tim
Established Member
Not so much 'buying advice' as advice - since I've already bought it!
Actually there seems to be a problem with it and Axminster in their usual understanding way are having it picked up tomorrow because I think it may be faulty.
I found it to be fantastic on a flat, horizontal surface but as soon as the sander was applied to a vertical flat surface, if it wasn't applied dead flat and parallel and I mean dead flat the pad would start to undo itself. Net result was that if the pad was removed from the timber, the oscillation of the sander would aggravate this causing the pad to rub against the metal casing causing damage to the back of the pad.
Now I have only had the sander a day and I know that there may well be fault in my technique (I've never had an ROS before since I have a trusty Bosch 1/2 sheet which I use all the time) but I found that it needed such care on application that I couldn't help feel that it wasn't just me.
Can anyone shed light - is this a common problem?
Cheers
Tim
Actually there seems to be a problem with it and Axminster in their usual understanding way are having it picked up tomorrow because I think it may be faulty.
I found it to be fantastic on a flat, horizontal surface but as soon as the sander was applied to a vertical flat surface, if it wasn't applied dead flat and parallel and I mean dead flat the pad would start to undo itself. Net result was that if the pad was removed from the timber, the oscillation of the sander would aggravate this causing the pad to rub against the metal casing causing damage to the back of the pad.
Now I have only had the sander a day and I know that there may well be fault in my technique (I've never had an ROS before since I have a trusty Bosch 1/2 sheet which I use all the time) but I found that it needed such care on application that I couldn't help feel that it wasn't just me.
Can anyone shed light - is this a common problem?
Cheers
Tim