72 Re: New toy
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72 Re: New toy
From: patter@dasher.uucp (24224-guthrie)
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 92 21:37:50 GMT
I picked up a B&D 1/3 sheet finishing sander yesterday and did a little
work with it last night. I think it's well worth what I paid for it, and
thought I'd post unasked for impressions.
The unit has a merely adequate amount of power. This is not one you want
to put a lot of pressure on. With the sheet of paper supplied with the
unit, it put a nice finish on a belt-sanded fir 4x4 very rapidly. It's
an orbital sander (though it doesn't say so), but that's the only mode
of operation - you can't shift to straight line sanding.
It's nice and light, but it doesn't chatter around. Unlike most B&D tools,
it actually has a power cord (instead of the 6" cord usually supplied).
The clips which hold the paper on do the job well and it's very easy to
change paper (much easier than a Craftsman). According to the manual, it
has needle bearings, rather than the sleeves used in Craftsman sanders.
It also has a port on the back into which you can plug a vacuum cleaner
hose. This port connects to small holes in the foot. They supply a
paper puncturing tool with the sander. To use it, you put the paper on
the sander and press the unit against this tool, which punches holes
in the paper to match those in the foot. Once this is done, you can
hook up to a shop-vac, run the vac while you sand, and there's *no*
dust! I mean, it really works!
It's too early to tell about longevity, but B&D has always been good to
me about this. At $39.95 I think this is a steal.
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