On Thu, 28 Aug 2008 17:11:10 -0700, LEGEND65 wrote:

I am doing more small production runs of small dovetailed boxes,
between 6-9" length of sides and 3-5" high. Currently I do all the
sanding after assembly with a ROS (the small Festool) and then a bit
of hand sanding and with a stack of 20 boxes to go through 3 grits
it's not the least bit fun. If I could totally eliminate the ROS and
go straight to hand sanding that would be fantastic.

I clean up the dovetails on my boxes with a sharp low-angle jack plane
followed by a hand scraper. Just a touch of sanding required after that.

scott