Plus, that's about the only way to get the
: dust collector to work. Otherwise, the orbital action just blows the dust
: out from under the pad.

I have found that if you hook up your shop vac to the dust collection port instead of using the canister/bag it came with. You can work almost dust free.I have a Porter Cable 333 and a 2in hose slips right over the dust canister fitting. Just duct tape it on. Works great

Kurt