I recently picked up an older Jet edge sander. Before that I'd used some very small belt sanders, never something of this caliber. The belt runs pretty fast. Yesterday I was smoothing out a plywood circle I'd just cut, and managed to shoot it across the shop with great force. I was holding it down with a finger and spinning it around, and I let my finger go past the center which momentarily "locked" it against the belt. Took off out of there like a rifle shot. Is there a safe way to deal with circles on the edge sander?
I've also had some heating issues, particularly with wenge. It will definitely burn. I mostly work with exotics like that, and don't know if they are just too problematic to sand with something that moves this fast. Since I've only had it a little over a week, I've only used it a few times, so technique is definitely a likely issue.
It came with a few 80 grit belts and I just picked up some others (50, 100, 120). I have only used the 80 so far.