ETS EC 125/150?

[08G8V8]

Looking on the Festool website, they show the current part number for the ETS EC 125/3 as 576340.  I see on Amazon, Hartville Hardware which looks to be an authorized dealer, is selling it under part number 571897.

I don't see anything on the Festool site when searching this part number other than it does bring up the 576340 when searching for it.

Anyone know what the difference is?  Thanks

Both sanders are the same.  The difference is in the systainer.  It appears the 576340 comes in the new style systainer 3.  The 571897 must be old stock of the sander in the original t-loc systainer.

Thanks for the info. That makes sense. I’m fairly new to Festool. Not sure the systainer is a big deal for me. 

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[TwelvebyTwenty]

Looking on the Festool website, they show the current part number for the ETS EC 125/3 as 576340.  I see on Amazon, Hartville Hardware which looks to be an authorized dealer, is selling it under part number 571897.

I don't see anything on the Festool site when searching this part number other than it does bring up the 576340 when searching for it.

Anyone know what the difference is?  Thanks

Both sanders are the same.  The difference is in the systainer.  It appears the 576340 comes in the new style systainer 3.  The 571897 must be old stock of the sander in the original t-loc systainer.

Thanks for the info. That makes sense. I’m fairly new to Festool. Not sure the systainer is a big deal for me. 

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We've all been there... a few years later all purchases are made with a strong bias to whether they fit in a Systainer.  [eek]

 

[08G8V8]

Looking on the Festool website, they show the current part number for the ETS EC 125/3 as 576340.  I see on Amazon, Hartville Hardware which looks to be an authorized dealer, is selling it under part number 571897.

I don't see anything on the Festool site when searching this part number other than it does bring up the 576340 when searching for it.

Anyone know what the difference is?  Thanks

Both sanders are the same.  The difference is in the systainer.  It appears the 576340 comes in the new style systainer 3.  The 571897 must be old stock of the sander in the original t-loc systainer.

Thanks for the info. That makes sense. I’m fairly new to Festool. Not sure the systainer is a big deal for me. 

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We've all been there... a few years later all purchases are made with a strong bias to whether they fit in a Systainer.  [eek]

I only have the RTS400 with the new style systainer, so I guess I'll have an old style systainer now to compare to it....I went ahead and ordered the sander and saved some money toward a 6" pad.

Now to order a hard 5" pad, and a soft and hard 6" pads, and sanding paper.

 

[08G8V8]

Looking on the Festool website, they show the current part number for the ETS EC 125/3 as 576340.  I see on Amazon, Hartville Hardware which looks to be an authorized dealer, is selling it under part number 571897.

I don't see anything on the Festool site when searching this part number other than it does bring up the 576340 when searching for it.

Anyone know what the difference is?  Thanks

Both sanders are the same.  The difference is in the systainer.  It appears the 576340 comes in the new style systainer 3.  The 571897 must be old stock of the sander in the original t-loc systainer.

Thanks for the info. That makes sense. I’m fairly new to Festool. Not sure the systainer is a big deal for me. 

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We've all been there... a few years later all purchases are made with a strong bias to whether they fit in a Systainer.  [eek]

I only have the RTS400 with the new style systainer, so I guess I'll have an old style systainer now to compare to it....I went ahead and ordered the sander and saved some money toward a 6" pad.

Now to order a hard 5" pad, and a soft and hard 6" pads, and sanding paper.

I got my sander today and turns out they did send the newer version part number 576340.  So, got it for the $400 vs $425.  They no longer have a listing, but another vendor has the same old part number listed but at the current $425 price.

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[cjfiore88]

I ordered mine before the price hike too, and it cake with the new systainer. The brake works perfectly on the 6 inch jet stream 2 hard pad.

 

[VirTERM]

My ets-Ec 125 just started having problem with break, not every time but it’s definitely behaving odd. I noticed that with 6” pad but will test 5” pad soon. Has this problem been solved or explained?

 

[Blopina]

So I’ve been researching like crazy and decided to buy a 150/5 sander. I’ve noticed on all these threads everyone is adamant that the 150 pad works flawlessly on the 125. The brake stops the pad no problem! I agree with this based on the videos I’ve watched.

However! The pads other function is to ensure the pad doesn’t spin out of control when there is no load applied. On every video I’ve seen this is exactly what happens. The power goes on and the pad starts spinning at what appears to be full speed. It seems there’s enough friction to stop it at shutdown, but not enough to prevent it from spinning while operating without load.

Just my 2C and maybe this will help someone else. That could cause some nasty scratch marks if you move a spinning pad to wood. I know because I had a Makita where the brake broke.

 

[serge0n]

However! The pads other function is to ensure the pad doesn’t spin out of control when there is no load applied. On every video I’ve seen this is exactly what happens. The power goes on and the pad starts spinning at what appears to be full speed. It seems there’s enough friction to stop it at shutdown, but not enough to prevent it from spinning while operating without load.

Whoa! Can you elaborate please? Mine shuts down immediately with a 150 pad, there is not just "enough friction", the brake functions precisely as it should, regardless of the pad size. Stops within 2 seconds.
However, I started noticing some nasty swirlies if I don't go high enough in grits. And for certain scenarios (stair threads, outdoor furniture), you don't want to go too high when sanding.

 

[Cheese]

On every video I’ve seen this is exactly what happens. The power goes on and the pad starts spinning at what appears to be full speed. It seems there’s enough friction to stop it at shutdown, but not enough to prevent it from spinning while operating without load.

The sander is supposed to be started when it's on the surface of the wood and turned off after it's been removed from the wood.

 

[Blopina]

On every video I’ve seen this is exactly what happens. The power goes on and the pad starts spinning at what appears to be full speed. It seems there’s enough friction to stop it at shutdown, but not enough to prevent it from spinning while operating without load.

The sander is supposed to be started when it's on the surface of the wood and turned off after it's been removed from the wood.

This is something I understand, it doesn't always work out that perfectly though. Especially when trying to accomplish a high level of production. I'm not saying there's no workaround, just that the pad will spin like crazy if running off the workpiece. Should stop adequately when shut down.

 

[Blopina]

If you turn the sander on without it on the workpiece, the pad will spin quickly until shut down, so as the other poster said, make sure you start with the pad planted on the piece. If you put a fast spinning pad onto your workpiece it will cause swirls and divots if not placed perfectly flat.

 

[ChuckM]

It's a good practice to place the ETS on the work before turning it on, but it's not a difficult technique to learn how to sand with the sander turned on right from the start, a technique especially useful when working with a large panel.

See the sander being turned on before touching the work surface at 2:59

 

[Crazyraceguy]

It's a good practice to place the ETS on the work before turning it on, but it's not a difficult technique to learn how to sand with the sander turned on right from the start, a technique especially useful when working with a large panel.

See the sander being turned on before touching the work surface at 2:59

It's not that difficult of a technique to learn. For me, it came from years of using pneumatic sanders, where it is essentially required. Adding the extractor hose changes it slightly, but if it is supported well, it's fine.

 

[ChuckM]

Snip. Adding the extractor hose changes it slightly, but if it is supported well, it's fine.

Good point. Some people wrap the hose over their arm like this:

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[The_Berg_55]

Another year gone by..

Curios of anybody has bought a new EC 125 sander recently and can confirm if you can still mount (and get the brake working) the 150 mm disc on the ETS EC 125?