Item : B0000302U5 Customer Reviews Bosch 1294VSK Detail Sander works great! by .. D. Oliver (Missouri) After comparing several detail sanders, I decided to get this Bosch kit and I have not been disappointed! This sander is well built, durable, and easy to use. I have used this sander on a number of projects already and absolutely love the performance it provides. It sands quickly and effortlessly even on hardwoods like oak. Changing out the backing pads is so easy and requires no tools. I had to do some searching to find replacement accessories for it but finally found everything at circlesaw.com. I use extra backing pads to hold different grits of sanding paper triangles. When I switch from a heavy or medium grit paper to a finer grit paper, I simply replace the pad equipped with the desired grit instead of peeling the paper off of the pad and replacing it with the proper grit paper. It makes switching back and forth with different grits of paper easier and faster. For small projects, that is not an issue. Amazon.com has this sander attractively priced and the sander provides a lot of bang for the buck. Santa's Little Helper by .. T. Craig () Each year for Christmas it's my job to find the perfect "power tool" for my boyfriend. I cannot tell you how pleased he has been with this year's gift, his Bosch sander. Not only did we get the Christmas morning whoops of joy, but I hear about this project or that project on a weekly basis - so he must love it. Now if any of you out there can help me get him to understand that we ladies like jewelry as much as men like power tools, I'd appreciate your input. Really good sander by .. K. Townsend (Des Moines, IA) I ordered this through Amazon and they shipped it out fast (as usual). I tried it out and this really works great!! I had on old B/D Mouse sander that was breaking down and always got sawdust everywhere. I hooked up the adapter (VAC002) and found that it fit the tool great but the other end was a tad large for my smaller shopvac connection. To remidy this, just wrap some black tape around the end of the hose and you are ready to go. (not sure why the other guys who rated the VAC002 didn't think of that). Sanding with the vacuum on was great!! I used it on some "finish yourself" cabinates and it worked just fine. Noise and vibration are there, but not nearly as bad as one would think. The adjustable speed helps keep control of the unit as well. Wonderful little unit; if you have need of sanding and don't want the mess, you really should order one for yourself! Powerful Detail Sander by .. P. Chesnut (Chantilly, VA USA) Bought my kit and am very happy with the system. I followed a tip from one of the other comments and use my old Dewalt pads to make pads for the attachments. Works great and is very convenient since I always have lots of the 5" h&l pads. [...] Still confused about which attachment to buy to hook the unit up to my dust collection system but you can't have everything. Good sander some drawbacks by .. Michael B. Ryan (spokane, wa) I bought this sander several years ago and use it a lot at times in building guitars and other detail work. It is uniquely useful at times. It is great for shaping irregular parts such as guitar necks when one is nearly finished with the neck and for faceted curved parts. A few negatives tho. Dust removal on any but the shortest triangular pad is very poor hooked up to a vac. Also, very hard to get a wide range of sandpaper for all the pads. I cut up old 5 hole loop and hook sandpaper which as become tattered at the edges. It still works well. Sometimes doesn't stick all that well but very useful. It is very easy to burn an adapter pad and I have burned several and haven't been able to find replacements. Seems durable and well made. Kind of noisy but I like it's variable speed and aggressiveness at high speed.