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AWe prefer the lever{ype (Bosch, Mokito,
Festool) chonger to switch sonding modes
(Photo, fopl over Ridgid's button /Phofo, bottoml.
Virtues: Good price; Duolorbits
moke it o versotile finish sonder;
Dust control is excellent with the bog
ond even better with o vocuum.
Vices: Slight wobble requires o
firm grip ot times.
Vendicil This is on offordoble, complete
pockoge with versotility beyond
singlemode finish sonders.
RANDOM-ORBIT vs. ECCENTRIC
RANDOA'I ORBIT
SIZE OF ORBIT?
This simple experiment cleorly shows the size of
o sonder's orbit. A smoll dot morked on the
sonding disc becomes o circle when the
sonder is running ot ils slowest
speed. The diometer of the
c
circle equols the orbit size
of the sonder. Shown here
is the 5mm Festoolorbit.
t'
A relotively new wrinkle in
rondom-orbit sonders is duolmode
functionolity. The ideo is lrc
offer oggressive slock removol
ond fin+sonding obllities in the
some sonder. The Mokito,
Bosch, ond Festool sonders oll
hove this feoture.
These sonders couple conventionol
orbit qction in one mode
with on eccenhic oction in the
second mode.
In rondomorbit mode, these
three frcols operole iust like oll the
o$ers in the test. Thot is, the
sonding pod spins while olso
moving in on ellipticol orbit
(obove lefiJ. This is the oction thot
hos eomed rondornorbit sonders
o repulotion for being excellent
finishing sonders.
The eccentric mode is ollobout
stcck removol. The pod stillspins,
but the ellipticol potfern is
reploced by o lineol bockondforth
movemenr (lehJ. This is o
directdrive mode, which simply
meons the pod won't doll under
pressure. Thus, stock removol is
more like fiot of o belt*onder.
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woRKBENcH n;uNr 2004