I am thinking about buying a PC tool for $150 and they have a $25 discount
at $200. I can always use another ROS. Amazon no longer carries the 333,
only the 333VS.
Is there any advantage to a variable speed sander or is it just a gimmick?
(The Fein multimasteris variable speed, but the instructions say to use the
highest speed for everything.)
If all you are going to do is sand large flat surfaces it may not make any
difference. But if you want to sand edges or delicate work or sand between
coats or rub out a finish then it may. Cheers, JG
toller wrote:
> I am thinking about buying a PC tool for $150 and they have a $25 discount
> at $200. I can always use another ROS. Amazon no longer carries the 333,
> only the 333VS.
> Is there any advantage to a variable speed sander or is it just a gimmick?
> (The Fein multimasteris variable speed, but the instructions say to use the
> highest speed for everything.)
Had a Dewalt VS ROS. Also a fixed speed. The variable controller went
out of the VS. Hard wired around it. Haven't missed it.
bob g.
toller wrote:
> I am thinking about buying a PC tool for $150 and they have a $25 discount
> at $200. I can always use another ROS. Amazon no longer carries the 333,
> only the 333VS.
> Is there any advantage to a variable speed sander or is it just a gimmick?
> (The Fein multimasteris variable speed, but the instructions say to use the
> highest speed for everything.)
>
>
On Mon, 22 Nov 2004 04:05:26 GMT, "toller" <[email protected]> wrote:
>I am thinking about buying a PC tool for $150 and they have a $25 discount
>at $200. I can always use another ROS. Amazon no longer carries the 333,
>only the 333VS.
>Is there any advantage to a variable speed sander or is it just a gimmick?
>(The Fein multimasteris variable speed, but the instructions say to use the
>highest speed for everything.)
>
Besides the other posts, VS speed allows you to use pads for waxing
and buffing.
TWS
I have two variable speed and two single speed sanders and use one sped for
everything from wood to metal.
max
> I am thinking about buying a PC tool for $150 and they have a $25 discount
> at $200. I can always use another ROS. Amazon no longer carries the 333,
> only the 333VS.
> Is there any advantage to a variable speed sander or is it just a gimmick?
> (The Fein multimasteris variable speed, but the instructions say to use the
> highest speed for everything.)
>
>
> Is there any advantage to a variable speed sander or is it just a gimmick?
> (The Fein multimasteris variable speed, but the instructions say to use
> the highest speed for everything.)
For what it's worth, I own two (don't ask) Grizzly G9910 variable speeed
ORBITAL (not true ROS) sander. Variable speed up to 10,000 rpm. I find the
variable speed control to be very helpful because I use it for shaping and
light sculpting. At high speed, with 80 grit, it removes wood quickly
(maybe a little too quickly at times) and the lower speeds allow some needed
finesse.
BTW it retails for around $30.
RonB
"toller" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>I am thinking about buying a PC tool for $150 and they have a $25 discount
>at $200. I can always use another ROS. Amazon no longer carries the 333,
>only the 333VS.
> Is there any advantage to a variable speed sander or is it just a gimmick?
> (The Fein multimasteris variable speed, but the instructions say to use
> the highest speed for everything.)
Just to be clear here, you do realize that the PC 333vr can be had for $80.
right?
Anyway I do not know if the VS on this particular model would be much of an
advantage. I have been using a 7335 style 5" right angle PC ROS for about
15 years. It is a single speed and is rather aggressive. There are times
that I wished that I could slow down the sanding speed when finesse would be
preferred over speed.
I've got the 333vs and find I use the variable function quite often
particularly
when I want to go at it slowly. It's nice to be able to crank it up for
the rough
work and slow it down for the finesse work. My only complaint with the
sander
is the little dust collector. Doesn't stay on at all although I think they
re-designed
it since I bought mine (3 years ago).
Cheers,
cc
"toller" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>I am thinking about buying a PC tool for $150 and they have a $25 discount
>at $200. I can always use another ROS. Amazon no longer carries the 333,
>only the 333VS.
> Is there any advantage to a variable speed sander or is it just a gimmick?
> (The Fein multimasteris variable speed, but the instructions say to use
> the highest speed for everything.)
>
Ditto.
I have the Makita VS unit.
Power sanding between coats of finish would just not be possible at full
speed, too agressive.
Also good for releiving and edge with extra control.
I'm glad that I spent the extra $30 for VS. It's nice; I use it;but it's not
really a *must-have* feature.
-Steve
"JGS" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> If all you are going to do is sand large flat surfaces it may not make any
> difference. But if you want to sand edges or delicate work or sand between
> coats or rub out a finish then it may. Cheers, JG
>
> toller wrote:
>
> > I am thinking about buying a PC tool for $150 and they have a $25
discount
> > at $200. I can always use another ROS. Amazon no longer carries the
333,
> > only the 333VS.
> > Is there any advantage to a variable speed sander or is it just a
gimmick?
> > (The Fein multimasteris variable speed, but the instructions say to use
the
> > highest speed for everything.)
>
On Mon, 22 Nov 2004 04:05:26 GMT, "toller" <[email protected]> wrote:
>I am thinking about buying a PC tool for $150 and they have a $25 discount
>at $200. I can always use another ROS. Amazon no longer carries the 333,
>only the 333VS.
>Is there any advantage to a variable speed sander or is it just a gimmick?
>(The Fein multimasteris variable speed, but the instructions say to use the
>highest speed for everything.)
>
I have the PC 333 and it works fine. I don't have variable speed on
my palm sander either. But I find the variable speed on my belt
sander very useful because it is so aggressive.
> Just to be clear here, you do realize that the PC 333vr can be had for
> $80. right?
>
Yeh, the PC dovetail jig is $150, so I need another $50 to get the $25
credit.
Amazon has the 333VS for $74; I wanted a 333 for $54, but they no longer
carry it.
> Anyway I do not know if the VS on this particular model would be much of
> an advantage. I have been using a 7335 style 5" right angle PC ROS for
> about 15 years. It is a single speed and is rather aggressive. There are
> times that I wished that I could slow down the sanding speed when finesse
> would be preferred over speed.
>