|
I strip as much as I can with paint stripper then use my Porter cable sanders( i have 5" and 6" randon orbital sanders) then use the Mouse for finishing. As for price of sandaper and jury rigging new tips, guess I am an industrious shopper as I find resonable priced sandpaper and replacement tips( bought 4 at one time)So I like this mouse and it is lots easier then folding and messing with sandpaper and doing it by hand and using little dental picks.though I still use them a little. Easy enough to do. I refinish lots of furniture old doors and windows and I love this thing. It works fine. would buy this again defineatly. BUT if you do much work you will need replacement tips because after awhile the tip pad will no longer keep the velcro sandpaper in place.
I wrote to both Black & Decker and to Crazy Dave's about the problem without a peep of response from either. This is so rare today. you'll get MUCH better results on the toll-free phone number than in e-mail). So all said, I am unusually happy with Black & Decker. While I am very pleased with this mouse sander itself, it's easy to use and much, much easier to handle than a full-size vibrating sander, I was very unhappy to discover that in place of the nice two-handled canvas bag pictured with it, what I received was a very small nylon bag not even large enough to accommodate both the sander and the included supplies.
You can't simply remove $5.00 or more in value from a product and expect customers to just accept it happily. I came to find out that Black & Decker had dealt with the issue but for some reason I had never received their response. Every time I have had occasion to contact them, problems have been resolved absolutely to my satisfaction. Companies seldom put as much emphasis on maintaining happy customers. Silent inflation strikes again.
I had occasion to contact Black & Decker for another reason (the battery of the HandiSaw I purchased about a year ago had ceased to hold a charge) and I mentioned this problem while I was on the phone with them (important to remember. My tools will continue coming from Black & Decker. and I am delighted to report that not only are they sending me a NEW HandiSaw but they are also sending me the bag for the mouse sander which was pictured in the promotional ad.
Please, be smarter than me.don't buy this sander. the "Mouse" will start varying speeds up and down, and finally it just stops.I was dumb enough to buy two.don't make the same mistake I did, find another brand and purchase it. It will die on you after only a limited amount of use.
Despite following the picture instructions, I'm still not sure how to get the finger attachment to screw in, but that's probably just my own ineptitude. My family asked what I wanted for Christmas, and I replied a sander, expecting an orbital or belt sander, useful for the many furniture refinishing projects I seem to get myself into time after time. What I got was this.It fits comfortably in the palm of my hand, and after even long periods, there's no pain from gripping it, only the numbness that comes from using any sander, sending the vibrations up my arm. Even without, this sander has been extremely helpful, but I will still need to invest in a larger one for the projects that I do. It is, though, only useful for the small parts--the carved details of the molding, or in the corners where a regular sander can't reach.
Unfortunately, it's out of warrantee. Purchased this product for an occasional odd job. Worked fine for a few months but then the on/off switch failed. The quality is not there. Returned it and got another one but after only several uses, experienced the same problem.
|
