Smart Sander

Tim0282

Have any of you guys used a Smart Sander? You can do a google search. They look pretty good for a dustless sanding system. Tell me what you think.

mickeyco

No, the guys I usually use are a bunch of idiots.


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mudderofall

Hahaha... You're full of wit

mudderofall

I googled and it looks to be a vacuum utilized dustless sanding system. I've used a 5hp (vacuum) hand sander at a big commercial (YVR) job aswell as an uptight homeowner's job and it worked well, the dust was virtually elliminated.

Tony M

Don't see the point of it.

mudderofall

The point my friend is collecting a paycheck. I worked at the airport for a week by the hour when I was slow. It was operational and I can see how they wouldn't want the travellers walking through the dust and the homeowner job, well let's just say paid well
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Tim0282

I asked the guy just how smart it really is... But he said it won't sand a house by itself. So, I don't think it is very smart. But I do like the sounds of it. I like the Porter Cable sander and need to use a hand sander also. Homeowners are quite happy with less dust come sand day. Painters are much happier and the job is much better without the dust on the wall.

Tony M

i'll rephrase that. I don't see the point of using it WITH a Porter Cable sander. If you have a decent Vacuum to collect the dust, (I personally use a Hilti VCU 40), why filter the dust again? If you collect the dust before it goes in the hoover, what the **** is the hoover doing. And how cumbersome is it wearing it on your waist. A twat must have thought it up.

Tim0282

I wouldn't wear it on my waist, but on the vac would be fine. If you can get several houses out of a bag it will, in a sense "pay for itself". I am not a believer in things paying for themselves, if you know what I mean...
You can dump the dust out on the ground out of the filter easier than the bag.

mudderofall

I used a plastic $20 "vacuum hand sander kit" with mesh paper attached to a 5hp shop vac and it worked quite well

mud dog

It looks like you would have to sand quite slowly in order to keep it from clogging up the tube?

KHouse75

Reminds me of the craftsman oribital sander my father bought a couple of decades ago from sears. It hooks up to a shop-vac and the suction causes the sanding pad to vibrate and it then sucks up the dust.

I looked all over for one a couple of years ago and couldn't find one. I asked my dad where he got it and next thing I know he shows up at my house a few days later with the sander.

It still works great.