Nope. Not trolling. I first tried sanding some pine that I had edge glued
>for a rack and there was very little action. I have used the PC's before
>(not sure if it was a 333 or not) at a friends shop and it worked great. I
>however never took notice of the pad motion. Perhaps mine was working fine
>or as I said simply required a breaking in for a bit. I have used other PC
>tools and thought they were great, so it is in no way a slam on PC. The
>Dewalt I exchanged it for seems to be working a lot better. It does not
>spin as in the way a buffer or grinder head would, and I would not expect it
>to. As I noted before though the PC had NO rotation. To me this is simply
>a round orbital sander. In the long run, the Dewalt is making sawdust
>quicker for me than the PC so I am happy. I did use a PC plate joiner today
>though. Very nice and on my list of tools to get.
>
>Thanks all
>
>Paul in MN
>
>> [assuming that you are not trolling]
>>
>> That would be both the "random" and the "orbiting" features.
>>
>> Why would you think that it was not supposed to work that way? Did it not
>> perform well? Or did you arbitrarily decide that "You know what, I don't
>> like the way that this sander works. I think that it should spin around in >a
>> uniform, predictable circular pattern. I mean, it is round, so it should >> spin." >>
>> Was that it?
>>
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>> > I had a PC 333 random orbital sander that I picked up at the Borg a >while
>> > back. I went to use it the other day (for the first time) and found >that >> it
>> > wasn't rotating. The pad would spin about a quarter turn every 10 >seconds
>> > or so. I took it back and had them open up another to try out. It was >> not
>> > a whole lot better. Once you touch the surface down it quit rotating
>> > altogether. It basically became a round orbital sander. Anyone else >run
>> > into this? Does that clear band need to break in and loosen up around >the
>> > motor and pulley? Mostly an interest point now as I got the Dewalt >> instead.
>> > Too bad the 5 hole sanding pads don't work on it that I had for the PC.
>> > Ended up rebuying all new 8 hole pads for the Dewalt.
>> >
>> > Cheers,
>> >
>> > Paul
>> >
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