Festo rtt-s2

[Marc]

Hi there!
I had this sander for over 20 years, bought second hand at the markets so it is probably 30 or more years old. Used occasionally for heavy sanding with good results. I replaced the baking pad once some 10 years ago, but can not remember who I bought this from. This backing pad seemed to have been made from different material since it is falling apart, the rubber completely rotted.
Now I have a few questions. Is "Festo" the same as Festool? This sander is marked 220V and the fact that I only get results in germany, it seems to be a european product.
Do you know is someone may possibly still carry parts for this?
Attached a picture from one that is for sale, not mine.
http://kleinanzeigen.ebay.de/anzeige...371511-84-1207

[mark david]

I have a Festo at65eb electric plunge saw, have a similar query really as I can find very little relating to the "Festo" brand.

[elanjacobs]

Same company. They renamed their tools division to Festool, Festo deals with compressed air fittings

[Tools]

One of the brothers took the power tool side of the company with the name change and the other brother took the pneumatic side of things.

Tools

[Ratbag]

Festo changed their name somewhere around 1995-2000 if I recall correctly. They had their 75th anniversary in 2000, by which time they were calling themselves F'tool.

I'm still using some older Festos also: a '95 or so planer (basically the same as the current one), and a 1000w autovac that's around '85 vintage or so I think. At the time the only auto switching vac available (dust extractor as we call them now, power tool extractor as they called them then). It's not actually a proper Festo - made by WAP West Germany & marketed in a number of manual guises as a Festo, Makita, Alto, Stihl, Elu & probably lots of other badge engineered brands too.

As for the parts required, you can always modify a set of carbon brushes to suit with a small file & soldering iron so they fit inside the original carriers. As for the decomposing base pad, they usually have a metallic core that can be screwed off & scraped clean of residual padding, to which any suitable rubberised or neoprene flat padding can be glued and the internal airways carved or drilled to suit. Bearings in most sizes are available readily from specialist suppliers: just provide the exact metric dimensions or the worn out originals for replacement. That's just about all that can go wrong with an orbital; well maybe the switch, which could be cleaned or hotwired.... If the armature breaks down then its time for a new one anyway.