Harbor Freight Electric BandFile

[Farmall 1066]

Got a special, small, once or twice a year job of sharpening twine knives on my hay baler that requires a bit of disassembly to do.
This looks like it would do it without tearing things apart, making a hour job take maybe 15 minutes.
With the 25% off coupon, I could buy for about $25.
Anyone got one? How useful is it for other stuff? Don't do much woodwork so would be used primarily on metal.
Thoughts?

 

[TheGrooveking]

I have one and it is decent, the sanding belts that come with it are of below average quality. I have to Dynafiles, 3 different size Astro Pneumatic units and two Makita units, (do a lot of edge prep) and for the money it's a good unit.

TheGrooveking

 

[ndnchf]

What tool are you referring to? I did a search on the HF site and could not find any type of band file. What is the item number? Thanks.

 

[Brian_WK]

Pretty sure its this one HERE
I have the Air One Have not had any issues. The included belts are pretty mediocre. I used it about 6 times a year 2 times to sharpen the mower blade 4 more for randomness.

Brian

 

[ndnchf]

Thanks - now I see it.

 

[Farmall 1066]

Plan to pick one up tomorrow if I get to town.
Thanks guys!

 

[larry4406]

Any preference of the air vs electric unit? Sources of quality belts?

 

[Farmall 1066]

From what I've heard the air ones like a lot of CFM.
I've got air comp and generator on my truck, and would likely be using this in the field, so I could get by with either.

Looks like good belts can be had on Amazon.