Brush sander

[Squaredy]

Has anyone got experience of using a brush sander on rough sawn timber?  I am wondering if this might be a useful service to offer instead of planing when a customer wants a sanded finish but does not need actual planed timber.

 

Most of the information on t’internet is about fine sanding of complex pieces and profiles, whereas I am thinking just a way of finishing simple boards in a rustic way.

 

Thoughts?

[topchippyles]

You world be better off with a large pad sanding machine gav and you have 3 phase available now. I have one in the shop which can do 1m X 2.5m slabs, They come up regular on various sites and its takes less that 3 minutes to switch belts over. 

Edited May 7 by topchippyles

[Squaredy]

24 minutes ago, topchippyles said:

You world be better off with a large pad sanding machine gav and you have 3 phase available now. I have one in the shop which can do 1m X 2.5m slabs, They come up regular on various sites and its takes less that 3 minutes to switch belts over. 

Yeah thanks Les; I have wondered about pad sanders over the years.  But I was thinking more for multiple narrow boards like internal cladding for instance.