Tool Porn

Keeping dust to a minimum...not easy. I only have one room to create my magic, and it has to accommodate all my shaping, glassing, and sanding activities. Well after my first batch of boards, the dust was overwhelming. It was very discouraging (not to mention unhealthy) and I considered giving up on glassing/sanding altogether and paying a local glasser to do the dirty work. That is, until I laid my eyes upon this baby...

Its a Random Orbit Sander with vacuum exhaust. Most major tool brands have some version of this thing. A while back my woodworking guru friend, Jon, recommended that I invest in one of these...but since I already had a Milwaukee rotary sander I hesitated. What I didn't realize is that, unlike my Milwaukee, this thing has an exhaust! As luck would have it, I have an exhaust system for my planer and something like this would plug in perfectly!

Still, there will be times when I'll need to revert back to my good ol' dusty Milwaukee. Well all is not lost, I can still use a DustMuzzle to keep the air dust-free and under control.

Of course, I stumbled upon all this info at Swaylocks....look HERE and HERE.

Mmm...Random Orbit Sanders. Mmm...Dust Muzzles.

Mmmust buy.

kc