Video: The First Thing I Do When I Do a Checkup on an Edger

Jul 27, 2026

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What's the first thing I do when someone brings me an edger to fix? This is it:

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What’s The Oldest Tool Or Machine You Still Use On Your Wood Flooring Jobs?

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An Edger After a Fire: Can It Be Saved?

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Wood Floor Q&A: Why Would A Vac Cord Kink Like This?

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What’s Your Standard Sanding Process for a 5-Inch White Oak Going Natural?

What’s The Oldest Tool Or Machine You Still Use On Your Wood Flooring Jobs?

Wood floor pros share their oldest tool or wood floor sanding equipment that they are still using on their jobs.

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An Edger After a Fire: Can It Be Saved?

Is this Galaxy edger worth salvaging after it's been in a fire? I take a look.

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Wood Floor Q&A: Why Would A Vac Cord Kink Like This?

Why would a vacuum cord become permanently kinked? Sanding equipment expert Tom Wimberly tells us.

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What’s Your Standard Sanding Process for a 5-Inch White Oak Going Natural?

Wood floor pros share their standard operating procedures—grits and abrasives and machines—when sanding a white oak floor.

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Wood Floor Q&A: Do I Still Really Need To Use the Big Machine?

Which machine will be faster, the big machine or the planetary? The answer is: It depends. Here are some things to think about.

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The Latest in the WFB Buy/Sell/Trade FB Group: Rift White Oak, Hummel Sander, More

Recent listings in the WFB Facebook Community + USED Buy/Sell/Trade group include...

The Latest in the WFB Buy/Sell/Trade FB Group: American Sanders Vac, Clarke Floor Polisher, More

Recent listings in the WFB Facebook Community + USED Buy/Sell/Trade group include...

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The Latest in the WFB Buy/Sell/Trade FB Group: FG Discus, Atomic Vac, More

Recent listings in the WFB Facebook Community + USED Buy/Sell/Trade group include an FG Discus, an Atomic vacuum and more.

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How We Did This Floor: From Feeling Ambushed To Finding Solutions

I used to feel ambushed by unforeseen problems, but now I savor the experience, and this was one of those jobs. Let me walk you through what we went through on this job.

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The Latest for Sale in the WFB Buy/Sell/Trade FB Group: Sanders, a Van, More

New listings in WFB's Buy/Sell/Trade Facebook group include many sanders, a van and more.

This Is What I Found Inside the ‘Squealing’ Edger

A five-year-old FG Floortec Taifun edger that gets used extensively came to me recently with a complaint about a "squealing sound" and overloading on start-up—and this is what I found.

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Tool Review: Matt Garcia Tries the Cordless Version of the Arbortech Mini Grinder

Wood floor pro Matt Garcia of Craftsman Hardwood Flooring tries the new cordless version of the mini-grinder from Arbortech—he walks through the features, including a new hard case, and shows it in use on the job site.

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