Wilton 99179 1/3 Horsepower Benchtop Oscillating Spindle Sander

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The dust collection is probably our favorite feature; sanding like this makes a wicked mess, but just hook up your shop vacuum to the dust port, and nearly all the sawdust you make will get sucked away. Granted, it does make a strange sound as the spindle oscillates when you've got the vac running, but some ear protection isn't a bad idea anyway when your vac is on.

The oscillation really does a great job of removing stock when you're using a coarse grit, and with finer grit, you get a nice smooth finish, especially on scroll-sawn work.--Kris Jensen-Van Heste

What's in the Box
Sander, throat plates, sanding drums, sanding sleeves

I gave this product to my husband for his birthday. He says it really saves his arms and elbows a lot of stress and sands the cars nice and smooth without any hand sanding. He makes wooden toys, and he loves the sander.

I used it for a constant 1 1/2 hours the other day without shutting it off. I bought this Wilton (99179)Oscillating Spindle Sander on 09/28/08 and its been a great sander so far. The only issue I have with it, is when I pulled it out of the box the table top was peeling up a little bit. Works Great, Didn't miss a beat. Taken care of with some glue though.

In less than one hour of operating time, poof. But I bought it in August 2008 and I personally think even a cheap sander should work for at least a few months instead of the 4 months I've had it. Save up and buy a quality machine. We'll see what develops. Bought this sander for home workshop.

Didn't want to spend an arm and a leg to have a handy little gizmo. It will spin with the best of them, but the oscillating portion of the machine disappeared. The Amazon return window closed per rules, and that's ok. Anyway, no more Wilton products, I'll work out something to buy their high end products, Jet. Very light use, just handy to have so I bought one.

Pretty much eliminates the allure of an oscillating sander.Learned my lesson. I have a great appreciation of Jet and their customer service. I've sent an inquiry in to Wilton warranty folks.

I purchased this in March 2007 and I have been very happy with its performance. Recommend highly. It is relatively quiet, sands efficiently, and has a good dust collection system.

For light use, it is a great deal. I recommended it to several friends who bought it, and they all liked it. It does the job and has all the basic elements of a good spindle sander. You can install an external rheostat to regulate speed.