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I upgraded from a B&D belt sander so this was quite a jump up in quality. IMHO I think variable speed in a belt sander causes more problems than it solves. A little tweaking of the bag is required to get it to fit proprerly and then the bag lock clip seemed kind of flimsy.
The sanding belt tracked perfectly when in use and I was glad to not have to contantly mess with the tracking adjustment as I did on my old B&D BS. After extensive sanding, I had more dust in my lungs, face, hair, and shirt; then I did in the DC bag. It is sturdy, solid, well made, and has lots of power.
The bag also didn't seem to collect a lot of dust. The spring loaded lever to change belts worked as designed and was easy to use. The dust collector bag and how it connected to the sander didn't work very well.
I wasn't concerned about the lack of variable speed since I would rather vary MY sanding speed (and technique) instead of the sanders speed. All in all, I am really happy with this sander and would have given it 5 stars except for the ill fitting and ill operating dust collection system.
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