander with variable speed a try.

Tim Dean, the cabinet tech whose Porter-cable went bad, got the surprise when it came in  ( quickly I might add from Amazon.com ) as we brought it over to his work area. Tim was indeed surprised and very thankful that we got him a new belt sander, but, a Makita?  “give it a try” I said, “you just might like it!” Well after about 2 days and with plenty of hard use  he came back to us and said, “Man this is sweet!“, “it’s nice and light, belts are real easy to change, lots of power, and its belt tracking was dead on every time!” “The dust collection bag wasn’t in the way as I thought it would be and its real comfortable in long usages:. “Thanks for looking after Me!”

When our Dewalts croak we’ll replace them with this Makita 9903 Belt Sander as it’s become a very popular belt sander in our shop, already,and everyone wants a piece of it.

I’m definitely glade that we made this choice because, frankly, we were more use to the Dewalt and Porter-cable models. I would most highly recommend this sander for your shop. It’s a great Tool for cabinetmaking!