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   forestgirl | Mar 05, 2008 08:56am | #1

   Isolating?  Perhaps you mean oscillating??

   forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl ;-) 
   
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   Zappa | Mar 05, 2008 06:28pm | #2

   LOL  damn spell check... I need not to be up so late and typing   thanks

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   forestgirl | Mar 05, 2008 07:13pm | #3

   Gave me something to chuckle over, thanks!forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl ;-) 

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   blewcrowe | Mar 05, 2008 07:55pm | #4

   Most of the SS do a decent job. Actually, the Riggid, a brand I'm not overly fond of, scored high for their SS. As to combination machines, you move into an entirely different price range if you want the SS to oscillate.

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   Dave45 | Mar 06, 2008 03:18am | #5

   I have the Ridgid OSS and love it.  I almost always use the belt sanding attachment on it, but can swap over to a spindle in a minute or less.

   It's one of those tools that you get and immediately wonder how long they've been legal and why didn't someone tell you about it sooner. - lol

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   forestgirl | Mar 06, 2008 08:22pm | #6

   "It's one of those tools that you get and immediately wonder how long they've been legal and why didn't someone tell you about it sooner. "  No kidding.  I bought an old Craftsman at an estate auction -- plastic body, laminate table, not your upper-class sander LOL, but it makes a huge difference in some projects!forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl ;-) 

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   Dave45 | Mar 07, 2008 02:13am | #7

   Yeah, I used to use those drum sanders mounted in a drill press chuck.  They were OK, but left lots of parallel lines that had to be hand sanded.  The OSS leaves the surface finish-ready (almost). - lol