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I have had a disk sander and a vertical belt sander combo for several
years now. At first, I thought that the vertical sander would handle
my stationary belt sander needs. I found out very soon that you do
most of your belt sanding with the grain and that means what you really
want is an edge sander. It supports the long edge of a board and keeps
it flat against the belt.


Now, I have only had mine up and running in the last day or so, so I am
not an expert. I would like to know of those of you out there that have
these -- how valuable are they to you?


Disk, OSS and a handplane at my house. There's a belt with the disk, which,
with a good table, can be used on small pieces difficult to dog and plane.
Tried, turned the edge sander back.