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   wop | Mar 19, 2003 10:31pm | #1

      If you place a large fan in a window or door of the kitcher blowing out as you sand the dust should be mostly contained in the kitchen. Between this and the vac collection you might avoid the dust film in the rest of the house.

                                                           Philip

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   Elcoholic | Mar 19, 2003 10:42pm | #2

   How good is your vac?  I have a Fein and the amount of dust that escapes is almost negligable.  The WAP and Porter Cable vacs are also in the same league.  You can also drape the area with 1 mil painters plastic and masking tape.

   John O'Connell - JKO Handcrafted Woodworking

   Life is tough.  It's tougher if you're stupid - John Wayne

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   Jamie_Buxton | Mar 19, 2003 10:57pm | #4

   Yeah, a good strong vacuum hooked to a good random orbit sander.   The sander's dust collection should should include holes through the paper, and pick-up around the edges.   The DeWalt and Porter-Cable 5" sanders qualify.  Darn near nothing escapes.

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   GT | Mar 19, 2003 10:50pm | #3

   I would use a smoothing plane,make sure the blade is very sharp.Then use a scraper on the rest.The results are excellent.

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   Clay | Mar 20, 2003 05:19am | #5

   A scraper will actually get it flatter and smoother than sanding will.  You might want to finish with a very minimal sanding to acheive a uniform look.  Do that by hand and the dust will be so minimal that it won't be an issue.

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   BrianMcG | Mar 20, 2003 07:38am | #6

   I have a cheapo ryobi ROS and a small dedicated vac. They do a great job together w/ minimal escape. You probably wouldn't have a problem at all w/ the more "elite" systems. Brian

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   RANGERP75R | Mar 21, 2003 04:20am | #7

   Mike

      Ditto Ecoholic.. I use a PC ROS with a small Shop-Vac hook up. I was going to build a down-draft table and the results were so good, I felt it was not necessary.

      The scraper woull be excellent also.

   sarge..jt

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   AlanTurner | Mar 21, 2003 04:03pm | #8

   I'm with you, althugh I made a downdraft table first, which I now never use.  Probably just cut it up to get it out of the way.  I use a 6" Metabo, with the Fein, and there is virtually no dust.

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   JOSEPH2238 | Mar 21, 2003 07:31pm | #9

   Mike,

   Did you think about wet sanding it. 

   Joe Phillips

   Plastics pay the bills, Woodworking keeps me sane!