I am sure it is just that I do not have all the dust collector I need for the drum sander.

Today I was sanding some cutting boards and stopped the sander and then when I started it up there was a noticeable vibration which I have never had before.

Shut it down to find out what was going on and when I rotated the drum by hand some sanding dust fell out of the end of the drum.

I could get the air hose out and blow the inside of the drum but then I would get the sanding dust everywhere.

So I looked around and noted that I had two crevice tools for my shop vac. I cut the end off square and made a wooden plug and hot glued it in one of them. Then cut a hole in the side for the vacuum.

I tapped on the drum a few times with a piece of scrap and then put the tool between the frame and the back end of the drum, WOW out came a bunch of dust and now it is running smooth as silk as normal.

Don't know if this is just my problem or others have the same thing.

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