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Orbital Sander

In woodworking: A finish sander that has an orbital motion.

A Festool RS 2 E Orbital Sander from Rockler.

The Festool sander above has a dust collector attached and has a half sheet capacity. That is a standard size sandpaper sheet cut in half fits this machine perfectly.

This finishing sander uses half of a standard sized sheet of sandpaper, and this means that there is a huge range of paper available for it. All power sanders leave scratch marks if you can look close enough, but this pattern because of the orbital oscillations of the pad gives a very fine scratch free surface.

At the right is a detail of the clamping mechanism that hols the sheets in place. It is essential to get the sheet as tight as possible.

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