Q. Is a palm sander or an orbital sander better? A random orbit sander is regarded as being the better of the two tools. While the square pad on a good palm sander may enable getting up close to ...

This speedy randomness also allows you to smooth joints where the rails and stiles of your cabinets meet at right angles. Note, random orbital sanders are different than palm sanders. Sometimes called ...

Most of our test sanders are random-orbit types with a round pad measuring 5 or 6 inches across. Random orbit means the pad spins and oscillates in, just that, a random orbital motion. This ...

It might not be as good for subtle detail work as a random orbital sander or a palm sander, but there are few tools out there ...