Any significant differences between rotaries?

Buegie said:
1100-3700, which seems pretty high
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You can feather the trigger for lower rpm's, but I've never needed to do so, even with my *very* RPM fussy 1Z High Gloss polish. And the listed 1,100 RPM min speed is unloaded. Putting the pad on the paint causes you to lose (as a guess) 100 rpm or so.
 
MichaelM said:
When you're considering what tool to buy, especially if you're a pro and cannot afford much downtime, I think it's really important to consider what kind of support and service there is for each machine. Where can you take it if it breaks? Do you have to ship or is there a repair center locally? Things like that...
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Someone that is dependent on a rotary for his living would probably be best off by having a working backup machine at all times.
 
Well said...some even have backups for their backups.



SuperBee364 said:
Someone that is dependent on a rotary for his living would probably be best off by having a working backup machine at all times.
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I ended up going with the Flex tonight from DD. The weight was sort of a concern, not that I'm a wimp but if I can get something that's lighter I might as well go for it. Thanks again for the help guys, especially SuperBee for helping me out more through PM :2thumbs:
 
MichaelM said:
When you're considering what tool to buy, especially if you're a pro and cannot afford much downtime, I think it's really important to consider what kind of support and service there is for each machine. Where can you take it if it breaks? Do you have to ship or is there a repair center locally? Things like that...
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That is one of the reasons I bought the DeWalt. Seriously heavy duty machine and the place I bought it from also will do any servicing it needs-and they are less than 10 miles from where I live.
 
I like the dewalt as well. It seems to be solidly built. I only do my cars and my immediate family cars so I can't say whether using this thing 40 Hrs. a week would be straining. It has a nice heft and I don't need to hold it down or worry if it is going out of control. I haven't any experience with any other rotary so I can't say whether its weight is an issue. I can say that correcting swirls and scratches is done in minutes what I took hours with the UDM to do. I'm thinking of getting the cyclo so I don't have to worry about the vibrations issue with the UDM.:chuckle:
 
Holden and I worked on a car for quite some time today. I think the Makita showed why it's a good work horse, I'll let him post more. :)



And for what it's worth, I like the heft of the Makita; I just think the Flex's light weight is a nice change.
 
Picus said:
Holden and I worked on a car for quite some time today. I think the Makita showed why it's a good work horse, I'll let him post more. :)



And for what it's worth, I like the heft of the Makita; I just think the Flex's light weight is a nice change.
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Not going to let that slip by, huh? :chuckle:



The 3403 gave me a little bit of trouble today. It got hot - extremely so. It also sparked continually throughout the polishing process and gave off a little bit of a smell almost like something was burning inside. It also made some weird noises and caused the pad to skip a little bit (changed to a fresh, new pad but problem continued). Eventually, I shut it down and let Picus finish compounding and polishing the car.



I know it needs about 50 hours to break in but it gave me a little bit of a worry, today. Right now, I am at about 30-40 hours.
 
Uhhh hello?

Metabo PE12-175..



Light, and unbelievably powerful. Stronger than the flex from what I've felt, and it's about the same weight and size. It doesn't have a trigger, which some people like, but I'm used to not having it, no issues with that at all. Also, it doesn't have the cradle handle, but I never use handles on my machines anyways.



Also, I've never, ever had it go into thermal shutdown, even on a hot day with an open garage... If it happens, you're pushing way too hard, and using the wrong products with the machine.



May buy a makita as a backup, but for now I'm way happy with my Metabo, it's my German Panzer.
 
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