No hard pad for Ets 125 sander

[Nvcraftsman]

Hi Festool,
Love your tools but I'm wondering why Festool does not make a hard pad for the Ets 125 sander. I'm thinking about buying an Ets sander and RO sander of the same size (125 or150).. I do allot of flat work and worry about rounding edges without the hard sanding pad option for the Ets 125. I currently have the RO90 and love it, just need a larger sanding option. Your response would be appreciated

 

[Kev]

Doesn't solve the 125 issue, but I'll say the ETS150/3 is an awesome sander. I'd consider the DTS400 and ETS150/3 as my fine finish pair.

 

[Oldwood]

I think if you are following the RO just to do a finish pass the soft pad is the better option. The harder the pad the deeper the scratch pattern tends to be. I have a RO 150 and ETS 150 and run a hard pad on the RO for getting everything nice and flat then follow with the ETS to finish grit.

Gerry

 

[AlexThePalex]

No hard pad for the ETS125, the RTS400 and the DTS400.

Truly a great omission.  [sad]

I guess Festool does not envision these sanders for a bit harder work.

 

[mouppe]

I agree with oldwood. I have the sander combo you are thinking of buying and I haven't missed a having a hard pad for the ETS 125. I use the hard pad with the RO125 when needs be, and when I switch to the ETS 125 it is usually in the higher grits so rounding over edges is not so much an issue.

You could also make your own pad from a 1/8" piece of wood, cut it to shape, stick some velcro on each side and drill it out to the same hole pattern as the ETS pad.

 

[Nvcraftsman]

Thanks for the reply's thats helpful.