Buy Metabo SXE400 2 Amp 3-1/8-Inch Random Orbit SanderMetabo SXE400 2 Amp 3-1/8-Inch Random Orbit Sander Product Description:
- Diameter of backing pad 3 1/8 -Inch
- No load speed 5000 - 10000 /min
- Oscillating circuit 1/8-Inch
- Very suitable for sanding inner and outer curves
- No scratches while placing the running machine on the material (Power Control System)
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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful.
Great Finishing Tool
By Woody Woodturner
I am retired and do woodworking as a hobby. Most of my woodworking is turning wood on a lathe to make bowls, closed vessels and other pieces made from downed trees. A professional wood turner recommended the Metabo 3" random orbit sander for finishing turned objects. I had been using right angle drills with sanding attachments for all my power sanding, using 2" and 3" disks from 80 grit to 400 grit. This machine does a great job. It is well made and heavy duty. The finish it produces is excellent with no scratches from the sand paper. 220 grit leaves a very smooth finish! The disc size is metric so it is slightly larger than 3". I bought 3" Velcro sanding pads to fit my sandpaper discs.The Metabo tools are industrial tools. I have seen them in use on construction projects. As such they cost more than consumer products but they are well worth the extra cost. This tool gets heavy use in my shop but I expect it to last many years.
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful.German-Made, Well-Engineered Tool. Great for Polishing/Waxing Automobiles
By alost
It is becoming increasingly difficult to find tools which are not made in China. Thankfully, Metabo still manufactures this tool in Germany - at least of the date of this review. The German high quality shows in this 3 1/8 inch random orbit sander/polisher. This is a well designed tool. The unit fits the hand well, the switch is conveniently located and the motor is smooth, strong and quiet. The rpm range runs from 5,000-10,000 rpm. The unit's smooth motor produces virtually no vibration which makes the unit easy to hold for long periods of time without the user experiencing hand fatigue or numbness. The tool can comfortably be held and operated using one hand as designed.I purchased this unit to use polishing and waxing smaller areas on my automobile (A-Frame of roof support, around license plate, etc.) where my six inch random orbital polisher is a bit too large to use effectively. I use the Griot's Garage 3 inch polishing and waxing foam pads along with the Griot's Garage polishes and waxes (available through Amazon or directly through Griot's Garage). I have also used the unit with Griot's plastic polish to polish the plastic rear window on my convertible and plastic headlight covers on my cars and have achieved good results. The Metabo was worked well in all these polishing applications.This is the first Metabo tool that I have purchased. For the last couple of years I have bought Festool tools almost exclusively. Festool is an ultra-premium German tool line. Based on my experience with this random orbit polisher, I would definitely purchase another Metabo tool.UPDATE 6/12: I purchased (and returned) another Metabo tool - a circular saw - that was made in China, so Metabo is clearly manufacturing some, if not all, tools in China.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful.
WOW
By Nik Willmore
This is the real deal. Not out of control like the bigger ones. Even has a vacuum attachment that does not in fact get in the way. Nonwoven abrasive disks are available but are factory order slow to obtain, online, so I haven't tested those yet, to clean ceramic tiles without scratching them. This baby has become my default sander. It's well behaved. I've been sanding entire walls with it after amateurishly smearing on drywall compound. It just works. No gouging effects at all, unbelievably. The fact that it has a tapered foam pad means it gets into corners just fine. My pneumatic random orbit sander lacked the control of this thing, even though it was in fact only 2" wide disk size. Hand vibration is minimal. This is not a child's toy! It's man's best friend.UPDATE: In 2012 the non-woven abrasive disks for this 3 1/8" size sander are impossible to find but 3" disks work fine as long as I include the foam spacer and use a brand new replacement Velcro backing pad ("Intermediate Disc") so the fresh Velcro can handle all the inertia and then remember not to max out the RPMs without being in contact with a surface. I get the non-woven pads from McMaster, currently. The foam intermediate disc, being flexible, quickly adapts to having the smaller 3" abrasive disks placed on it whereas the hard main Velcro disk suffers damage and gets in the way of the very edge of the abrasive disk if used alone. I'm still a happy camper then since you can still buy replacement main Velcro disks and foam extender pads. I'm docking this down to 4 stars though since this sort of cancelled item wastes a lot of my time in the tool world. But boy does this baby ever whiten an old white metal tub without clogging or scratching, something I don't otherwise have patience to deal with. Only because it's such a small diameter disk can it follow the inner curves adequately.UPDATE: Famous last words, above. When I did try to install a new main Velcro backing pad I discovered that the 6mm (M6 thead = 1 mm pitch) screw was made of *soft* metal so immediately stripped. It rotates the normal direction thank God, so I can now replace it with a serious socket head screw from McMaster, namely #91292A070 at 14 mm long in 18-8 stainless steel. I had to use a drill press to drill out the old soft bolt by using a 13/4" drill after first using a larger drill to remove the head then a smaller one to get rid of most of the shaft of the screw before pulling out the outer ring of actual threads. Hand holding the Velcro disk all by hand worked just fine. The Velcro pad has plenty of thickness to handle the taller more robust cap screw head. Having the Velcro pad off now I see why it's so expensive ($15) in how well molded and designed the back is. Seeing inside too I can appreciate how the dust collection is magically routed right through the random orbit off center weight and how small the random orbit diameter is, which is why this sander has so much better hand control and fine finish than those over-aggressive 5" models. So, new screws on order, I'll add some oil to the screw this time. I often wonder why simple things like bolt specifications can be so badly screwed up by the likes of German engineers. It's time to start buying Chinese tools, I guess. We're down to three stars, I'm afraid.
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