I have been gleefully but slowly building my festool sanding arsenal.. okay, foursome of sanders.
I haven't used the pro 5 LTD tons, but have used it for raw wood doors, a liitle flat trim sanding, and yesterday and today I was sanding this mdf millpack. I had filled several rooms worth of nail holes and sanded for a few hours in total so far. It's been pretty comfortable, and accurate sanding with the pro 5 ltd, but just not fast.
I just get paid hourly, could keep on doing the whole job with the fine finish orbital, but I just really want to go faster and sand down high nail mounds, and mitered joints down flat quicker, etc. So I justified dropping the dough for the Ets EC125/3 after work today.
I am just hoping that the purchase was more than just wishful thinking and that I will reap the benefits without compromising something, somewhere.
I'm not sure what to think yet of course. But I read about someone having over heating issues with his machine. Festool supposedly fixed it but it was shutting down again.
Also I gave it a spin on some smooth plywood at home and was surprised at how jumpy the machine was. I was fully trying to control it, with only partial success. With mdf it's nice to feather stuff out without a jumpy orbital causing an issue.
What have you guys found? Is it expected for the ETS EC125/3 to jump or skip sometimes, or is it supposed to run totally smoothly like the pro 5 or even the ETS150/3??
I haven't used the pro 5 LTD tons, but have used it for raw wood doors, a liitle flat trim sanding, and yesterday and today I was sanding this mdf millpack. I had filled several rooms worth of nail holes and sanded for a few hours in total so far. It's been pretty comfortable, and accurate sanding with the pro 5 ltd, but just not fast.
I just get paid hourly, could keep on doing the whole job with the fine finish orbital, but I just really want to go faster and sand down high nail mounds, and mitered joints down flat quicker, etc. So I justified dropping the dough for the Ets EC125/3 after work today.
I am just hoping that the purchase was more than just wishful thinking and that I will reap the benefits without compromising something, somewhere.
I'm not sure what to think yet of course. But I read about someone having over heating issues with his machine. Festool supposedly fixed it but it was shutting down again.
Also I gave it a spin on some smooth plywood at home and was surprised at how jumpy the machine was. I was fully trying to control it, with only partial success. With mdf it's nice to feather stuff out without a jumpy orbital causing an issue.
What have you guys found? Is it expected for the ETS EC125/3 to jump or skip sometimes, or is it supposed to run totally smoothly like the pro 5 or even the ETS150/3??
