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Got a new dual mode sander for my birthday/Xmas last weekend.
Can be used as a rotary unit (fast material removal, or for final polishing) or switched to random orbit. You can read more about it at the mfr's site. Didn't paste the link directly for that as it uses frames and doesn't copy correctly.
Also got the vacuum package deal show in the first link. Certainly not for everyone as it is pricey as hell (and give up any notion of discounts anywhere, only available shipped from from festool, everyone else is just an order taker).
But it works abolutely completely as advertised. You can sand a sheet of wood down and wipe your hand across it when finished, and come up with a clean hand. First tool I've ever seen I would use without a dust mask (although with MDF, I'd probably still go the respirator route due to toxicity of the material).
As far as quality of the tool and performance, also absolutely outstanding. I've used quite a few different sanders at work by all the major names, and this toasts them. My little 10 year old porter/cable 333 had died and I was looking for a replacement when I heard of these and started looking into getting one.
Some of the other nifty features beyond sucking up virtually all the dust:
Sanding disk load up is hugely reduced - I will probably never use up the 100 120 grits it came with.
Vacuum is way way quieter than my old shop vac. Don't even feel the need to wear ear protection to preserve my audio investment.
Plug tools into vacuum, and it turns on automatically on tool startup, shuts off after a 10 second delay when you turn off the tool. Vacuum has a 20 amp plug (with supplied 15 amp plug adapter) so it will run any tool of theirs you connect, even a 16 amp router.
Case locks onto the top of the vacuum so you can use it as a tool dolly.
My dad bought their plunge saw, so I will eventually have some comments son that too.
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Can be used as a rotary unit (fast material removal, or for final polishing) or switched to random orbit. You can read more about it at the mfr's site. Didn't paste the link directly for that as it uses frames and doesn't copy correctly.
Also got the vacuum package deal show in the first link. Certainly not for everyone as it is pricey as hell (and give up any notion of discounts anywhere, only available shipped from from festool, everyone else is just an order taker).
But it works abolutely completely as advertised. You can sand a sheet of wood down and wipe your hand across it when finished, and come up with a clean hand. First tool I've ever seen I would use without a dust mask (although with MDF, I'd probably still go the respirator route due to toxicity of the material).
As far as quality of the tool and performance, also absolutely outstanding. I've used quite a few different sanders at work by all the major names, and this toasts them. My little 10 year old porter/cable 333 had died and I was looking for a replacement when I heard of these and started looking into getting one.
Some of the other nifty features beyond sucking up virtually all the dust:
Sanding disk load up is hugely reduced - I will probably never use up the 100 120 grits it came with.
Vacuum is way way quieter than my old shop vac. Don't even feel the need to wear ear protection to preserve my audio investment.
Plug tools into vacuum, and it turns on automatically on tool startup, shuts off after a 10 second delay when you turn off the tool. Vacuum has a 20 amp plug (with supplied 15 amp plug adapter) so it will run any tool of theirs you connect, even a 16 amp router.
Case locks onto the top of the vacuum so you can use it as a tool dolly.
My dad bought their plunge saw, so I will eventually have some comments son that too.
BB
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