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wrote:
Can any recommend a good sander to sand my wood interior steps? Or
should I just try and use a edger (which is alot bigger).

What about Drum Vs. Orb when doing the entire floor itself? Ive been
reading and every website uses one or the other.. The Orb appears to
be
slower, but safer for a DIYer.

Thanks
-d

Having used both a drum and an orbital, I found the latter to be very
frustrating as the dust built up on the pad very quickly to the point
that it no longer had any bite. This is maybe less of a concern if
you're refinishing floors and don't need to take much thickness off,
but if you need to level old boards, I think you'd run into the same
problem.

I expect to favour the drum unit for future work. Though, Dang, it's a
lot heaver to lug up the stairs.
I haven't done stairs yet.

Chip C
Toronto