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Bill[_37_]

zzzzzzzzzz wrote:
On Thu, 12 Aug 2010 23:48:00 -0400, wrote:

Morgans wrote:
wrote

Thanks for bring that up again--I think I'm going to take back the sanding
pole I bought and get one that involves the shopvac.

The biggest bonus of using that type is that the suction helps to pull it
onto the surface, so it requires less muscle to use it.

I paid the $44.38... (ouch!), and got it. I expect it will probably
turn out to be a really good investment in my state of mind.

I wonder if one of the new Delta 18-900L DP's would be a good investment
in my state of mind too? I'm not sure, but I sense that they may be
discontinuing the Delta 17-959L DP which I am more seriously considering.

Delta is proud of that 18-900L. At $900 (Amazon) it's right up there with the
variable speed PowerMatic PM2800. I've seen the PM2800 as low as $800, but
not often.

It's listed at Amazon, but Amazon is not the seller--CPO PorterCable is.
I thought the retail on the DP was supposed to be $829 ($250 more than
the 17-959L). I think the only thing I don't care for in the PM2800 is
that the slowest speed is not really slow enough to drill metal.