ScottWidmier Posted September 23, 2009 Posted September 23, 2009 I am to the stage of sanding Knot Yacht's hull and my inexpensive Ryobi sander started showing signs of distress. Out of revenge, it got so hot to start smoking and blistering my hand. So, I braved the floods in North Georgia to make it to Home Depot. There was another Ryobi on sale for $29 but then I eyeballed another sander with an 8" base that was $100 more. Must be something to that tool if people are willing to pay more...perhaps it would last longer than my last 3 sanders. So, this time I spent more rather than less and I am very happy covered with fine dust in half the time it took me with the cheap sanders. Definitely worth it! :-D My time is more valuable than the bucks I save by buying cheap tools. Quote
PAR Posted September 23, 2009 Posted September 23, 2009 A trick I use to keep from replacing sanders every few months is to frequently use the air hose to blow out the brushes, bearings and vacuum passages. After so many hours of operation, I disassemble them and give the insides a good cleaning. Epoxy dust will kill any moving machine part fairly quickly, so keep them clean, really clean. The same rule applies to drills and other power tools that see lots of use around epoxy and other types of dust. Quote
ScottWidmier Posted September 23, 2009 Author Posted September 23, 2009 Thanks! I will definitely clean out this sander. I would hate to see it bite the dust as well. Quote
Konrad Posted September 27, 2009 Posted September 27, 2009 Someday I'm going to get a good air compressor and a nice assortment of pneumatic tools. I'd love to have a pneumatic long board sander, and an r.o. sander, among other things. Pneumatic tools are cheap. But a decent air compressor to feed them air isn't. :pale: Quote
Bruce Kershaw Posted September 27, 2009 Posted September 27, 2009 Yep. And just about anything you can plug into your standard home electrical service won Quote
Andrew_Butchart Posted September 27, 2009 Posted September 27, 2009 Someday I'm going to get a good air compressor and a nice assortment of pneumatic tools. I'd love to have a pneumatic long board sander, and an r.o. sander, among other things. Pneumatic tools are cheap. But a decent air compressor to feed them air isn't. :pale: Year's ago I tried to persuade my wife to let me "wire" the house for air tools. My justification that it could also be used for my son's small aquarium didn't seem to have enough weight though .... 8-) Quote
Steve Day Posted September 30, 2009 Posted September 30, 2009 Hey Guys, I lucked into a 10.5 cfm, 60 gallon air compressor a couple of weeks ago for very little money on a church auction. Now that I have the 240 volt service wired to it, I have a fully functioning compressor. The next step will be to get a few air tools to use with all of that capacity. One down side is that the electrical cost nearly what the compressor did in the first place. O well, it's only money and it supports my boatbuilding habit. Steve Quote
Hirilonde Posted September 30, 2009 Posted September 30, 2009 O well, it's only money and it supports my boatbuilding habit. Its amazing what a junky will go through to support his habit. :shock: Quote
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