Customer Reviews
Delta SA-180 Sander 
2007-11-19
Poor quality overall, especially both tables and belt. the belt is not square and wobbles one-half inch: note the platten is only 1-inch wide. the belt table is so poorly machined it can't be adjusted to set-up tolerance. Delta claimed it was tested at the factory; they obviously sell failed products. as a safety engineer I can tell you the guarding is poorly designed. Delta has done nothing to improve product quality, maintenance, or usability for the many, many years the product has been built. a very novice product.
Delta fails at quality, and customer service. I'm disappointed with this product and company. I would return the product if total shipping didn't cost a significant per-cent of the product value; repairing is the same negative result, and economic trap. it is obvious once I received the product and contacted Delta that they did not want to be responsible for the product. Delta apparently seeks to make U.S. dollars from Chinese manufactured junk with Delta nameplates attached.
No beginner, enthusiast, or professonal should have to experience such a poor quality product from Delta. However, this appears to be the new Delta standard.
Poor quality control & inspection 
2007-08-26
I bought this sander based on Deltas legendary quality. I turns out legend is the correct word. The work tables could not be assembled because of poor hole tapping and mangeled trunion bolts. I retapped the holes and remade the trunion screws from srratch ( I own a machine shop). Even though it took two hours to fix the problem it was simplier than sending it back. I know this is a low end tool,but it has cost Delta the potential sale of a Unisaw and mortise machine.
In the last two months I have bought power tools from Grizzly,Jet,and Shop Fox and I had ZERO assembly and alignment problems with these tools.
So much for Deltas Quality!!
Delta SA180 
2007-05-19
For the money, it is a good buy. If you have any mechanical abilities, it is easy to assemble and/or make improvements to it.
Delta SA180 2007-01-26
I am very happy with this sander it plenty of power and is very easy to set up. For the price I think it is a very good product. Rich
Husbands new toy 
2007-01-18
I bought this for my husband and he is very excted about using it. Great price and fast delivery.
Poor Quality 2008-03-23
As commented by others, assembly was estimated to take 1-2 hours. I'd like to meet anyone who can put this thing together in that amount of time. I had one problem after another. Their is very little space to put many of the parts on the sanding head. After two evenings and a few hours, I had the thing put together except for the two cast iron tables. Neither table could be installed. First problem was finding the exact position of the disk sander table so it could pivot. Next the clamp assembly's locking stud was to large to fit into the bored hole. Then I tried both studs in the belt table and neither stud would fit. I am going to throw in the towel and return it for a refund.
Timothy the Tool Man 
2008-02-14
Its ok for a cheap sander. The top idler does not really work that well. Making it hard to center the belt. The bracket that holds the idler is to light duty and bents under its own spring tension. Also the dust removal does not work very well. And so the rest of the sander is also light duty but does not seem to bend. I would not buy it again.
Timothy the Tool Man
Great sander! 2008-02-08
I bought this sander to build wooden structures for my model railroad. I am building wooden through girder bridges that require many odd angles and precise fitting. This tool is perfect for this process. It is a very solidly built machine and as the belt sander frame is cast iron it is also quite heavy. It is not the kind of thing that you would want to carry around much but once you get it to your work area it stays put! The shipping weight was around 62 pounds! It is not designed for large projects but is great for hobby and small projects. This is a keeper!!
Rockwell belt and disk sander 2007-12-31
The safety guard for the belt pulley and disk is very poor from an assembly standpoint. The small screws that attach the guard to the machine are very difficult to install and tighten. Tightening the screws requires positioning a small allen wrench through a deep hole in the guard. This particular feature is very poorly designed and may result in the guard not being installed properly.
Delta SA180 - Very clean operation 2007-12-20
My Delta SA180 was acquired recently as a replacement for my 12-year old Craftsman 1" x 42" sander which still works fine but creates quite a mess. The Delta appealed to me because it has two dust ports - one for the 1" x 42" belt and one for the disc. Other sanders I looked at had dust collection for the disc only, and I mainly use the belt.
When this thing is hooked up to my 4 h.p. Shop Vac, it leaves zero dust on the bench as long as there is a reasonable gap left between the platen and table for dust to be conveyed down into the enclosed pulley area. After use, the inside of the pulley housing is not "dust free," but the air and work area remain clean.
The 1/3 h.p. motor is about twice as big as the one on my Craftsman, and appears more than equal to the task of running a 1" x 42" belt. Usually I do not go by H.P. ratings of electric motors and have found that the physical size of the motor is what counts. This one is plenty big.
There is some plastic on this machine, but most of it is made out of heavy steel and cast iron. The tables are cast iron as well as the arm(s) containing the belt pulleys. This is a "benchtop" machine but weighs 60 pounds, so I appreciate Delta's use of plastic for non-critical parts to keep the weight down. If the whole thing were made out of steel it would be tougher to move off the bench.
A nice feature is that dust/metal particles from the belt land in a castiron channel under the grinding table. On a couple occasions my bench was nearly set on fire by hot metal particles which the Craftsman sander deposited onto the work surface.
Overall, this machine is thoughtfully designed, substantial and well worth the price.
