Need a machine....Ridgid...how about making it?

[UO_Woody]

With some of the tightly curved features of some projects, I'm getting aweful tired fast of filing saw teeth marks out. So I'm in the market for a 1"x30" belt / 6" disc combination sander.
Delta makes a couple and some off brand others with lower end units. But I would like one from Ridgid. I have grown accostomed to the quality and smooth operation of Ridgid.
I have the spindle/belt sander but getting into tight V cuts is impossable with it.
So what say ye Ridgid?
Would sell me another universal stand with it!

[BadgerDave]

If you don't want to wait a few years the Grizzly G1013 is worth looking into. Its a little larger than the one you described, 1x42 belt/8 disc, but the machines footprint is not that big and the bigger disc really comes in handy. This is a well built machine and virtually vibration free.

[UO_Woody]

Thanks Dave!
I've looked at that one too.
The 30 inch belt will keep the price of belts minimul. Also, I quit doing auto body repair for 17 years about 7 years ago and I have a several rolls of 6" gold adhesive backed 3M discs layring around from 80 grit to 400. So investment for a 6" disc sander wouldn't include buying paper.
It's hard to find that size combination in a decent machine.
Even if it did take a couple years for Ridgid to get one on the market, I'd purchase it and sell/throw out/give away what ever I had purchased to get me by.
Lowe's has the Delta model the same size as the Grizzly you mentioned for 88 bucks. I guess I can always just stick the 6" discs on the 8" face, haha.
Any machine suggested is worth a look in my opinion, so don't be shy suggest even a low end unit.
Thanks in Advance.

[Dave Arbuckle]

Can't help on the disks, but Econ-Abrasives sells 1x42 belts for the same price as 1x30, 81 cents.

You would have to buy a few to accomodate the shipping I guess. They are just up the road from me, I'm lucky on that one.

Dave