going along the wood grain with RO 90 DX

[asmirnov]

Hello,

Since I am not in the woodworking business - just making some projects for myself - I used to do most of the sanding work which didn't amount to much manually.
And while doing that I was particular careful about going along the grain on a cherry to make it nicer.
Recently I did buy Fein MM and did use for some sanding work too though I did use the tool for something different primarily.

Now speaking about 'regular' sander so to speak - how does it handle 'along the grain' topic, take for example dual mode RO 90 DX? Can you really go along the grain or you just use sandpaper high grit enough not to care about whether you go along the grain or not?

Would appreciate to know what folks with more experience can say on the topic.

Thank you

Anatoliy

 

[AlexThePalex]

You can sand in any direction you want.

 

[asmirnov]

Alex,

Thank you for the response.
I figure I can move the sander any direction I so desire. I was rather wondering about the movement of the sander plate - it can go in orbital motion (however you move the sander) or it can do free way. I guess this is the second mode you are having in mind to go along the wood grain, is that correct? The problem is that I am not very familiar with how the pate moves in this mode thus I was asking.

Best Regards,

Anatoliy