Does anyone use a drum sander on their work?

[AnotherDano]

I made a small table with woodworking camlock clamps to hold the little pieces for dross removal and finishing. My belt sander and the DA sander go through consumables like crazy when they catch an edge. And then, there is all that repositioning and edge rounding.

I was wondering if a small drum sander would work. Anyone out there using one?

This is what I've been looking at; http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/images ... 28013&s=hi

[Mountain Home]

I have not been doing this very long but what I have found to work great for cleaning small parts is soaking in a
mixture of muriatic acid and water. After reading someone else's post on doing this I tried it on some extremely
drossy wind spinners and it worked great. Gets in the cracks good and don't leave any grind marks.

[AnotherDano]

The first step I use is to knock off the dross with a twisted-wire brush in an angle grinder. The table has been tuned and leaves just a little bit to remove.

But the brush raises a little lip of metal at the edges, like a small wave. This leaves a high spot and if I need to sand down a powder coat, metal shows through after a sanding. The goal here is to produce a flat and even surface on the piece. It would also provide an even application of scratches that give the piece a good 'tooth' for the finish to attach to.