Reviews & Ratings for Shop Fox 1 HP Oscillating Spindle Sander — 1 review — Page 1

Received this machine in a well built wood crate which was actually a bit surprising and everything was intact and well packed. This is the best packaged machine I have seen from Shop Fox. This machine is nearly identical to the Grizzly G1071 with only the table being slightly larger on this unit. The table can tip forward at 45 degrees and rearward at 20 degrees. I see no point to the rearward tilt and is essentially a non-feature. The dust port is in the rear of the machine. Also I have no reason to tilt the table though some may want to therefore I suggest only tilt it forward and use the stop bolt to return the table to the 0 degree position. Table trunions are cast iron and not stamped steel. Machine weighs 287 lb.

A thick coat of protectant covered the top and an old sock to apply a bit of mineral spirits with a smooth putty knife to assist in removal of that protectant took about 15 minutes in total, use some latex gloves, its sticky sticky stuff. The gearbox oil level needs to be checked and I only needed to add 1 quart to get it to the proper mark on the dipstick. The manual says it uses 4.5 quarts and to change it every 1000 hours. Prep was otherwise uneventful and the dust port install went well only needing 2 bolts. All of the spindles were shipped with retaining nuts on the bottoms and those could be taken off as well. Working on a mobile base for the unit and may do a small vertical side box to store additional sanding sleeves and the wrenches.

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