On 3/24/2018 8:56 AM, dadiOH wrote:
"Meanie" wrote in message news
I'm contemplating the purchase of a bench top planer. After looking around
for a used machine, I often thought about a vertical drum sander instead.
Obviously, I know the difference between the two but they basically do the
same thing. Therefore, seeking the sage advice, could I get by with a
sander instead of a planer?

I've "gotten by" like that for the last quarter century.

I buy only rough lumber and I have no desire for a planer. Yes, skinnying
down a board on a horizontal drum sander takes longer but not all that much
and you wind up with a perfectly smooth, undinged board. It is great for
getting rid of lippage on glued up panels not to mention the considerable
utility in being able to gang sand numerous narrow boards on edge to a
uniform width.

My Performax sander has gotten MUCH use over the last 25 years and the only
thing ever replaced were transport belts. No repairs ever necessary either.
IOW, whoever told you it wouldn't last knows not of what they speak



Thank you. Interesting you mention Performax because a place near my
home sells woodworking tools and a Performax 16/32 is in their stock.

https://detroit.craigslist.org/wyn/t...506509704.html

That's what prompt me to ask the question in here.