After writing the list of my personal picks for the top rated sanders which presents an overall winner for every single type of sander a lot of you sent me an email asking which ones are the best sanders for wood in terms of value in other words you all want to know which ones are the best of the best the ones that give you the most value for the buy and are absolutely essential.
Orbital sander in woodworking. Mechanics aside a major difference is in the sanding medium. Variable speed random orbital sander polisher with vibration control model ros65vc 6 view the 20 off 100 select woodworking tools and accessories. Which orbital sander is suitable for wood. With an eccentric sander and a suitable sanding paper this process is relatively easy and requires little effort.
Eccentric sanders are ideal for working with wood. I have a bosch pss230 orbital sander 1990 s vintage i think which has served me very well until recently when it made a nasty noise and some whitish grey powdery lumps dropped out of the bottom. Wood is a very popular raw material and of course has to be shaped first. Having had a look at it it looks like the lumps were the remnants of some sort of cement rubber linkage between the spindle and the eccentric cam.
Of course orbital sanders aren t just for beginners. A typical 5 inch random orbital sander weighs about 2 to 4 pounds. An orbital sander is a tool used for sanding wood and is commonly found in workshops and wood shops. Bosch 3 3 amp corded 6 in.
The random orbital sander used an offset drive bearing that causes the pad to also move in an elliptical pattern. These pad movements are used in combination randomly of course to help reduce the swirls that a non random sheet sander might leave behind. They save you a lot of time when sanding wood especially when compared with sanding by hand. Orbital sanders are a great choice for beginning woodworking projects.
They work well when designing birdhouses window boxes small tables and more. 5 inch random orbit sander with 7 variable speed prostormer 13000rpm electric orbital sander with 12pcs sander papers and effective dust collector ideal for diy woodworking 4 1 out of 5 stars 37 26 99 26. The various sanding papers are divided into colors and for wood. Mini sanders weigh as little as 1 5 pounds while larger random orbital sanders can weigh 7 pounds or more.