Thanks for the responses. I'm including in my list a 6 x 48 / disk
combination sander. I'm still not sold on anything yet so I'm going to take
a tour around my local Woodcraft and checkout their machines.

Thanks,
Chris Corbett
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I'm trying to decide what to ask Santa for Christmas this year. Or really
which web page to get SWMBO to order from. The method of work that I'm
most frustrated with is using my bench top drill press as a drum sander.
All my other powered sanders are the hand held type, so I'm thinking a
multipurpose sander.

For a hobbyist wooddorker who makes mostly chairs, tables, cabinets, etc
which sander would you guys recommend?

The Grizzly G1531 6" x 80" Edge Sander
http://www.grizzly.com/catalog/2004/106.cfm
This lets me do some serious edge sanding for table legs and such. The
contour part should do most of what I want, but not everything. The
radius looks to be between 2-3".

The Grizzly G0529 Oscillating Spindle / 12" Disc Sander
http://www.grizzly.com/catalog/2004/104.cfm?
It be a better choice for contour sanding since it oscillates and would do
multiple radii. Not sure how well the disk would work for longer pieces
though.

Or I could go cheap and get the Grizzly G9922 Oscillating Spindle Sander
http://www.grizzly.com/products/item...emnumber=G9922 and get a edge
sander later on.

If you can't tell, I like Grizzly. My shop is mostly green and it's
worked out pretty well.

Thanks!
Chris Corbett