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   Bob_Van_Dyke | Nov 26, 2007 06:27pm | #1

   A drum sander will do the job for veneer (although painfully slowly!) but you do not necessarily need one. I routinely plane cherry down below 1/8" and surface it by hand- Also- if you can find a mill shop that has a wide belt sander the amount they would charge is a lot less than buying the drum sander (My experience with a drum sander was pretty negative)
   As far as surfacing cabinet doors- a random orbit sander, a drum sander, a handplane or a card scraper are all appropriate.
   Good luck
   Bob Van Dyke

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   sagwin | Nov 30, 2007 07:54am | #2

   Thanks for your response. After reading on-line reviews of drum sanders I'd say that even those who like them qualify their positive responses with comments like, "Yeah, they're great...when they work. But I spend as much time adjusting them as I do getting work done."