On Aug 29, 1:01*pm, wrote:

That's good info. *I'm not looking to remove a lot of material, just
to clean things up. *I think people usually have around 100 grit on
them, I don't know how they behave with 150-180 on them. *I can always
set up a jig to hold the box square to the belt if need be.

I use an edge sander quite a bit, and find it puts an excellent finish
on things with a 180 grit belt. We don't often make our own drawers,
but when we do we always hit the sides on the edge sander. You can
put a fence on it to hold the box square, but I find it's easier just
to ease it into the belt and maybe put a hair more pressure on the
back than the front. If you've not used one before I'd practice with
a few boards before sticking a drawer box up there. And if you're
sanding anything shorter than say 12" you should put up the fence for
sure until you're real confident about not losing control of it. That
belt can give a violent manicure right quick.

An edge sander's a real timesaver and the quality can't be beat for
keeping things straight and square (ie. not rounded over).

JP

JP