Bob,

Thanks for the time. You are painting a good picture of what I can
expect. A shop here in town sells the performax 16 and it's got a few
rebates going on right now. I like it the most, I just don't want to
kill it. I appreciate the description of how you sand. That clarity was
what I was needing.

I am still very open to anyone with experience with the woodtek 13 wide
belt sander. In particular, how well it handles that sensitive place
where one uses finer grit papers.

thanks again Bob,

tor