Thread: Orbital sander + sanding pad

Strewth Pal. mines' been going strong for nearly 7 years. I reckon you'vre either stuffed up the instrucshuns or the clutch thingy in your random doohickey isn't working so as youer disc is rortatating at 14,500 rpm!

Call Triton customer service, have them look at this post, and ask for the cause and a solution.

Take the damaged R.O.S. back to the dealer, and make a warranty claim.

You should get full satisfaction on this.

One tip I do know, is that you place the sanding pad firmly on the surface before turning the motor on, and don't remove it from the surface until it stops revolving after the motor is turned off.

However, I doubt that this is the cause. This procedure is simply the way you get the proper random rotary action of the sanding disk.

Check the plate on your grinder to see what RPM it runs at. I bought an el cheapo to permanently set up with the triton and had the same problem as you, the head got really hot and the foam pad disintegrated. It didn't happen quite as fast as you described however. Turns out my el cheapo was spinning at 11,000 rpm and as you can clearly see in your photo 10,000rpm is max. Put it into another grinder and it's worked fine since then.

Mick

My dear wife destroyed my original orbital sander pad while trying to remove paint from an old door at the shack. She became a little too enthusiastic with a few stubborn spots and applied too much pressure for too long me thinks and it resulted in plastic melt down.

If you are still having trouble you might like to contact me (I live in the Hobart area) and have a look at my OS as I have never had any problems with it myself.

And I agree with the comments that you must start with the pad in contact with the work and leave it there until you stop the grinder, otherwise there is a tendency to gouge the work.

I had the same problem after a few days use, the head that holds the bolt melted.
I sent it back to Triton and they sent me a new unit.
It has been fine ever since.

I use a Black and Decker grinder.

Although it works fine, two things that concern me is that it is very noisey and there is no means of dust extraction.

Thanks for all the advice blokes. I emailed Triton yesterday and they're sending me a new one and asked me to send the faulty one back for inspection. They thought it might be a bearing in the head that's too tight.

Anyway, it's pretty good service – both from Triton and you Forum members. Ten points to youse all!

I have been looking at these things in my local hardware store and wondering. Are they any good, and what are they best suited for? Do they do anything better than what I can do with my makita 75mm belt jobby or the 1/3sheet finishing jobby. :confused:

Rob


I had the same thoughs for a while - but took the plunge.

Some three years later I still give it the thumbs up

I tend to only use the unit with very fine paper 600 - 1200 for finishing and burnishing with oil - having said that I have been very happy with the mirror finish a mug punter like myself can achieve in a relatively short time.



Regards

Wood if I Could