Boom Boom Apathy
I am the Professor. Deal with it!
- Sep 6, 2006
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This was the video that convinced me to buy it:
Their sandpaper also is getting pretty great reviews.
Thanks. I watched a lot of his videos as well, but didn't see that one. I bought that Ridgid in the video and what a POS. I've owned a number of Ridgid tools and for the most part, have been pretty happy with them from a cost/performance POV. That sander was terrible.
I was in a pinch on a project and my trusty Porter Cable died so I needed something in a hurry and bought that one. It did a terrible job, then died about a month later. It had a lifetime guarantee so I brought it it and they had if for 2 months fixing it, and when it came back, it worked but was twice as loud. In the meantime, I bought the Festool sander as I was stuck with nothing and have been very happy with it. It does a really good job at dust collection which is key, but I not as good as that 3M so I'll take a look at that.
The person that owned it said his came in fairly well tuned and he only needed to do slight adjustments. My only point was I don't have any clue what "in tune" meant for him vs. meant for me. In the end though, the Makita makes great cuts once tuned so can't imagine the Festool is any better. Apparently it's the older motors that burned up and the newer models have improved.Have heard the kapex comes in pretty rough shape quite frequently and needs a lot of work to tune up. Definitely not something I’d be happy about doing after spending that much. Supposedly the motors burn up fairly frequently, as well. I’ll likely go with another Dewalt once I size up to a larger saw.