ETS EC 125/150?

[bobfog]

Does the ETS EC 150 take the 125mm pads as well?

 

[Phil Beckley]

Does the ETS EC 150 take the 125mm pads as well?

.....nope.
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Phil

 

[ear3]

That would be the Mirka!

 

[bobfog]

That would be the Mirka!

Yup! Guess that's where my money will go.

Shame really, things like this make it difficult not to feel disgruntled at Festool. It's a blatant case of daylight robbery, as if spending nearly £400 on a sander isn't enough, you can't even put a smaller pad on it. Instead Festool think it's reasonable to make you spend ~£750+ on two sanders instead of making a universal pad fitting. I mean why make your customers able to put a£20 pad on the sander when they can instead make them but another sander.

 

[Holmz]

[member=60286]bobfog[/member] I think it is only the 230v model. I think it is the 5650.(the one I got)

 

[leakyroof]

The pad brake does not line up between the two different sized sanders, in case you're wondering.

 

[AndyUK]

It is a shame that Festool haven't included the ability to change from 125 to 150 on their sanders as other manufacturers have done.
Would also like to see the ability to change from 3mm to 5mm orbit also on the ETS EC.
Others can do this and I can't see why it's not offered by Festool?

 

[bobfog]

[member=60286]bobfog[/member] I think it is only the 230v model. I think it is the 5650.(the one I got)

Thanks [member=40772]Holmz[/member]

I assume you're happy with yours and would recommend it?

 

[Holmz]

It is a shame that Festool haven't included the ability to change from 125 to 150 on their sanders as other manufacturers have done.
Would also like to see the ability to change from 3mm to 5mm orbit also on the ETS.
Others can do this and I can't see why it's not offered by Festool?

The Mirka is braked by the motor, so pad changes may be easier if the issue preventing it is the braking.

Unless one has stacks of 125-mm papers, or has a compelling need to change sizes, I am not sure it is all that important to change pads?

Then if the different orbit sizes cause a huge jump in cost, it might make more sense to have separate /3 and a /5 sanders ?
(They already cost a fair bit of coin)

[member=60286]bobfog[/member] I think it is only the 230v model. I think it is the 5650.(the one I got)

Thanks [member=40772]Holmz[/member]

I assume you're happy with yours and would recommend it?

Yes I like it. It is faster than the 1/2 sheet, but I like the 1/2 sheet (uva115e). I think the 1/2 sheet is better all around, unless one is dead set on a round RO sander. You at least find the pieces flat with a 1/2 sheet, so I often use that first to get it level.

I personally like the Mirka paddle, but some do not.
The Mirka screens are good, but those fit on a FT, Bosch, or B&D...
The 5650 is a 5-mm, which pairs well with the 1/2 sheet's 2.2-mm stroke.
If I was using it in 110v I am not sure, but the 5650 is 230v only.

But yeah I like it, and I only use it for 1/2 hour at the most, so a switch is not important, and the paddle works.
And the handling and weight are a thing of joy.

 

[AndyUK]

It is a shame that Festool haven't included the ability to change from 125 to 150 on their sanders as other manufacturers have done.
Would also like to see the ability to change from 3mm to 5mm orbit also on the ETS.
Others can do this and I can't see why it's not offered by Festool?

The Mirka is braked by the motor, so pad changes may be easier if the issue preventing it is the braking.

Unless one has stacks of 125-mm papers, or has a compelling need to change sizes, I am not sure it is all that important to change pads?

Then if the different orbit sizes cause a huge jump in cost, it might make more sense to have separate /3 and a /5 sanders ?
(They already cost a fair bit of coin)

I'm not sure if the cost would increase greatly as Metabo 450 sx has this facility (variable orbit) and I believe there's a Bosch sander also.
Both of those sanders are well south of the Festool price.

 

[Holmz]

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I'm not sure if the cost would increase greatly as Metabo 450 sx has this facility (variable orbit) and I believe there's a Bosch sander also.
Both of those sanders are well south of the Festool price.

The FT would not go down in price...

There are a lot of good sanders these days. I have not looked at those two, but it seems worth consideration, and I assume that they also fit on any vacuum...

 

[AlexThePalex]

I wouldn't mind if a sander could change between a 3 and 5 mm orbit, but the added mechanism would make the sander heavier, noisier and more costly. I think I could do without that.

But there is really no logical excuse to not offer switchable pads. I want 125 & 150 mm pads on a single eccentric sander, and DTS and RTS pads on one sander as well.

 

[chrisrosenb]

Joint recall with Health Canada, the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission (US CPSC) and Mirka USA Inc.

Fire Hazard

Mirka Recall

 

[ear3]

and DTS and RTS pads on one sander as well.

This would be particularly welcome, and I imagine would be a relatively trivial engineering feat to accomplish.

 

[bobfog]

Spoke with someone regarding the pad issue and they said that they own an ETS EC 125mm and this accepts the 150mm pads with no issues. Anyone able to comment on this?

 

[bobfog]

Little bump, now the forum is back in full swing after its outage.

 

[Cheese]

Spoke with someone regarding the pad issue and they said that they own an ETS EC 125mm and this accepts the 150mm pads with no issues. Anyone able to comment on this?

I think I remember reading that a 150 pad would fit but that the pad brake would not operate.

 

[jwaite550]

Spoke with someone regarding the pad issue and they said that they own an ETS EC 125mm and this accepts the 150mm pads with no issues. Anyone able to comment on this?

I was at a dealer and he put a 6" pad on the ETS EC 3.  He took the pad off and it was stamped ETS EC 150 on the part the pad goes on.  Oddly the ETS EC 125 5 will not accept the 6" pad. 

 

[bobfog]

So the 3mm stroke version will accept the 150mm pad but not the 5mm? This is interesting!

 

[chrisrosenb]

So the 3mm stroke version will accept the 150mm pad but not the 5mm? This is interesting!

There isn't a 5mm version of the ETS EC 125 sander. The 125 only comes in 3mm.