I agree on the fatal to tools bit. At least those with brushed motors. I buy the cheapest electric sanders I can. The flapper discs are amazing. Until you hit something other than polyester resin.
Polyester resin is brittle, epoxy and vinylester are tough. Personally, I save the $$$ on the tool and buy more flap wheels with the coarsest grit I can find. 24 grit if I can get it.
Although a rotable handle and trigger assembly sounds nice.
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Originally Posted by Blue_Heron
I have a couple of these:
http://www.homedepot.com/p/RIDGID-15...ct_description
Fiberglass is fatal to electric tools, eventually. I had a cheap sander polisher that died pretty quickly. The Rigid 7" grinder at 8000 rpm works circles around the sander polisher, especially if you use the flapper disks Normagain suggested. The quality of Rigid's power tools is on par with Porter Cable, Bosch, Makita, or DeWalt.
There are two things I like about the Rigid product over the competition. One, the trigger handle rotates 90° right or left. That makes it very comfortable to use if you are using a cutoff blade or grinding at odd angles.
The second thing is the lifetime guarantee. Technically, you have to register your purchase for the guarantee to take effect, but there may be a little wiggle room on that. Home depot replaced one that I hadn't registered. It was several years old, and I had misplaced my receipt. I'm sold on them.
Dave |