There are times when reading your favorite woodworking message board does more than save your project. Sometimes, it can save your skin. - Editor

"A friend and I are attempting to build a poker table from a plan we bought from Rockler. (We are in way over our heads!) We are using a sanding drum on a benchtop drill press to fine-tune a template made of hardboard, but we don't quite have enough clearance to reach everything: we keep running into the column. Can I put the sanding drum in my variable speed router under my router table to finish this up, or am I about to kill myself and some of my coworkers?" - Jason

"Yep...You're about to kill yourself. The first thing that's going to happen is the rubber on your drum is going to soften and melt, then when you apply more pressure to compensate, your sanding surface will disintegrate. After you remove the shards of garnet, rubber and wood from your skin, and buy a new drum, rig up a jig to your hand drill...or just rasp it and smooth it by hand." - John

"What speed is your drill press at when you use it as a sander? 1,500 rpm max.
"What's the minimum speed of your router? I bet it's no less than 10,000 rpm." - Hoa

"Hoa is correct. Do not attempt this. Maybe try a handheld drill? You could build a jig to keep this square? Just an idea." - Chad

"Not only is using a sanding drum in a router deadly dangerous as Hoa and Chad have mentioned, it will be very hard to 'fair' your template shape. It's hard enough to do on an oscillating spindle sander. I would hand sand it." - Jay