Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 (Tek) 9/26/83; site teklds.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxj!houxm!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!tektronix!teklds!ralphd From: ralphd@teklds.UUCP (Ralph Durtschi) Newsgroups: net.rec.wood Subject: vacuum powered sanders Message-ID: <702@teklds.UUCP> Date: Tue, 9-Oct-84 14:33:16 EDT Article-I.D.: teklds.702 Posted: Tue Oct 9 14:33:16 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 11-Oct-84 06:49:31 EDT Organization: Tektronix, Beaverton OR Lines: 19 [eat it and beat it!! bug] Lately, for about the last year, I have been seeing advertisements about vacuum powered finishing sanders. They look light-weight and the ads say they are dustless. Although, I imagine, it might be a hassle dragging a vacuum hose around behind the sander all of the time. Anyway, I was wondering if anyone has beed sucked in to buying one of these gadgets.(pun) And if so, how does it compare to, say, a makita or any other high quality palm sander? Any other information/tips about this would be appreciated. Oh, by the way, I have a B&D finishing sander with about a 4X6 inch footprint and it dosn't work worth beans, a cabinet scraper works much better. As usual, I will post a summary of the responses back to the net. Thanks, Ralph Durtschi (Still have all my fingers. Knock! Knock! Knock! on wood)