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Manufactured/Badged by:
Sears | Craftsman
Chicago, IL

True Manufacturer:
Emerson Electric Co., St. Louis, MO; Ferguson, MO; Paris, TN

Machine Specifications
Machine Class:	Wood Working Machinery
Machine Type:	Sander
Machine Size:	6x48 belt / 9 inch disk
Submitted By:	Manny Ringel

Machine Specifications
Description/Model:	Sanding Center 113.22541
Date of Manufacturer:	1969
Serial Number:
Last Updated	10/23/2025 10:45:36 AM

Comments:

I got this last month at a yard sale, in very good condition. Just needed some cleaning, and steel wool to remove a few spots of light rust. It was complete except for a missing setscrew on the tilting table to set the 45 degree stop. Amazingly, the original paper instruction manual was also there, which I have posted separately in the Craftsman publications.

The purchase also included a motor of the correct RPM (3450). However, it was a newer Harbor Freight motor, and way overpowered at 2 HP. I had an older GE 1/2 HP motor on hand. It was a 1725 RPM, but I fortunately had a 4 inch pulley in my pile of stuff to use instead of the original 2 inch motor pulley, so I still get the right speed at the sander.

I’m happy with the sanding capabilities of the machine, it’s very solidly made, nice big flat cast iron platen and disk. The deficiencies, compared to the Delta sanding centers, are in the amenities. There is zero provision for dust collection, no guard behind the disk, no belt guard. [The old Sears catalogs do show an optional belt guard that can be used with the Sears stand for this machine, but that only covers the belt below the top of the stand, not by the drive roller.] So I had to build dust collection and belt guard into my stand.

As for a guard behind the disk, I went a different route; I leave the disk unmounted except when I am using it, so when I’m sanding on the belt the disk isn’t there and no guard is needed. The disk dust shroud is also removable so it’s not in the way when using the belt in the upright position with the aux table. Disk and dust shroud get stored on the table legs when not in use.

Photo 1:

Comments: Badge shot. The manufacturing date 1969 is stamped below the model number.
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Photo 2:

Comments: Sander on stand. Magnetic bar holds aux table and the various wrenches for adjustments. The disk is in the storage position on the inside of the table leg.
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Photo 3:

Comments: Café du Monde, good coffee and good dust collection :-) Hole in belt guard is for Allen wrench access in mounting/unmounting disk
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Comments: Belt side showing belt guard, disk not mounted. Knee paddle shutoff switch.
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Comments: Disk and removable dust shroud mounted. Vacuum hose connects on the back side of the shroud.
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Comments: Upright position using aux table with sanding belt.
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