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27th February 2019, 07:00 PM #1GOLD MEMBER
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Some good Photoshopping by Carbatec on oscillating edge sanders?
So I'm perusing the sites as I'm thinking of getting an oscillating edge sander if I can somehow convince the wife it's a crucial necessity, so far the Jet one seems to be the best value and also isn't 2.2kW which is good.
But....I see Carbatec have released their sander now, but unless I'm mistaken it's a Jet Photoshopped with Carbatec's blue colour?
https://www.carbatec.com.au/oscillating-edge-sander
https://www.carbatec.com.au/sanding-...ld-code-bb-80b
If you look carefully you see where they used the eraser to remove the power switch, and forgot to put it back!
So does this mean the Carbatec is simply a re-branded Jet?
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27th February 2019, 07:09 PM #2Taking a break
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Lololol
Oops...
All the carbatec stuff is rebranded something else (just like pretty much everyone else whose machines look the same), just depends who's doing the best deal for them at the time.
The Laguna and Ledacraft look the same too, just with a different switch
Or you could get this monster for the same price... https://www.machines4u.com.au/view/a...-Large/446608/
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27th February 2019, 07:21 PM #3.
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The jet stuff is sometimes rebranded generic stuff with maybe a few different jet specific diddely bobs.
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27th February 2019, 07:54 PM #4GOLD MEMBER
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27th February 2019, 08:13 PM #5
Interesting thread I’ve been looking at excalty the same sander.
Noticed the Jet weighs 10 Kg heaver.
Cheers Matt.
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27th February 2019, 08:40 PM #6
I think this officially came out of Scott Morrison's office - same staffer that bought us "shoegate".
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27th February 2019, 09:12 PM #7GOLD MEMBER
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You'd reckon they could have got a professional graphic artist to do the 'blueing over' instead of getting the most junior counter jumper to do it in 'Paint'.
Until I saw that I thought some of the stuff I did was bad, I'm actually pretty good.
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27th February 2019, 09:16 PM #8SENIOR MEMBER
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That's a pretty poor effort, but then again, it's about the level I expect from my local CT store.
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27th February 2019, 09:24 PM #9GOLD MEMBER
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28th February 2019, 03:05 PM #10SENIOR MEMBER
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The biggest difference is no where on the carbatec one does it say it's an oscillating sander. Which would account for the 10kg difference.
By the naming I suspect the carbatec unit is probably the same as the Leda unit which shares a similar "big boy" name.
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28th February 2019, 06:13 PM #11GOLD MEMBER
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28th February 2019, 06:45 PM #12GOLD MEMBER
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Yeah, I'd definitely be paying the extra $100- for the Jet. The on/off switch, better quality paint and cabinet door themselves make it seem a relative bargain by comparison...
Cheers, Dom
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