OPINIONS ON DYNABRADE SANDERS WANTED

Can't remember how long I've been using the 6" DA, has to be between 15 or 20 years. Still runs perfect. A few drops of good air tool oil keeps them working.
 
good as it gets. but then i buy cheap ones and toss them after a few years. i'm a tight ass .
 
Finally something I can agree with shine on. I have a hard enough time keeping oil out of the air to want to add oil at any tools at that point.
 
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Finally something I can agree with shine on. I have a hard enough time keeping oil out of the air to want to add oil at any tools at that point.
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this is true for me as well. i dont oil any of my tools. when they go i just toss them and buy a new. i dont need oil spray around the shop. with that said i have dynabrades that are 25 years old and get used every day and never have oil go in them. all of my non dynabrade tools like angle grinders last me about 2-4 years with no oil then they are junk.
 
my new shop will have completely separate areas for finish and fab work . my booth will be in my clean rook where i will build in .
 
Drop or two in whatever air tool I'm using maybe every other time I use a particular tool...never had an issue with contamination. Oils are less of an issue than silicone. Agree that Dynabrade is nice. Some of the Snap-On sanders are nice as well. I still have a Hutchins 4560 that I bought in 1991, that thing is indestructible.
 
I really appreciate you guys help, I am 50 years old and have not done but 10 paint jobs and have more coming so I was wanting a better sander.
 
For like of me i cant remember when i bought my dynabrade da i know i had it when bought this house so that was 1997.
I never oil my tools until they stop working too se if can save.
 
I only have Harbor freight sanders and hope that the dynabrades will be what I need. Can you guys tell me what orbit I need, 3/32, 3/16 so on?
 
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3/16 orbit is what you want. i have a hf sander and while it works ok, it lacks the balance, smoothness and precision feel that a dynabrade has. vibration is way more with the hf.
 
The one thing I do is keep a separate hose ONLY for paint guns, and another hose I use for anything that requires a few drops of oil. oil my air tools religiously with a few drops every day they get used. Doesn't stop the tools from puking out oil mist of course but at least there's no chance of contamination at the gun inlet.
 
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this is true for me as well. i dont oil any of my tools. when they go i just toss them and buy a new. i dont need oil spray around the shop. with that said i have dynabrades that are 25 years old and get used every day and never have oil go in them. all of my non dynabrade tools like angle grinders last me about 2-4 years with no oil then they are junk.
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I bought a real expensive IR sander, it broke the pin valve for the air paddle. Ended up taking it out and tying a hose clamp around it so I can connect it and it spins. Went to goplus off amazon, that paddle valve broke too, but that has a pressure valve so I can just turn that valve down and it can stay on the air line. I guess after the IR sander, I did not see the reason to spend more money on them. Amazon has a bunch of them, the ATD is alot nicer sander, but its pretty heavy, but no trouble with the paddle valve on that one, and it falls alot. We keep that on a paint gun hook back in the powdercoat booth and knock off nibs between coats. Put one of them 3M pads between them and they are really nice.

Anyone, I guess eventually it still does not hurt breaking 30-50 dollar sanders, even if you go thru 4-7 to get the same amount of a good one, its breaking the 200.00 one that hurts.
 
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