Abstract: A surface sander having a housing with a handle and a motor with a motor shaft arranged in a bearing of a sanding foot which is connected through a flexible body with the housing, is disclosed. A dust hood encloses the motor, the housing, the flexible body and the sanding foot. Two parts of the hood are mutually lockable, and the flexible body has an upper annular rim which can be clamped between a bottom rim of the motor housing and the dust hood parts. A lower annular rim is fastened to the sanding foot and a number of spring strips connects the upper annular rim to the lower annular rim, so that the sanding foot can be mounted on the machine in a simple manner by the dust hood without the need for additional fastening devices.