"Larry Jaques" wrote in message
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On Sat, 05 Feb 2011 17:01:43 -0600, Swingman wrote:

On 2/5/2011 4:27 PM, Max wrote:
Could I interrupt this QC discussion for a question on Festool ROS?
grin
My curiosity has been piqued now as to why the Festool is so superior to
other ROSs.

Is there really a performance advantage sufficient to justify the higher
cost.

What is it that makes a Festool so much better?
I've been looking at the 150:

http://tinyurl.com/4gvcq2d

Festool products are excellently engineered and of high quality, and
that one would be a good one, but it is not the top end of the Festool
sanders.

I would say that you might get a better bang for your buck by shopping
around and checking other reviews, like this one:

http://www.toolsofthetrade.net/indus...ticleID=501109

The "Rotex" versions are what I'm most familiar with and ...

I would say yes ... mainly due to having a choice of motions ("rotex",
or aggressive removal, and eccentric, or less aggressive), bolstered by
the hole location and number in the pad, increasing the benefit (longer
sandpaper life) from dust extraction, given you overall a much more
efficient sanding system.

I thought Leon said that both modes of the festers were random orbit,
but the video and descriptions definitely sound like one is a rotary
and the other random orbit. Can you clarify?


Dont recall saying that however I do believe Robatoy indicated something
along the lines of random orbit and a more agressive random orbit but with
an added circular spin with in the random orbit.

Take a look here for the Festool explanation and illustration of the
difference.

http://www.festoolusa.com/media/pdf/...e%20sander.pdf




The 9-hole system sure sounds like nice tech.