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no experience with the Shop Fox. Might be okay but for $150 more ?
I have a Ridgid. Dust collection is fair. Not too fond of the belt sanding on this machine. I would rather use a disc type. Oscillating spindle is handy for sure.
I see Wen has a hand held oscillating spindle sander. Wished I would have known about it before I bought the Ridgid model. I would have given it a try. Lot less $
One thing on the Ridgid that I was less than impressed with is the drum storage on the front. I quickly took all that stuff out of those spaces and put them in a box. My sander is mounted on a flip cart and all that stuff would fall out when I rolled the flip top over. I see the new Ridgid has a little better design for the drum and washer storage but would be the same if used on a flip cart.
Older Ridgid like mine is 5 amp I believe. Plenty power.
I have a Ridgid. Dust collection is fair. Not too fond of the belt sanding on this machine. I would rather use a disc type. Oscillating spindle is handy for sure.
I see Wen has a hand held oscillating spindle sander. Wished I would have known about it before I bought the Ridgid model. I would have given it a try. Lot less $
One thing on the Ridgid that I was less than impressed with is the drum storage on the front. I quickly took all that stuff out of those spaces and put them in a box. My sander is mounted on a flip cart and all that stuff would fall out when I rolled the flip top over. I see the new Ridgid has a little better design for the drum and washer storage but would be the same if used on a flip cart.
Older Ridgid like mine is 5 amp I believe. Plenty power.
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