Stainless Steel Finishing

[macloft]

Guys
I am trying to finish off mig welded corners on large volume of BBQ lids. I am looking for a small belt sander which i can manipulate easily.
Can someone point me to supplier of specialist finishing tools for stainless or sheet steel working.
Thanks
Bruce

[FWB]

Originally Posted by macloft

Guys
I am trying to finish off mig welded corners on large volume of BBQ lids. I am looking for a small belt sander which i can manipulate easily.
Can someone point me to supplier of specialist finishing tools for stainless or sheet steel working.
Thanks
Bruce

dynabrade....dynafile....its a small belt sander hand held. i use them...
also scotch brite pads that mount on an arbor...i would have tig'ed them to avoid the hand finishing though....

[slider701]

The company I work for builds stainless commercial refrigerators for the restaurant industry and we do a ton of welding on stainless sheet metal.

We use a lot of air powered belt sanders, like this one from Harbor Freight:

http://www.harborfreight.com/air-belt-sander-97055.html

We use more expensive ones since they see 10+ hrs 5-6 days a week, but for the occasional use this one from Harbor Freight should work.

[tcrist]

I have been in the sheet metal industry for alomost 40 years and have had to grind welds off of all types of metals. Get you at least a 3" angle grinder with some course disks to grind most of the welds off first. Then use that little belt sander for the finishing work.

JMO

[macloft]

Guys thanks for your replies. The mig is on a robot with very accurate jigging. TIG will not work as the robot has no feed back. The little hand held belt sander I have tried and it digs in. I need one that is wider and shorter in length but still small. The hand grinder again I have tried but i am looking more at a linishing operation as the bead is small and controlled.
Cheers