Porter-Cable 380 1/4-Sheet Finish Sander
The old palm sander in my
shop went tits-up a while back: the fiber backing pad for the sandpaper simply off one day, leaving it essentially useless. I was on the way to my local BigBox store
anyway, so I jotted “new finish sander” at the bottom of my list. Meanwhile, I
figured it wouldn't hurt to try re-gluing the pad. I gotta admit, the flexible
adhesive (E-6000) I used definitely surprised me! By the time was completely
dry, though, I'd already bought a replacement, a Porter-Cable 380 1/4-Sheet Finish
Sander.
| When I eventually got around to trying out the new sander a couple of projects later, I was quite pleased: the 380 is definitely a tight little piece of work. It’s ergonomically superior to sander it replaced (an old Black & Decker) and much quieter. It also has rudimentary dust-collection – not a match for a vacuum system, but better than letting dust fly. |
