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My adapter is presently secured with electrical tape. But be warned, this sander can leave pretty hideous swirl marks if you're not careful - more so than a 5" orbital. It would seem that if they were originally connected this way it likely never would have failed. After a fair amount of use, one of the crimped power connections to the field winding loosened and eventually broke loose, causing intermittent operation of the tool.
I've had this tool for several years and it really works well in comparison to my other 5" orbital sanders. Bosch really should have designed a round vac adapter into this tool. The dust collection is good when combined with the Bosch vac adapter (purchased separately) and a shop vac - but the adapter has very flimsy tabs that will break when put to hard use or stepped on. It is more aggressive, vibrates about the same as the others and the extra surface area of the pad really saves time.
After years of living with this and doing band-aid fixes, I was recently able to pull the field winding and make solder connections directly to the ends of the coil. Other than these issues, for the money it has been a good investment. I tend to use this sander when I need to aggressively remove material or have larger work pieces. My gripe with this tool is the way the electrical connections are made inside the tool.
My spin break went out on me, so now my orbital is pretending to be an angle grinder. Highly recommend the thin vacuum hose if this is purchased. I've had this sander for about a year. I'm hoping that they get this unit back to me soon as I need a 6 inch for work around the house.I think the reviews stating that it sands smoothly as well as the dust collection are very good. Regardless, if the sander is simply not working, it's not much use. I purchased this based on the many glowing reviews. In general, this is a high quality unit.
When I sand adjoining perpenducular grains then they both look great.I love this sander. When I sand a panel that has board grains perpendicular to each other, then I don't have to sand "with the grain". I build one-of-a-kind furniture. This is my first random orbital sander.
I have found it to be a great tool with all the power and sanding ability that i need.Phil Romans I purchased a Bosch 3727 for work on a pole barn that I am building, and for my cabinet work.
The reason is that I uses 60-grit sand paper, and its large 6" diameter sanding surface also helped.I am very satisfied with this sander. The problem is that angle-grinder can kick up a ton of dusts (and itchy fiberglass particles), and I cannot find a way to collect the dust effectively. I bought it mainly to sand down the inner skin of a cored floor deck in my fiberglass boat. Therefore, I am trying this sander to see if its dust collection function can do the job in catching most of the dusts. I love both.Of course, for removing a lot of material in a hurry (like creating a tapered edge along a fiberglass skin), I think using an angle-grinder is MUCH faster than any sander. And the exposed area of my skin didn't feel itchy either (the rest was covered with protective suit). This is really not a surprise to me, and is totally expected.
Now, this Bosch sander does all the heavy duty sander. Now, I use the Porter Cable sander strictly as a polisher for polishing and waxing my car, and it does a very good job.
After using it for half a day, I only see very few dust in the air (probably coming from two instances when I pulled the extension hose too hard and the hose came off from the sander). Honestly, I have never used it to do any sanding.
Because I am sanding fiberglass, I am afraid that fiberglass particles may get onto my skin and make me feeling itchy. I previously bought a Porter Cable 6" random orbital sander that I intended to use it to sand the deck of the boat.
From now on, I will give this Bosch 6" sander a try before taking out the angle-grinder.Thanks for listening. I am not disappointed.
I rate its dust collection function as very good.As for its sanding capability, it sands quite fast.
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