The Joys of Disc Sanding

Melissa got me a new 12" steel sanding disc for my Shopsmith. It was to replace the disc I bent last year during a screw up.

Man, what a great tool. I used a fence and the quill feed to duplicate exact lengths for all my apron pieces. If one piece is off it could make the whole glue-up a real nightmare.
The second thing I used the disc sander for was to remove all the saw blade marks from my ripping. I mounted the fence at a slight angle and passed the boards through so they would meet the sanding disc on its down turn. Two passes and no one would ever know how dull my rip blade is!