Kanga, I have used mine daily for almost 2 1/2 years, it works great, but just in case I bought another that just sits in the box waiting it's turn....... I use it mostly for shaping my limbs and limb pads on the riser, I was using my bandsaw, but at $10 per blade and 2 blades per bow,and still having to beltsand,it was very expensive, now this sander will do 6 limbs per $5 belt.... that's 6 bows (12 limbs)for $10 a lot better that the $120+tax for the blades I was using for 6 bows... how long have you been building bows?.......Steve