John Maeda
03-25-2008, 8:25 PM
After getting some good advice from the good folks here at SMC, I bought a router for my needs that left a lot of money in my tool budget.
Add that left over money with price hikes due to a weak $, with my addiction to german engineering, and you get the following result.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v140/Maeda/P1020641.jpg
I have no wood projects ready for sanding as of yet, so I tested this baby on a car that needs to be prepped for paint. I knocked down 3-4 layers of terrible spray-paint/bondo/etc. in about 15 minutes, and a bicycle that needed to be lime green in another 30 minutes.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v140/Maeda/P1020642.jpg
What you get in the systainer for your money
I was a little concerned that the 150/5 was going to be too wimpy for some of the 'other then wood' projects I do, but it seems like if it sands bare metal with this kind of ease we're going to get along nicely.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v140/Maeda/P1020643.jpg
What happens when the tool demons posses you and force you to buy a matching vacuum before the price hike.
I pretty much went over my budget by double. The thought of having a to buy a vac for my sander in a few months for 100 dollars more then buying a package deal NOW, really convinced me.
I don't make a lot of money, so to buy the green and dark blue, hurts, but I'm convinced. Even if this sander never sees a piece of wood, I KNOW i've already saved myself days of sanding and lots of lung damage( don't fret, it'll see wood in about a week). It will be worth the $, and the eating sandwiches for a month or two.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v140/Maeda/P1020646.jpg
It's like i'm living in the future, and everything is made to work, quietly and hyper efficiently so I can spend more time relaxing. I don't think i've ever felt this way about a machine. This is what technology is supposed to be about. :D
Add that left over money with price hikes due to a weak $, with my addiction to german engineering, and you get the following result.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v140/Maeda/P1020641.jpg
I have no wood projects ready for sanding as of yet, so I tested this baby on a car that needs to be prepped for paint. I knocked down 3-4 layers of terrible spray-paint/bondo/etc. in about 15 minutes, and a bicycle that needed to be lime green in another 30 minutes.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v140/Maeda/P1020642.jpg
What you get in the systainer for your money
I was a little concerned that the 150/5 was going to be too wimpy for some of the 'other then wood' projects I do, but it seems like if it sands bare metal with this kind of ease we're going to get along nicely.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v140/Maeda/P1020643.jpg
What happens when the tool demons posses you and force you to buy a matching vacuum before the price hike.
I pretty much went over my budget by double. The thought of having a to buy a vac for my sander in a few months for 100 dollars more then buying a package deal NOW, really convinced me.
I don't make a lot of money, so to buy the green and dark blue, hurts, but I'm convinced. Even if this sander never sees a piece of wood, I KNOW i've already saved myself days of sanding and lots of lung damage( don't fret, it'll see wood in about a week). It will be worth the $, and the eating sandwiches for a month or two.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v140/Maeda/P1020646.jpg
It's like i'm living in the future, and everything is made to work, quietly and hyper efficiently so I can spend more time relaxing. I don't think i've ever felt this way about a machine. This is what technology is supposed to be about. :D