I have a green bosch DS that is single speed and has 180W and performs ok
but it feels like the motor is running at max power so the sander requires a
firm 2 handed
grip to hold it on a position.
The Parkside 260W has variable speed and requires no effort to use
Cost £15 and in my branch there were plenty left.

Having said all that I was in Aldi yesterday and they have a 280W version
that was even cheaper.

Arthur

On Wed, 30 Sep 2009 21:39:02 +0100, "Arthur 51"
wrote:

I have a green bosch DS that is single speed and has 180W and performs ok
but it feels like the motor is running at max power so the sander requires a
firm 2 handed
grip to hold it on a position.
The Parkside 260W has variable speed and requires no effort to use
Cost £15 and in my branch there were plenty left.

Having said all that I was in Aldi yesterday and they have a 280W version
that was even cheaper.

Arthur

In an earlier contribution to this discussion,
Arthur 51 wrote:

I have a green bosch DS that is single speed and has 180W and
performs ok but it feels like the motor is running at max power so
the sander requires a firm 2 handed
grip to hold it on a position.
The Parkside 260W has variable speed and requires no effort to use
Cost £15 and in my branch there were plenty left.

Having said all that I was in Aldi yesterday and they have a 280W
version that was even cheaper.

Arthur


Just noticed that they've still got at least two of the sliding mitre saws
from last Monday available in my branch (Warwick). From the picture on the
box they're pretty definitely compound mitre jobbies - very similar to the
ones sold by Argos.
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"Arthur 51" wrote in message
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I have a green bosch DS that is single speed and has 180W and performs ok
but it feels like the motor is running at max power so the sander requires a
firm 2 handed
grip to hold it on a position.
The Parkside 260W has variable speed and requires no effort to use
Cost £15 and in my branch there were plenty left.

Having said all that I was in Aldi yesterday and they have a 280W version
that was even cheaper.

Arthur



Do you necessarily want a more powerful sander though ?

If you take too much off as result of over-enthusiasm it's going to be
an awful lot harder to try and put it back on than is taking a bit
longer by using a less powerful tool.

The fact that the Bosch sander is moving about is probably as much the
result of the weight of the tool, combined with the grade of paper being
used and the material you're sanding as much as anything else.

Also I've heard it said that the power ratings on prestige brands such
as Bosch are more likely to be a true reflection of their actual output
than are some of the rather optimistic ratings stamped on the motor
plates of some of the cheaper brands. Bosch can sell on the strength
of their name alone, only the nomark brands have to sell on their
claimed wattage. That's the story anyway.



michael adams

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Arthur 51 wrote:
I have a green bosch DS that is single speed and has 180W and performs ok
but it feels like the motor is running at max power so the sander requires a
firm 2 handed
grip to hold it on a position.
The Parkside 260W has variable speed and requires no effort to use
Cost £15 and in my branch there were plenty left.

Having said all that I was in Aldi yesterday and they have a 280W version
that was even cheaper.

If you want a detail sander that actually works, then look at one of the
Multimaster clones[1]. The oscillating action seems so much more
effective than the orbital one of the normal detail sanders. Paper lasts
longer as well.


[1] Makro were knocking out a Rockworth branded one at £29 the other
week which felt to the hand at least to be a fair close in design and
weight. They had the Bosch PMF180 as well.

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