my first project with this tool be ~ 64 sq. ft. of peel deck plank . I break or shred 3 belt in the process and the handle get very hot . by the end the graphite pad have worn badly and also leave a number of black mark on my deck . my old Dewalt 430 have none of these problem on the same type of deck . also the sander do not seem wide enough . a new belt stick out about 1\/8 '' over the side and tracking adjustment do not help . maybe this be why belt fail so fast . if I have buy this at Lowes I would already have take it back . on the positive side it be light and compact and the dust collection work well . it be just not up to the abuse I need to be able to give a sander .