On 3/29/2018 1:23 PM, Leon wrote:
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But to be clear, a drum sander is hard to beat when sanding thin veneers
to a uniform thickness.Â* Or for flattening the top and bottoms of the
sides of small/short drawers and boxes so that one side does not stand
higher or lower than it's mating piece.

I use my drum sander extensively for the above purposes.

Indeed falls in the "two different tools for different purposes"
category I outlined above...

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