one important note when buying a sander is to research the availability and price of replacement hook and loop pads. Replacing them is inevitable. Sometimes the home and garden stores do not have them in stock. Check on ebay and always try to keep a spare pad or two. Nails, screws, splinters and outright wear will prevent the paper from sticking to the pad. Don’t get caught shorthanded.

i have an important question. My daughters crib is chipping paint, would sanding it fix my problem? if so what sander should i use? Thank you 🙂

My sander slows down when I put any pressure on it, is that normal?

Good solid advice.

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Solid advice George….I have a question off topic though. I can see, in the background, an old hand powered pillar drill (cast iron wheel with decorative spokes) what is that? I have one exactly the same…nifty little piece of old engineering. Would love some more information if possible.

LOL 2:52 “line in the sand”… good one. Also, I had never realized the range of features. That Bosch sander is truly a badass piece of equipment.

can we do wet sanding with an electric sander ? would water damage the machine ?

Excellent video, answered all my questions.

I had a Ridgid 2601 for about a year before it got stolen. I am now in the market for a new ROS.

I liked the Ridgid, and it worked pretty quickly, but my main complaint was the backing pad brake, which needed to be changed about every 3-4 sanding sheets, and required you to disassemble the unit completely to change. additionally, Ridgid used Torx screws inside of a deep recess, and a standard 1/4″ Torx adapter wouldn’t fit, requiring me to buy an Allen-style Torx set.

based on these “ergonomics” disasters, I am hesitant to buy another Ridgid.

Can you recommend a unit that is easier to maintain?

thanks

For the life of me, I could not find the ROS65BC-5, but I have found the Bosch ROS65VC-5. Is that the same sander?

Hello.
I just purchased Bosch ROS10 to sand off what is left of last yr’s stain on my 16×36 deck. Should’ve sanded my 10yr+ weathered deck prior to applying a semi-transp Olympia stain. (I am guessing the prior owner did very little up-keep.)
I put the “RED universal brand” 60-grit disc & hooked up to my shop vac…it took about 1-1/2 hours to sand 7’x7 ‘ area b/c they disc kept flying off! (I returned them.)
I ordered the Bosch 25pk 60-grit discs and hope this speeds up the sanding job!

Thanks for this video. Question for anyone: I have a 5″ Dewalt that is crazy loud (sounds like a baseball card in a bike tire going at 1000rpm), and only goes very fast (not speed adjustable). Any way to reduce these negative qualities? or do I just need a new sander?

have electric sanders made air/pneumatic sanders obsolete?

I work in the automotive paint industry but have always wanted to get into woodworking I have just never had an area for the tools well now I have a large garage and have got 2 miter saws a good beginners table saw and router with router table and I already had a ton of cordless power tools like saws, drills, impacts, sanders, etc. as well as plenty of air tools which are mostly more for mechanical work though. I know an important thing to look at on a air random orbital sander you intend to use to sand vehicles with is the orbit diameter like a 1/32″ will give a finer finish where a 1/8″ will remove material faster. I assume this is something to look at in corded or cordless random orbit sander intended for use on wood as well isn’t it? I run the Ridgid 18-volt cordless tool line and I love my random orbital air sander a lot but now that my compressor is in my garage I have gotten really tired of listening to it run while I sand, so I saw that Ridgid offers a new Gen5x 18-volt cordless 5″ random orbit sander so I picked one up and I really like it of course there are definitely things I miss about my air sander but the Ridgid sander is still great but I have noticed that Ridgid makes no mention of it’s orbit diameter which I would think is an important detail, yet I have actually seen a 6″ Ridgid random orbital sander that has a switch on the side of it to change it from a larger 1/4″ orbit for faster material removal to a 1/8″ for finer finish work, that struck me as really cool cuz I have never seen an air sander like that before or even another electric one and it’s nothing complicated to make the change just a simple toggle switch on the side of the sander that really struck me as nifty! But having a sander where they tout the orbit diameters I would think they would at least list the orbit diameters on their other sanders. Another thing is there any difference between a random “orbital” sander and a random “orbit” sander, I assume not but have been a little confused on that I have seen sanders where they are titled as a random orbital sander but then in the features they list random orbit as a feature. Also just one other thing to just note is the difference in the aggressiveness of wood sanders and the grit of sandpaper used seems to be fairly different and that took a little learning about and getting used to.

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My Dewalt 5 is loud too, but I Iove the thing…Very easy on my old hands…very predictable. Must say I’m intrigued by the Bosch, however. Great video.

hi there i need to sand old wals in my house they are in a bad state i will plaster them early next year ..but for now i need a sander that will sand a few walls in my hose quite a few walls actually .was lookin at the silverline sander-polisher?
or bosch orbital somthin that will actually work well an not blow up under load?
dont want to pay 150 ppounds for the proper dry wall sander any ideas my friend?
thank in advance