I thought you all would appreciate this.
As I was sanding the parts to a chest of drawers I’m working on, my favorite little random orbit sander starts slowing down. Uh-oh. Probably bearings or maybe brushes. I continued working and the sander got really slow.
I had to stop to see if the sander was repairable. I took it apart and examined the internals. They all checked out good as far as I could see. I then noticed a little red disk. Hmmmm. That’s a speed control! I’d never noticed that before. I put it back together, plugged it in, rotated the speed control to maximum. It worked perfectly again. Apparently as I was sanding, my thumb would rub the speed control, slowing it bit by bit. That was embarrassing.
What really scared me before I found the solution to the problem was that I thought I’d be faced with buying a new small random orbit sander and internet “reviews” were a joke and a waste of time. My little sander had been long discontinued.
My favorite little sander.
I love the low profile.
As I was sanding the parts to a chest of drawers I’m working on, my favorite little random orbit sander starts slowing down. Uh-oh. Probably bearings or maybe brushes. I continued working and the sander got really slow.
I had to stop to see if the sander was repairable. I took it apart and examined the internals. They all checked out good as far as I could see. I then noticed a little red disk. Hmmmm. That’s a speed control! I’d never noticed that before. I put it back together, plugged it in, rotated the speed control to maximum. It worked perfectly again. Apparently as I was sanding, my thumb would rub the speed control, slowing it bit by bit. That was embarrassing.
What really scared me before I found the solution to the problem was that I thought I’d be faced with buying a new small random orbit sander and internet “reviews” were a joke and a waste of time. My little sander had been long discontinued.
My favorite little sander.
I love the low profile.