Woodworker's Journal 2008-32-4, страница 48
TOOL REVIEW Porter-Cable 343VS $75.00 wmkmdoowoikaoioutruLccm I Quik-Link takes you directly to I the web page on which these products appear! No navigation necessary ... just go to www.woodworkersjournal.com and click on the Quik-Link icon shown above. is a kind of combination grinder/ sander, capable of hogging off lots of wood or polishing a high gloss finish. The Festool machines require Festool- specific paper in order for the dust collection holes to line up. Among the other test tools, the Bosch ROS20VS and Porter-Cable 390 were close behind Festool for smooth operation. The neck below the handgrip on the Porter-Cable 390 is larger than on other machines, so small hands may have a hard time gripping this tool. I was pleased to find that lots of machines in this test did a nice job. But, considering overall price, surface finish and smooth operation, I chose the Bosch sander as the "Best Bet" tool. J& Contributing editor George Vondriska is the proprietor of the Wild Earth School, where he teaches woodworking. How smooth a surface can a sander produce? That's where the rubber met the road with these test sanders. surface, and then gave it a rating from 1 to 4 (see chart). A "1" means we couldn't find scratches. A "2" indicates that scratches showed up under a magnifying glass. A "3" indicates we could see some scratches with the naked eye. Sanders that received a "4" produced scratches that are larger and more obvious than those rated a "3." But don't interpret the results to indicate that sanders that received a 3 or 4 can't provide a good surface. With these machines, you'll just have to be sure that you sand to a finer grit in order to get a scratch-free surface. Recommendations The two Festool machines are sure sweet if you've got the checkbook for them. Across the board (oak, pine, whatever), my testers called these the smoothest operating machines in the group. The R0125 Porter-Cable 62 Subscribe now at www.woodworkersjournal.com/digitaledition August 2008 Woodworker's Journal |
