My Porter Cable is on it's last legs seemingly and my Craftsman has a sanding pattern that isn't great for getting a find sanding done.
Thing is a month or so ago I stocked up on a bunch of the new Diablo 5" sanding disks in different grits (good, reasonably priced abrasives if anyone was looking, when using them with a CT on my PC, they don't load up like some inexpensive disks do) so I think I am looking for something in a 5" again. The plus side is that the diablos have a universal hole pattern so they work with pretty much every hole pattern out there. http://www.diablotools.com/sanding.html#SandingDiscs
Anyway, I'm basically looking for something to go from maybe 100 - 320 grit, doesn't have to be ultra aggressive but the sanding pattern has to be decent and lower vibration is a must. Speed adjustability would be nice and dust collection goes without saying. I'm thinking ETS 125 but might be persuaded to RO 125 but that's a huge jump in price and in physical size. I'm more used to the standard shape of the ETS. I suspect there's a bit of a learning curve to the RO because of the trigger and handle making it back heavy but I've never gotten to use one. I have thought about the RO 90dx as well but I'm not sure about the 3.5" pad size, I like the idea of having the delta pad though.
Any recommendations or opinions? Alternatives ?
I probably can't look at getting anything until after tax season (Here in NJ, you always have to pay. Should be the state motto
) so I have some time to think about it some...
Any ideas?
Thanks
Jim
Thing is a month or so ago I stocked up on a bunch of the new Diablo 5" sanding disks in different grits (good, reasonably priced abrasives if anyone was looking, when using them with a CT on my PC, they don't load up like some inexpensive disks do) so I think I am looking for something in a 5" again. The plus side is that the diablos have a universal hole pattern so they work with pretty much every hole pattern out there. http://www.diablotools.com/sanding.html#SandingDiscs
Anyway, I'm basically looking for something to go from maybe 100 - 320 grit, doesn't have to be ultra aggressive but the sanding pattern has to be decent and lower vibration is a must. Speed adjustability would be nice and dust collection goes without saying. I'm thinking ETS 125 but might be persuaded to RO 125 but that's a huge jump in price and in physical size. I'm more used to the standard shape of the ETS. I suspect there's a bit of a learning curve to the RO because of the trigger and handle making it back heavy but I've never gotten to use one. I have thought about the RO 90dx as well but I'm not sure about the 3.5" pad size, I like the idea of having the delta pad though.
Any recommendations or opinions? Alternatives ?
I probably can't look at getting anything until after tax season (Here in NJ, you always have to pay. Should be the state motto

Any ideas?
Thanks
Jim