I think /u/joelav has this sander and I believe his solution was to get a shitty Home Depot vacuum. I have been operating like this with other sanders anyway – they don’t stall, but to reduce the likely hood of swirlies. If I open that wide, no problems with dust extraction or stalling. My vacuum (Fein Dustex – highly recommend if you don’t want a “6HP screamer” from the big box stores) has a “ tool collar with suction force regulation” which is basically just a port you can slide open. When hooked upto a dust collection, because of the lower powered motor, it is easy to stall it with vacuum pressure. The competing Makita doesn’t’ have a standard port (its tiny), and while in other countries there appears to be an adapter, Makita Australia didn’t respond to the three emails I sent asking about it. The downside with this particular cannister is the way everything snaps together – it can be difficult to notice if you do or don’t have a good fit. Pull off the cannister to reveal a proper sized dust port for hooking up to a vacuum. Less dust is going to blow through the hard plastic compared to a bag, and the filter gives far more surface area. Dust Collectionįor dust collection, instead of a simple bag, the Bosch sander comes with a hard cannister with microfilter, a big plus if you can’t use a vacuum. Some of the downfalls of this sander are simply going to be forgiven because of that price.Īlright, so 125mm – not the size upgrade I was looking for, but it does let me compare it against the Makita BO5041 I have (which goes for $219). By far, it is the cheapest “trade grade” sander on the market, with the next closest being a Hitachi unit at $199. I’m going to take my pricing for tools where I can from TotalTools as they’re usually on par with others price wise and have stores nationally.
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