And that is kind of an expensive sander. If you really use it? Why buy it if you do not have a use for it?
Unfortunately almost all of us have bought a neat tool, because it was cool, and then never use it.
;~) I have one of those belt/disk sanders too, it was given to me. Because I mostly build furniture it is way too small to be useful. I do have a 12" disk sander that is great for smoothing convex curves, rounding corners, and shortening Domino tenons to name a few. Oh and also putting the round profile on the drawer pulls that I make.
Come spring, when I unpack it I will learn better what it can, or perhaps cannot, do. I hope my 6" disk sander can do some of the things that you use your 12" disk sander for. If the belt works on metal, that will be nice. Along with the tool will come the learning...try to buy "learning" anywhere these days for $80! ; )
My toolbox has paid for itself many times over and continues to do so. Every once in while I buy it "gifts". : )
ing their brand that they will only sell the cars/trucks for the price on t he sticker. No dickering, no bargaining with customers. If you do then yo ur car dealer lot will be closed before the sun sets and every car will be taken back and you will be sued in court. I'm guessing this is illegal in the USA for cars. But somehow its allowed for tools.
at compete with each other. Add in Honda, Nissan, Toyota, Subaru, Hundai, Kia from Asia. And add in BMW, Volkswagen, Mercedes, Audi, Volvo from Euro pe. No car dealer has a monopoly. But you can and do negotiate an individ ual price from every car dealer for every brand. DeWalt, Makita, Milwaukee , Porter Cable all have different prices for every tool from all the differ ent vendors selling these brands. Only Festool has one price no matter who sells it. It is the oddball out here.
ying. Maybe. But how can Festool control its retailers and no other compa ny or product in the USA can exercise the same control? If Festool owned, controlled everyone who sells its products, then yes they can dictate price s. But all of the vendors for Festool are privately owned businesses. The y are not Festool owned sellers, distributors. All of these companies sell Festool and a thousand other items. And I'm sure they compete on price wi th everyone else on all these other items. I guess SawStop is similar to F estool. I think, not positive, that SawStop also dictates a price for ever y saw they sell and that is the price. No competition for SawStop on price . Odd that Festool now owns SawStop.
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No, they are not. Festool's policy is clear and upfront. There is no MSRP on their label, there is only an MRP. Take it or leave it. Nothing slimy about that and everyone pays the same price - if they want to. Customer's choice, clear and simple.
Slimy is the guy that shows the customer an "invoice" and says "Look, see? I'm only making $200 on this vehicle."
I bet "Bill" never goes into a restaurant, even a McDs. Or even a grocery store, for that matter. Contracts must scare the crap outa him (though since he never eats...).
Or the guy who insists on telling other people how they must run their business.
Not likely, but don't take that the wrong way. I use the outer edge of the disk sander. Soooo the outer perimeter speed is much faster than the one on a 6" sander. The larger and probably much heavier disk will cut through wood with little effort. If both disks are turning the same RPM my 12" disk will be cutting twice as fast and the paper will be lasting twice as long. And with the 12" cast iron disk it takes a lot of pressure to slow it down.
I would love to have an even larger disk sander.
If the belt works on metal, that
The belt is good for rough sanding and or shaping.
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