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Edge sander:
Sanding and breaking the edges on the walnut cleats in the picture hurt me more than once. I used gloves today and it went well. Another good application for gloves is the flap sander. I sand them down to 150 and 180 G on the flap sander. It can pull you in but with gloves it does not sand off skin if you get too far in.
I guess there is a time and place.