What do we like in 1/4 sheet sanders?

Dec 28, 2005 4 Replies

I DAGS'd it... same old same old.



Are we still liking the SpeedBloc? Anything else?



It needs to be square. I don't really want to lay out the capital for a MultiMaster or other such wonderful, expensive gear.


Yes, we, I still like it. I bought a new one to replace the one that I bought in 1989. And yes I still prefer the PSA paper to go with it. Rockler had the best pricing 4 weeks ago.

RE: Subject

Personally, I don't like any of them.

If I need to get into corners, that's why Fein invented the detail sander, but it has a problem.

Does so many things so well, it tough to keep it handy for sanding.

Lew

| I DAGS'd it... same old same old. | | Are we still liking the SpeedBloc? Anything else? | | It needs to be square. I don't really want to lay out the capital | for a MultiMaster or other such wonderful, expensive gear.

I have both - and I'm liking my SpeedBloc more every time I use it (and mine is now more than a quarter century young). The MultiMaster is handy about three or four times a year for me. I /could/ live without it; but for those jobs that need it, I think anything else would be a distant second best.

For small scale production work, I think you'd do well to get the SpeedBloc and (since you've predicted business growth) its half-sheet big brother when the time seems right.

-- Morris Dovey DeSoto Solar DeSoto, Iowa USA

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They make 2 different ones. I wonder what that's all about. One has dust collection and is about half the price of a SpeedBloc...I can see where this is going.... I think...

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