"mike" wrote in
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Teamcasa wrote:
"R. Pierce Butler" wrote in message
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I bought the 263VSK tonight. This is marked the "Whisper Series". Is
this
some kind of a joke? Will someone please take the marketing weenie
that thought that up and take him outside and beat him to death with
the sander?

Crap! This sander is LOUD! My ears are still ringing.

It is slightly louder than my old PC 136 sander which was made
decades ago.
If it wasn't for the fact that I doubt there is anything better out
there it
would go back. It still might go back to the BORG.

It does seem to track well thanks to the narrow front wheel. I was
willing
to buy a choo-choo but there aren't any in stock anywhere that I can
find. Oh well.

I know Lew hates them but I had the Porter-Cable 363 for 10+ years and
its works as well as my 15 year old Choo-Choo.

Dave



The school has six 3 x 21 vs and four 4 x 24 vs Porter Cable belt
sanders that are over 5 years old and are used in just about every
class. Other than students sanding the cords into the units I have had
no service problems. In my selling career I have sold hundreds of
Porter-Cable belt sanders that are used hard and heavy everyday in
commercial shops and I never had any service problems. My observations
are based on facts and selling experience.

Mike



The PC is a good machine historically speaking but you would think that in
30 years or so the noise level would go down, not up.

I bought the model with the dust bag and the dust bag really works and
works well. I was pleasantly surprised by that.