HILTEX 10342 Drum Sander Kit, 26 Pc Set, 1/8 & 1/4" Drive Spindle Sander for Woodworking, Spindle Sander Sleeves & 5 Rubber Sanding Drum for Drill, Sanding Arbor, 1" Drum Sander Paper, 80 & 120 Grit

Work very well for inside sanding of objects. Nice addition to any workshop.

Items seem to be reasonable quality at a good price. The case is another issue. It arrived broken in two places. It was knowingly shipped like this as the box was not damaged at all.According to description it's shipped by Amazon so that's on Amazon not the seller.

I bought this set for one particular task I had in front of me. Having never used sanding drum attachments before, I had to figure out how to tighten the drum to keep the sandpaper from falling off, but that actually came to me quickly. Now, I see there are dozens of online videos to help you with that, so if you don't know, look it up.There are 5 drums in this kit, and they all operate the same. I have used 2 of them so far, and they have performed 100% as expected. Not only can these drums be used to hold a cylinder of sandpaper to sand a curved work piece, but they can also hold a tubular work piece for rotating against a hand-held piece of sandpaper, smoothing or reducing the outer circumference of the tubular work piece.These have proven an excellent value and extremely handy to have in my shop.

I've had a drill press for a long time. I COULD use a drum sander machine, especially if it was free. But I only very occasionally sand an inner curve, for example on a wooden shelf bracket. What I do with this is just put it on my drill press and while it's not as powerful or perfect as a dedicated drum sander, it gets the job done much more cheaply and without taking up my limited shop space. It takes fairly standard replacement sandpaper cylinders. They come in different sizes and textures, and not from just one manufacturer. You can clean them with an air blowing device and an eraser sold for sanders and use the drums plenty of times before they wear out--it's not like get them dirty and they're gone, that's very important because some people think so and go through a lot of them. The set is very easy to use. You just push the tube of sandpaper onto the rubber insert and screw the nut down a little, which makes the rubber insert bulge and hold the sandpaper in place. There are multiple sizes which provide for different diameters depending on what you are sanding. Far as how much this will take off, it's kind of in the middle of hand sanding and belt sanding. It's pretty fast and you will often still need a final sanding by hand with, say, 220 grit. It won't make something disappear before your eyes like a belt sander can--but it also can't get away from you or seriously hurt you. This particular set comes in its own case, which I find invaluable. I use them (honestly) very occasionally, so when I'm not using them, they go on the shelf with things like special drill bits or specific occasion screwdrivers. Then when they come out they're all in order and they're clean and I just go along the line and pick the one I want. So, summary, a great way to get the benefits of a drum sander without paying for one or using up space with one.

Unfortunately, the first sanding drum in the set that I needed to use was the 2 inch. I almost scrapped a customer's material because it was off center and wobbled around out of control. When I pulled it apart to see where the malfunction was, it turns out that the hole in the drum was about an inch in diameter, but the mandrel itself only measures slightly over a quarter of an inch in diameter. The washers on either end have a sort of flange stamped into them in order to line up the mandrel with the center of the drum. After putting it back together very carefully, I was able to get it to work with an acceptable degree of wobble. This quirk caught me off-guard because other sets I have used typically have a quarter inch hole through the drum, which pretty much guarantees that the mandrel will line up correctly. Not sure how much the company saved by cutting out the extra material, but it seems a chinsey way of manufacturing to me, hence the two stars only. For the record, the other size drums seem to be made fine, and the sanding sleeves seem to be ok.****Update****It occurred to me that the 2 inch sanding drum may be more hollowed out to allow it to expand more easily. I was using one with a quarter inch through hole from another manufacturer, and after a while I was unable to tighten the drum enough to hold the sanding sleeve in place. It worked ok when it was new, but the rubber may have hardened with age. So maybe this set isn't so bad, considering that the others I have used are also made very cheaply. To be fair, I am adding a star.

I was going to withhold a star because the label was applied to the bottom of the case. But after picking up all the pieces and putting them back in the case, I discovered a much better reason. One of the retaining nuts was completely stripped, right out of the box. But the nut from another of the drums fit the one I needed to use, and all is well.On closer examination, the offending nut technically wasn't stripped, the hole was originally cut to big, and the threading barely touched the surface.

I used this barrel sander to smooth out some rough edges on ceramic tile. I worked perfectly. The storage box is nice for keeping everything together.

The media could not be loaded. Needed these to clean up some large holes I jigsawed... Paper stayed on tight, no wobble and they got the job done! Such a great value... My 5 star rating is based off of their performance and price, not compared to similar higher end products. This package is well worth the $8 and then some! Storage case is a huge bonus, I've seen similar quality drums for a little more money and no storage case locally.