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RE: Bench top oscillating edge sander utility? - lincmercguy - 08-03-2021
I have the Ridgid as well. It's great for portability and power for its size. The downside is that it will hog through material quickly, so I had to be careful with it. Later I built a v-drum sander so I made a fence for it and use that for edge sanding. It's slower, but more forgiving and helps to remove deviations. I mainly use the Ridgid as an OSS now. I would love to have a big edge sander, but it's difficult to justify.
RE: Bench top oscillating edge sander utility? - fredhargis - 08-04-2021
(08-03-2021, 03:34 PM)®smpr_fi_mac® Wrote: Clarification:
I have no desire for an OSS; I have one already.
Sorry, now I'll go write on the board 10000 times:
read the question more carefully
read the question more carefully
read the question more carefully
read the question more carefully
read the question more carefully
to b continued elsewhere........
RE: Bench top oscillating edge sander utility? - ®smpr_fi_mac® - 08-06-2021
I bought the Rigid oscillating drum/belt sander today. I hope it lives up to the hype!
RE: Bench top oscillating edge sander utility? - ®smpr_fi_mac® - 08-06-2021
Fred,
I didn't see your response until after I posted mine.
It made me giggle.
RE: Bench top oscillating edge sander utility? - fredhargis - 08-07-2021
Let us know of the Rigid does what you want. I keep thinking about it (and not doing anything).
RE: Bench top oscillating edge sander utility? - ®smpr_fi_mac® - 08-07-2021
Looks like it sat there for a while.
RE: Bench top oscillating edge sander utility? - R Clark - 08-08-2021
It was my understanding the the Ridgid as been out of production for a while. I've seen discussions on other boards that indicate there may be some "onesie, twosie" stock still at a store here or there.
Glad you got one. Let us know how it works for you.
RE: Bench top oscillating edge sander utility? - Cooler - 08-11-2021
Note: The Rigid unit has a plastic key. If you lose the key, Home Depot will not order it for you. So don't lose the key. I found a replacement online, but not from Home Depot.
I don't know the utility for that key. Pull it out so young kids can't use it? When they can start almost every machine in the shop that is more dangerous?
RE: Bench top oscillating edge sander utility? - Bill Wilson - 08-13-2021
I have a similar key in the switch for my Craftsman RAS. I've had that saw for about 40 years and I've never removed the key.
RE: Bench top oscillating edge sander utility? - Cooler - 08-13-2021
(08-13-2021, 10:19 AM)Bill Wilson Wrote: I have a similar key in the switch for my Craftsman RAS. I've had that saw for about 40 years and I've never removed the key.
I never removed the key, but it did disappear when I moved. I just offered that as a cautionary tale. Home Depot was not interested in addressing the lost key issue. And the unit is unusable without the key.