Editorial Product Review:Item Description:1/4' Sheet Heavy Duty Palm Grip Sander, 2A, 129W, 15,00 OPM, 100% Sealed Bearing Construction, Dual Counterbalanced Low Vibration Design, Detachable Dust Collection System, Dust Sealed Switch Boot, Dust Bag & Sandpaper Punch, Includes Kit Box.
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Buyer Reviews
Average Buyer Rating:
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Works great
Works great, I really like having the dust canister. It doesn't collect all the dust, but does help.
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A workhorse!
I'm surprised to read that some of the other reviewers were less than thrilled with this sander. I love it! This is my second one, and I specifically hunted down this model. The fit in my hand is perfect. The first one lasted about 9 years of heavy daily use. I always said I would be thrilled if everything I bought was of the quality of this little guy.
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ok for the money
i am a carpenter of fine furniture
good points:
1. the sander has lots of power, works quickly on oily hardwoods too
2. fits great in my hand
3. easy to change sand paper
4. long cord
bad points:
1. after 20 minutes of sanding the vibrations is too much. i never have this problem with my bosch 5" orbital sander
2. no dust goes into the dust collection bag. (yes, i used the hole puncher for the sandpaper). i have like 4 hours of use with this and the bag is clean inside. the only thing i can imagine is that the bag is used to filter the air before it goes into the motor!!!!! you will need to hook this up to a vacume for dust collection, if dust collection is even possible
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Hard worker at a inexpensive price
I am a handyman/contractor. I own several of these units, and basically I find them "just fine". First off, they are inexpensive enough that I don't fear loaning or losing them on the job.
They perform radically better than the Mikata orbital sanders I bought 5 years ago (to be fair, new Makitas probably do better too). Now I wish I hadn't waited so long to replace my older units!
Yes they are noisy ... but in my opinion so are all the other units on the market. I wouldn't use ANY palm sander for more than a minute without ear protection, period.
Dust pickup is so-so as described, but in the jobs I do it doesn't really matter. I usually don't use the dust bag at all as it takes too much time to punch the paper and empty the bag for the benifit gained. If I need dust containment I do the work outside or use the Zipwall system (which customers really like!). And incidentially, no plam sander picks up enough dust you can safely sand previously painted stock without a respirator to protect you from lead.
One of my units had a loose fit between the dust bag and the sander. I roughened the plastic up a bit and that, more or less, stopped the problem.
What really counts, in my opinion, is it sands VERY well and quite fast. And with fresh paper you can easily get within 1/4" of a 90 degree corner, which isn't bad for a sander which uses generic (ie non-glued) sandpaper.
All in all, I like the DW411 alot.