Hi Fenton - I use a drum sander for many applications (not for keytops). One would never want to feed into the rotation of the drum because like you point out it would grab (yikes - scary to think about). My machine feeds against the drum rotation. Now my machine also feeds on a sandpaper belt, so any tendancy to kick back is reduced by the coarse feed belt, but the drum really does a good job of grinding the wood down to a level where it really doesn't contact the drum anymore - once the wood has passes through the drum you can move it back and forth pretty easy. So I don't think most drum sanders - even without a coarse feed belt - would tend to kick back. 'Course, I'm not sanding off a quarter inch at a time either..... Terry Farrell ----- Original Message ----- > That sounds like it would want to grab or kick back. Do you feed against > the rotation or with it? > Fenton
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