why didn't I do this earlier?

I don’t normally make rash tool purchases. I normally over think things, and end up spending my money on something else instead.

I decided it was time to buy an oscillating spindle sander, so I did! I took it for its first run today, using it to clean up the sides of four guitar blanks after routing them to shape.

Usually I would spent about an hour sanding the router marks out of the sides, and it was dirty work - dust mask on, two dust filter fans going, and sore hands at the end of it.

The spindle sander cuts this down to about 15 minutes, all while my dust extractor is sucking all the nasty dust away, leaving a spotless work area!

My next step is to incorporate my new scroll saw into the process, working in tandem with this machine to reduce my need use the router, and hopefully room for error.