Iceclimber
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So I'm gonna make another round of purchases.
I did not have any festool sanders to compliment my new army of green tools. I build mostly cabinets and furniture. I do alot of natural finishes but also do a fair amount of painted surfaces.
This past week i picked up a DTS 400 with the pointy pad. I only picked up 120 and 180 grit paper as it was all on a deep sale and thats what they had. Anyway the sander is awesome. I used it smooth the little bit of tearout from some birdeye maple i am working with and to sand some mahogany and teak bench edging flush with each other and the bench top. Mind you the edging is two pieces of 5/4 stock laminated together.
Anyway the sander actually got the job done be it very slow but also very very nicely! Im sure on the bench edging just dropping to 80 grit would had made things move much more quickly. On the birdseye strait out of my plainer the 180 was awesome. I think ill bring it through to 400 with the same sander.
So I'm thinking of buying the ETS125 to get something in my arsenal that is random orbit for quicker material removal and use with the lower grits. My reason for going with the ETS125 is mostly monetary as i NEED a few other things and stretching my money is kinda important at the moment.
I do have a carrera marble floor i need to hone in the coming months and I'm sure a rotex would be better suited to that but i guess ill cross that bridge when i get to it?
Thoughts?
I did not have any festool sanders to compliment my new army of green tools. I build mostly cabinets and furniture. I do alot of natural finishes but also do a fair amount of painted surfaces.
This past week i picked up a DTS 400 with the pointy pad. I only picked up 120 and 180 grit paper as it was all on a deep sale and thats what they had. Anyway the sander is awesome. I used it smooth the little bit of tearout from some birdeye maple i am working with and to sand some mahogany and teak bench edging flush with each other and the bench top. Mind you the edging is two pieces of 5/4 stock laminated together.
Anyway the sander actually got the job done be it very slow but also very very nicely! Im sure on the bench edging just dropping to 80 grit would had made things move much more quickly. On the birdseye strait out of my plainer the 180 was awesome. I think ill bring it through to 400 with the same sander.
So I'm thinking of buying the ETS125 to get something in my arsenal that is random orbit for quicker material removal and use with the lower grits. My reason for going with the ETS125 is mostly monetary as i NEED a few other things and stretching my money is kinda important at the moment.
I do have a carrera marble floor i need to hone in the coming months and I'm sure a rotex would be better suited to that but i guess ill cross that bridge when i get to it?
Thoughts?