In article ,
mac davis wrote:

IMHO, being really cheap and lazy, I'd buy 3 more cheap drills before
spending
$75 to fix a good one...
Let's see... a holder over the chisel rack with 3 cheap drills holding maybe
80,
180 & 220 grit....

You know, that's really not a bad idea - AAMOF, it's a really good idea.
Let's say one commonly uses 5 grits - 120, 180, 220, 320, 400. By having
5 cheap sanders @ $30 each, you're laying out the same cash as for the
M/S, gain a lot of convenience and also extend your 1.5 month cheapie
tool life by 5 times or more if the failures are a factor of long run
times and heat buildup.

I just may have to look into this myself and dedicate my M/S to the
drilling tasks it's made for.

--
Owen Lowe

Northwest Woodturners
Pacific Northwest Woodturning Guild
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Tips fer Turnin': Place a sign, easily seen as you switch on your lathe, warning you to remove any and all rings from your fingers. Called degloving, extended hardware can grab your ring and rip it off your finger. A pic for the strong of stomach: www.itim.nsw.gov.au/go/objectid/2A3AC703-1321-1C29-70B067DC88E16BFC/index.cfm

Besides, rings can easily mar the surface of a turning as you check for finished smoothness.