I recently purchased the Performax 16-32 drum sander from Amazon. I am a little disappointed in the performance of the Taiwanese 1.5 HP drum motor. Some of the folks in here mentioned that they used to come with a Leeson motor, which seemed to be a beefier component. I bought this sander with these purpose of both thickness sanding and (moderate) finish sanding. The thickness sanding is not possible to do at a 1/16th of an inch at a time on the white oak I am using. In fact, I can only take off about 1/100 of an inch at a pass if I'm lucky. The circuit breaker on the motor continually pops. I'm looking for suggestions on another sander that is under $1000, that will serve my purpose. The only other sander that I have been able to find is the Grizzly G1079 for around $750. Can anyone recommend another sander that I might be able to compare. Thanks for all of your valued help again. Matt
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20 years ago