For sale Dustless Technologies 50001 Turbo Drywall Sander with 7-Foot Extendable Pole Love-Less "Turbo" drywall sanderBy John RukstalesFor those of you remodling/drywall contractors hoping for a god-send.... this is NOT it.The catalog description was a little mis-leading; I had thought this was a lighter, less expensive verson of Porter-Cables, electric, disc-sander. It is powered strictly by the suction of your shop-vac,(hence the "Turbo" designation), operating instructions say to use their(Love-less),co's "Dry-wall" vaccum;(what did you expect?)I have a Milwaukee shop vac- (their most powerfull model) so I'm sure it has sufficient suction,upon hooking it up, and turning on the vaccum, the sanding head did vibrate well. You can't "lean-on" it to make it sand faster, it will bog down,(the instructions tell you this as well),so it's not a fast as conventional hand sanding.BUT it is nearly DUST-FREE!;(as long as your shop vac has proper filtration for this fine dust). You also have to oil it(according to instructions) at LEAST every 1/2 HR.-through a very fine hole, with included special oil,(the bottle has NO Spout to fit either), which I did, but some-time after about 2 hrs of use, the unit quit, and would not work further. It would be GREAT for small patches/repairs, ... » More Information about Dustless Technologies 50001 Turbo Drywall Sander with 7-Foot Extendable Pole.Sunday, June 26, 2011
Dustless Technologies 50001
For sale Dustless Technologies 50001 Turbo Drywall Sander with 7-Foot Extendable Pole Love-Less "Turbo" drywall sanderBy John RukstalesFor those of you remodling/drywall contractors hoping for a god-send.... this is NOT it.The catalog description was a little mis-leading; I had thought this was a lighter, less expensive verson of Porter-Cables, electric, disc-sander. It is powered strictly by the suction of your shop-vac,(hence the "Turbo" designation), operating instructions say to use their(Love-less),co's "Dry-wall" vaccum;(what did you expect?)I have a Milwaukee shop vac- (their most powerfull model) so I'm sure it has sufficient suction,upon hooking it up, and turning on the vaccum, the sanding head did vibrate well. You can't "lean-on" it to make it sand faster, it will bog down,(the instructions tell you this as well),so it's not a fast as conventional hand sanding.BUT it is nearly DUST-FREE!;(as long as your shop vac has proper filtration for this fine dust). You also have to oil it(according to instructions) at LEAST every 1/2 HR.-through a very fine hole, with included special oil,(the bottle has NO Spout to fit either), which I did, but some-time after about 2 hrs of use, the unit quit, and would not work further. It would be GREAT for small patches/repairs, ... » More Information about Dustless Technologies 50001 Turbo Drywall Sander with 7-Foot Extendable Pole.
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