As in no name brands or even decent names? What do you consider cheap, what would you spend to get something semi decent?Cheap ens are crap. That's all I've learned in my time using different ones.
As in no name brands or even decent names? What do you consider cheap, what would you spend to get something semi decent?
Basically you can pick-up a used 9404 (sorry, got the model number wrong in my previous post - this is the model used for smaller areas by a lot of guys in the flooring trade that I see) for under £100That sounds a bit above my usage level, though if a good tool should last forever for domestic use I'm not averse.
And at only three times the price! (new) TBH you wouldn't use a 9404 on Corian (other than to rough-down the joints) in the same way that a Rotex is never going to be a good floor sander.Its like having two sanders in one.
that a Rotex is never going to be a good floor sander
I have the 9404.
Also have a festool rotex 150 which I find just as aggressive, easier to operate and almost dust free.
And then you switch to fine finishing mode at the flick of a switch. Its like having two sanders in one.
My belt sander is far faster at flattening stuff like solid wood floors than the Rotex is. For that sort of task the angle grinder grip of the Rotex induces wrist strain as well. Also the longer base of the belt sander makes it easier to actually flatten a floor (or a joint in a door casing) - with the Rotex it is more difficult to prevent/remove peaks and troughs in coarse mode because the pad is so small. That's why (in the USA at least) the Rotex isn't king for Corian - there are larger (and faster) surface sanders like the Gem and the Surcare (which admittedly you rarely come across in the UK, although one outfit I did some work for a while ago did use 8in Dynabrades which were faster on joint sanding than the Rotex and less likely to dig troughs). I've had a Rotex more than ten years now (used to fit Corian - can't stand the smell or the taste these days) and it isn't a universal panacea, despite some users with more limited experience trying to say it is. For general use I've found the Metabo SXE450 TurboTec to be a better compromise - smooth finishing on the 3mm orbit, heavy stock removal on the 5mm orbit, under £200. It is still too small and too slow to do a large surface like a small floor, though. It depends on what the OP is really afterWhy not?
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