A year or so ago I noticed that the 6”x89” edge sanders sold by Jet, Powermatic, General, and others had a new larger dust shroud. I thought, wow that would really help, in use especially near the end; dust was escaping the dust collection. I even thought of making a new shroud from sheet metal. It was even worse when using the angled stop as it virtually blocked all dust collection. Well, I finally thought I would check on a retrofit. The piece is available and retrofits easily to any sander with the square guard. To my big surprise it was less then $14 including shipping. So anyone with a similar sander should consider this upgrade, dust collection is improved which means a cleaner and healthier shop. I purchased the Powermatic part and would assume the Jet part would be similarly priced. The part numbers are:

Powermatic: 6292962
Jet: EHVS80-111

On another note, I saw a General version of the sander last weekend; they have the best looking machine of the bunch, heavy miter gauge, nice stand, and improved dust collection – if you are shopping.

John

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