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11th January 2014, 03:56 PM #1Banned
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Best Random Orbit Sander?
Probably going to get 2 random orbit palm sanders or one palm and one larger.
I did use a big 2 handed Festool once and was impressed - but had a pair of Makita random orbit sanders that seemed to do an awful lot of work.... I reached for them often...
Anything new to know in this sanding department.
I will probably end up getting 2nds in air tools for these functions coz sometimes they just work much faster when you have a lot of wood to remove.
Always curious what machines others use, if they are much better than what I have had in the past.
Thanks in advance.
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11th January 2014, 04:57 PM #2Intermediate Member
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Late last year I bought the Bosch GEX 125-150 AVE, mine came with both the 125mm and 150mm pads. I am very impressed with how efficient it is and low vibration.
The only complaint is I have to buy a special fitting to attach a standard vacuum hose
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11th January 2014, 06:27 PM #3
There's been quite a bit of discussion on ROS choices lately. Perhaps a search would yield some useful info?
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12th January 2014, 12:29 AM #4Taking a break
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Mirka CEROS; size of an air sander, convenience of electric. The Festool ETS is a nice sander, but this is a class above.
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12th January 2014, 01:53 AM #5Banned
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Do you find the DC converter to be a nuisance at all...Elan?
Are they sold here at all? (Website just shows US & Canukistan).
They look good in the vid.
5 inch or 6 inch (1 of each?).
Any idea what they cost?
Thanks for the suggestion - haven't heard of them before today.
I'm amazed they haven't come up with one like those cordless / battery robot vacuum cleaners - sands the board itself and then plugs itself back into the docking/charging station when it needs a energy recharge.
You could have a dedicated sanding bench - any board you leave on that bench, the robot sander does it for you, until its sanded as slippery as a butchers whatsit!.
I'll go do a search back on ROS and see what comes up!
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12th January 2014, 08:09 AM #6
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12th January 2014, 10:00 AM #7Taking a break
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In order:
The converter has a hanging wire, so I have it permanently hanging off the vac. The cord from it to the sander is plenty long enough (3.5m I think, could be 4m) to follow the vac hose.
They are sold here. I got mine from BC Coatings, they have a store in Welshpool for those out west Contact Us
They come in 6", 5" and 90mm (3.5"?)
Cost is $550 http://www.bccoatings.com.au/compone...=1032&Itemid=1 (their site doesn't say about GST, but if it's the same as when I bought it's plus GST) in a cardboard box. For comparison, the Festool ETS150 can be had for $515 inc GST. I say it's worth the extra $90 but I have it for work and use it daily, YMMV.
More info in this thread https://www.woodworkforums.com/f13/wh...isbane-180403/
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15th January 2014, 01:07 PM #8Senior Member
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15th January 2014, 02:22 PM #9
The Bosch gets my vote also, it's a great sander but if your rich you could get a Festool but I can't see how they justify the cost, it's not like Bosch or the others don't do any R&D or know how to make a good ROS. You wait, the Festool guys will come in now and argue how good they are to justify the cost.
sBPower corrupts, absolute power means we can run a hell of alot of power tools
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15th January 2014, 02:36 PM #10Banned
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Bosch GEX 125-150 AVE Professional English - YouTube
The Bosch is looking a likely candidate at the moment.
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15th January 2014, 03:01 PM #11Intermediate Member
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15th January 2014, 04:31 PM #13Banned
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Well
Well the ROS are next on my list, (Unless i come across a good 1/2 inch plunge router going cheap on gumtree first)...
Just picked up a lovely Makita Belt sander (9924DB) from a retired guy... $150 and it's basically had no use - still looks essentially new. He bought it for one small job - then never got round to using it for anything else...and finally decided to quit it.
So I am slowly getting there.
Router and router table.
ROS
Chisel Morticer.
Bandsaw.
Drum Sander
Girl Friday!
Don't want much, do I?
Guess I should never have sold up the factory.... it's murder replacing everything a decade later... on a shoe string budget.
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15th January 2014, 07:10 PM #14Senior Member
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I'll throw the Metabo sxe450 150mm in the ring as well.
We bought a house a few years ago which had blood stained carpets throughout... Gross huh! We ripped
up all the carpets and the jarrah floors had a load of blood on them as well.
It was either hire a floor sander or use the cash to buy a sander and try to sand 90sqm of Jarrah with it.
I bought the Metabo, filled out the extended warranty, turned the turbo (boost) switch on and sanded a whole house with 80 grit over 2 days leaning on it with my whole body weight.
Didn't miss a beat.
3 years later I'm still hammering it and it's great.
It can be surprisingly gentle as well with the oscillation diameter turned down.
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15th January 2014, 07:51 PM #15
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