Subject: Re: Do All Detail Sanders Suck?

From: Tony Madsen <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 28 Mar 1997 16:36:49 -0700

Just got a "Dremel" detail sander and so far am quite impressed with
it's features....beats the blazes out of my PC detail monster and the B
& D cordless....
comes with a fair selection of profiles and the detail pad...it's vs and
goes from 4500 to 8000 spm....it does have some vibration to it but not
as much as the PC and weights about 1/1000000 of the PC (some
exageration here but i'm sure you get the picture)..

Tony

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From: Michael Sinclair <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 28 Mar 1997 23:58:07 -0500

I foolishly decided to refinish a captain's chair that must have had 50
years of stain/dirt/general crud on it.  This gave me still another
opportunity to regret having bought the P-C profile sander.  The
sandpaper sticks poorly or not at all to the profiles and even when it
stays on it does a poor job.

In contrast, when sanding a flat surface the Fein is superb.  True, it
is not a profile sander, but IMHO neither is the P-C.

If you need to do detail sanding, I would recommend spending the money
for the Fein -- none of the other brands that I've seen or used are in
the same league.

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From: [email-masked] (Dana Dawes)
Date: 30 Mar 1997 18:21:06 GMT

In article <[email-masked]>, [email-masked] says...

>for the Fein -- none of the other brands that I've seen or used are in

Qowning both, I agree with you totally.  I also tried the Ryobi, but gave 
it away to the woodshop at the local Architecture school (my way of 
getting eve with the budding architects).

Some of my colleagues think that the saw blade for the Fein is the best 
thing since shirt pockets.  After borrowing their blades for about a 
year, I finally broke down and got one of my own.  I still use it a lot 
as a sander, but the saw certainly is worth the price.

Dana Dawes
Paintcraft
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From: [email-masked] (David Roseman)
Date: Wed, 02 Apr 1997 04:03:06 GMT

>as a sander, but the saw certainly is worth the price.
I have the Fein but not the saw attachment.  Trying it out at a WW
show left me thinking its application is very limited.  Seems like it
would be great for cutting out the bottoms of installed door jambs and
removing plaster casts.  What uses have you found for it?  dcr