**WR351K1 Variable Speed Drum Sander Kit – Woodworking Surface Conditioning, Paint Stripping & Polishing Tool with Vacuum Attachment – Perfect for DIY Projects & Professional Wood Restoration**

This thing is awesome!! Highly recommend if you work with wood.Great tool. I used this tool to clean up and refurbish pallet wood.It's a good idea but... I was disappointed with this machine!! When I pressed down to get more "bite" ... it bogged down!! Plus...the accessories (wire wheel, etc.) are very expensive!! Also, as one reviewer pointed out you can only insert them in one direction...so you can "reverse" their rotation!!I sent it back!!Contractor since 1985; retiring progressively as I finish renovating our own house. I'm into the Bosch, Dewalt, Makita for my main arsenal, and Wen, Craftsman, Ridgid for the less demanding tasks.My specialty is the use of reclaimed wood in my work.For years I have been struggling to 'dig' through layers in order to reveal hidden wood; I was placing my belt sanders in an angle so that their front wheel would aggressively bite the material, but then too often creating wide grooves in the wood, etc...This 'restorer' is a savior! It surely comes out of the mind of some woodworker who went through the same process I described.PROS:ManeuverabilityPowerErgonomyEase of grit tube changeRange of Grits availabilityPriceDurabilityCONS:NONE so farTIP:This machine pulls off a lot of material fast, and if it is paint, the sanding tubes will become slick quickly; don't throw them away; spin them against a metal brush to get the larger part off the grit, and use the grit cleaning rubber bars; you'll increase 10 times the life of your sanding tubes (and belts on other sanders)Absolutely no regrets.Hi highly recommend this Restorer.This tool does everything the manufactures claim. In restoring a 1700’s house all the hand hewed beams and joists were to be left exposed and 4 x 5gl buckets of dust later they look fabulous.Highly recommend this to anyoneI purchased one of these to clean some old oak barn wood and to accentuate the grain in some old heart pine. My wife wanted a table for our newly roofed back deck. She wanted it to look like it was old and weathered. I was fortunate enough to have a friend give me several large heart pine timbers which I cut down to make the table. By using the Restorer and a Craftsman Steel Brush to go over the wood after being sized for my project, I was able to accentuate the grain to make it look weathered and aged, just like she wanted.I used it as well on some old barn wood that needed cleaning. It was so nice to clean the wood and not loose any of the texturing and ageing that it showed, just cleaned the wood and into the grain structure and a quick sanding eliminate any chance of splintering so that I could make a bench with it to go with the heart pine table.If you get the Restorer, it come with s couple of sanding discs, but adding the steel brush, either the one sold by Restorer or Craftsman adds to the flexibility of this tool. Both steel brushes are sold by Amazon.After being a professional wood worker for over 50 years, I tend to be quite sceptical about new products. This one does all it promises and more. Very easy to use, and looks quite durable. Definitely worth the price of admission.I received my restorer today, and within 15 minutes of unboxing it, I was using it. Im impressed, this thing does a great job. Im stripping the paint off a truck fender and this is by far the quickest way to do it. No mess to clean up like you get with chemical strippers, and way faster than any other type of sander I have tried. And when your done, the metal is in perfect condition for primer. Well worth the money.I bought this to remove paint from a vehicle and it doesn't even come close to removing paint.Its probably better for wood,although I haven't tried it for that yet.A great, very handy tool.