Jim Hager
09-16-2005, 9:13 AM
I got home from work yesterday to find on my front porch 2 big boxes full of new toys er toolshttp://sawmillcreek.org/images/smilies/biggrin.gif I had ordered these on Sunday from our old buddy Bob Marino way up nort of good ole Arkansas. That is some speedy delivery. Not sure who to thank either Bob or UPS.http://sawmillcreek.org/images/smilies/tongue.gif
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Everything was very well packed and arrived without any damage whatsoever. I did notice a few scuffs on the sander housing from riding around in it's sustainer. I opened it all up of course right there in the living room and gave it the once over before taking it down to the shop.
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Once I got it all assembled me and "Penny" the vicious shop dog and I went down to the shop to see if it worked as advertised. Yep!!! What a sander!!!! and the dust collection is amazing. I sized it up beside my old Dewalt random orbit sander and showed SWMBO how much difference there was in the amount of dust in the air and believe it or not she was very pleased to know I won't be breathing so much dust in the future.
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The only thing I'm not too wild about is that I have to use these disposable dust bags. I'm sort of a person who likes to reuse stuff. Maybe I'll see if I can figure out a way to empty the bags a few times before tossing them out.http://sawmillcreek.org/images/smilies/confused.gif
Thanks for the speedy delivery Bob. I'm planning on giving this thing a real workout this weekend and I'll let everyone know some more about the performance. So far I'm really impressed. The 3/16 orbit of the 150/5 seems to have just about the right amount of "agressiveness" that I wanted to work out drum sander scratches on raised panel doors. We'll have to see how it works as a sander for getting furniture and cabinets ready for finishing.
My first impression on the dust collection is good but I don't care too much for having to wag around the collection hose. It tends to hang a little on the edge of the workbench impeding my movements somewhat. Probably gonna just have to get used to it I guess.
Photos by SWMBW
http://a1.cpimg.com/image/ED/7B/52222701-6c17-02000180-.jpg
Everything was very well packed and arrived without any damage whatsoever. I did notice a few scuffs on the sander housing from riding around in it's sustainer. I opened it all up of course right there in the living room and gave it the once over before taking it down to the shop.
http://a6.cpimg.com/image/1A/7C/52222746-63fb-02000180-.jpg
Once I got it all assembled me and "Penny" the vicious shop dog and I went down to the shop to see if it worked as advertised. Yep!!! What a sander!!!! and the dust collection is amazing. I sized it up beside my old Dewalt random orbit sander and showed SWMBO how much difference there was in the amount of dust in the air and believe it or not she was very pleased to know I won't be breathing so much dust in the future.
http://a2.cpimg.com/image/16/7C/52222742-5c47-02000180-.jpg
The only thing I'm not too wild about is that I have to use these disposable dust bags. I'm sort of a person who likes to reuse stuff. Maybe I'll see if I can figure out a way to empty the bags a few times before tossing them out.http://sawmillcreek.org/images/smilies/confused.gif
Thanks for the speedy delivery Bob. I'm planning on giving this thing a real workout this weekend and I'll let everyone know some more about the performance. So far I'm really impressed. The 3/16 orbit of the 150/5 seems to have just about the right amount of "agressiveness" that I wanted to work out drum sander scratches on raised panel doors. We'll have to see how it works as a sander for getting furniture and cabinets ready for finishing.
My first impression on the dust collection is good but I don't care too much for having to wag around the collection hose. It tends to hang a little on the edge of the workbench impeding my movements somewhat. Probably gonna just have to get used to it I guess.
Photos by SWMBW