Early Intel on the New 5" Sander

[Trosey]

Scott Burt stated  " we are also teaching at events in Dallas and Connecticut this fall. Exciting times...

Please post the date(s) and location of your fall event in Dallas. That is within driving distance for me. I will put it on my calendar.

This article on sanders is priceless to me. It explains what type of sander to use for different applications.

Thanks,

Trosey

 

[Scott B.]

Scott Burt stated  " we are also teaching at events in Dallas and Connecticut this fall. Exciting times...

Please post the date(s) and location of your fall event in Dallas. That is within driving distance for me. I will put it on my calendar.

This article on sanders is priceless to me. It explains what type of sander to use for different applications.

Thanks,

Trosey

Hi Trosey

Thanks for the post, I am glad the article was helpful to you. As mentioned, there are a few more sanding articles in the pipeline that go deeper into different types of sanding.

The Dallas event is a three day training session hosted at a SW training center, but is only available to members of the Fresh Coat painting national franchise, making it kind of an invitation only situation.

So, the only way you can get into that one is if you know any FC franchisees in your area and can tag along with them. If so, registration is open for about another week I believe. Sorry about that.

I will continue to post up dates as we announce them, and would not be surprised if we taught openly in Dallas or the general area again in the future. In the meantime, feel free to ping me with questions through the forum or our sites.

Thanks again for your interest.

 

[Mort]

So I have a question for ya,

My 7-year-old daughter is my sanding buddy and says my DeWalt makes her arm tingle. I showed her an ETS125 the day before these sanders were announced and she thought I should get her one. I know it isn't ideal for what we do, raw wood, but in truth I go behind her when she's not looking and touch it up anyway I just want to keep her interested.

So after all that, would the ETS EC be less NVH than an ETS125 and would the EC fit her small hands okay?

 

[Scott B.]

So I have a question for ya,

My 7-year-old daughter is my sanding buddy and says my DeWalt makes her arm tingle. I showed her an ETS125 the day before these sanders were announced and she thought I should get her one. I know it isn't ideal for what we do, raw wood, but in truth I go behind her when she's not looking and touch it up anyway I just want to keep her interested.

So after all that, would the ETS EC be less NVH than an ETS125 and would the EC fit her small hands okay?

I agree about the Dewalt.

No, I don't think the ets ec 125 would fit the hand of a child that well. I haven't had my nine year old run it yet, but then he is pretty set that the RO90 is the sander he prefers. He started with it when he was 7 and likes it. That is the sander that fits a kid hand the best in my opinion. I only have him use orbital mode. He hasn't gotten bored yet.

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P.S.
Syslites and drills are also favorites with the younger crowd.

 

[Mort]

You know, I'm glad you said that because the RO90 was the sander I wanted for myself next. I was going to put it on hold to get her that one instead but I think I'll just go with the RO90 and everybody will be happy.

Thanks (from another guy named Scott).

 

[Scott B.]

You know, I'm glad you said that because the RO90 was the sander I wanted for myself next. I was going to put it on hold to get her that one instead but I think I'll just go with the RO90 and everybody will be happy.

Thanks (from another guy named Scott).

Good call, Scott. Win win situation. Let me know how the learning curve goes.

One thing I do with my son is put him in charge of sorting the used abrasives by grit. Deciding which ones have to be thrown away, which ones can come back for another day, and keeping them organized. For some reason, he is really into the shapes and grit numbers and enjoys being in charge of sorting them. And sweeping. Must learn to sweep floors!

 

[jjowen]

When someone post an upside down image theres a 99% chance he's using an Apple product, i fear you just opened the Pandora's box of issues now working with mac in a pc dominated world. I think you need to rotate each image 180 degrees in your system before saving and for some reason that fixes it.

Both Apple and non-Apples are to blame. When you pick up your camera phone, which way is 'up'? The phone knows. If it is an Apple device, it will just flag which way is up in the photo's standard metadata and is quickly ready to taken the next photo. Other brands will actually rotate the picture before storing it and being ready to take the next picture.

When displaying the photos, Apple software always checks the orientation from the metadata and rotates as required upon display. Other software (i.e. Microsoft) ignores the orientation metadata and just displays the photo - so it could be mis-orientated. (The report that it appeared upside down in Safari suggests that orientation in the metadata was wrong? Really really old Safari?)

Usually just opening a file for editing and saving it again should save it in the correct orientation.

I think for iPhones having the buttons on the side of the phone pointing down gives you correctly orientated photos.

 

[jjowen]

... and thanks for the review Scott. I am looking to purchase an ETS EC 125/3 or ETS EC 150/3 or ETS EC 150/5 to fill the gap between my DTS 400 and RO 125.

Reading this and other comments I am coming to the conclusion that the difference between a /3 and a /5 is:
/3 removes material more slowly, but with finer grits can give the smoother finish.
/5 removes material more quickly and makes better use of the coarser grits.

Is this a correct characterisation of the differences?

 

[Birdhunter]

Is the new sander available in the USA?

 

[Bob Marino]

Is the new sander available in the USA?

  Will be available October 1.

B

 

[Birdhunter]

Thanks for the availability info.

Any word on the TSX?

 

[Holmz]

So I have a question for ya,

My 7-year-old daughter is my sanding buddy ...
...

Brother... You have my total respect. [smile]

 

[Scott B.]

... and thanks for the review Scott. I am looking to purchase an ETS EC 125/3 or ETS EC 150/3 or ETS EC 150/5 to fill the gap between my DTS 400 and RO 125.

Reading this and other comments I am coming to the conclusion that the difference between a /3 and a /5 is:
/3 removes material more slowly, but with finer grits can give the smoother finish.
/5 removes material more quickly and makes better use of the coarser grits.

Is this a correct characterisation of the differences?

Hi jj

That is a generally accurate assessment of the performance difference between the 3mm and 5mm stroke...literally the size of the scratch pattern created with the abrasive. So, 3mm is more suitable to easily doing fine finish sanding at higher grits. The 5mm is better in the lower grits.

Of course depending on the type of work you do, what grits you sand in the most, should drive your decision. My opinion would be that if you have the dts, then a 5mm stroke orbital would probably fill more of the gap between your dts and ro.
And choice between 5 and 6" completely depends on the size of your typical tasks.

We tend to use the 5mm ets 150 more than the 3 to fill the gap between small orbitals and Rotex. It is capable of a lot, even 80 grit sanding on decks:



(this was the pre-existing ets150/5)

 

[Mort]

So I have a question for ya,

My 7-year-old daughter is my sanding buddy ...
...

Brother... You have my total respect. [smile]

Thanks, I appreciate that. She cut out some stuff on the scroll saw for Christmas but sanding is her favorite.

 

[Scott B.]

That's awesome, Scott. I especially like seeing the ear and eye protection. Good to train safety at a young age.

 

[Mort]

Yeah, although I didn't realize she was wearing flip flops until she was almost done. Whoops.