On Mar 31, 8:02*am, "Leon" wrote:
"Larry Jaques" wrote in message

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On Wed, 30 Mar 2011 13:14:19 -0500, "Leon"
wrote:

"Larry Jaques" wrote in message
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Hoping that your smiley is for both comments, as it is impossible to
turn
a
disk sander disk around.;~)

I thought the same thing (arbor hole and shoulder.) Then I took a look
at this specific sander and wondered if Larry might have been right
about the flipability. *See page 12, the exploded view:

http://manuals.harborfreight.com/man...7999/47404.pdf

But how would you flatten it against the motor hub if it's tapered?
It would tend to wobble horribly if that side were to be tapered.

Hummmmm, could I be wrong? *Oh Noooooooo......

No, because..... *There are reinforcement fins molded in on the back side
to
help keep the disk from warping when it is heated, AND those fins act as
the
fan to blow dust out of the chute. *At least that is how my 12" Delta is
made.

Well, considering that the OP, Larry Blanchard, and I were all talking
about one particular HF 10" model...

Well it did have a exhaust port for the dust, it would need a fan of some
sort to keep the area cleared.- Hide quoted text -

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If you look at Figure B on Page 6 of the manual, you'll see that the
exhuast port is mounted on lower front half of the disc, where the
debris would fall.

http://manuals.harborfreight.com/man...7999/47404.pdf

As far as I can tell, it doesn't use a fan to move the debris but
relies on the vacuum that would be attached to the port to draw the
debris out.

I ran it without a vacuum last night and some debris piled up on the
left leg, which tells me that without the vacuum there's not much
(other than the spinning disc) moving the debris out of the dust
collection area.

I don't have dust collection system so I use the same method for the
sander as I do for my miter saw:

I attached a 6" length of bicycle tube to the exhaust port and secured
it with a hose clamp. The hose from my Mighty Mite vacuum cleaner fits
snugly into the rubber tube. For quick jobs I just use the Mighty
Mite. For bigger jobs, I have an adaptor to attach the Mighty Mite
hose to my shop vac.