expired Posted by Scintillation • Dec 22, 2023
Dec 22, 2023 9:05 PM
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expired Posted by Scintillation • Dec 22, 2023
Dec 22, 2023 9:05 PM
Bosch 2.5 Amp 5" Corded Variable Random Orbit Sander w/ Bag (ROS20VSC)
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The price is reasonable but not exactly slick. I bought mine from HD just over a year ago for about $40. Ace Hardware gives a good price with one of their many coupons.
Pay attention to the placement of the sanding disc. If it slips you can wear away the pad on the sander - which is replaceable for about $10.
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I did a simple test with drawing a line with sharpie on a piece of wood. The dewalt remove the line faster using a 100 grit compared to this bosch using 80 grit.
I am very conflicting on the thought of whether I should keep this sander. I want multiple sander to avoid repeated peeling of sandpapers and damaging the backing. If I decide to keep this, I may keep it for higher grit sanding such as 120-150 and using the dewalt for fast material removal.
As for this tool itself, it has a pretty weak motor as noted by some others, but it is capable of doing a nice job, just slowly. It does have a nice dust collection system. It did burn out on me after a week of heavy use, possibly because I did not change the dust filter after it got clogged up. It is running at about 1/3 of its original power and sparks like crazy internally. Not something I want in a room with sawdust flying around. I replaced it with a dewalt model from Home Depot that was $30 more but is somewhat more powerful and seems to do a slightly better job.