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[quote=”Jayson M” post=21129]This sander has me thinking,did they build a cheap POS to compete with tong yang china stuff?? Seems like it,might want to just keep your red top sander Barry,can’t see this one being better.When I started in the industry hutchins were the best sanders around,then I tried a Dynabrade sander and haven’t looked back.The dynabrade sanders are built in the states not offshore,I think they have hutchins beat IMHO.[/quote]
I have never used a Dynabrade tool. Where are they sold? Their site lists so many different offerings it’s a big guessing game for what line/series/type you want for what should be a simple choice.
In my primary field (electronics) most of the best stuff on the market is all made in Asia. Even the high end companies that do all their designs in the US sub out most, if not all, of the manufacturing to Asia because the cost savings are insane. If Hutchins did the same, and had a high quality price for a substantial savings, they could do well. That said, everything I’ve seen and heard about Hutchins shows they’re all about keeping US$ in the US, and this new sander is no exception. Time will tell how good the quality of this new piece is, but I think they made a good decision sourcing a few parts to save money.
In my primary field (electronics) most of the best stuff on the market is all made in Asia. Even the high end companies that do all their designs in the US sub out the manufacturing to Asia because the cost savings are insane. If Hutchins did the same, and had a high quality price for a substantial savings, they could do well. That said, everything I’ve seen and heard about Hutchins shows they’re all about keeping US$ in the US, and this new sander is no exception. Time will tell how good the quality of this new piece is, but I think they made a good decision sourcing a few parts to save money.
looks great to me!
It’s tough to see exactly what that tool is doing. Is it like a tiny plane?
Looks real nice! :rock
I will certainly be better of buying a booth to stay compliant with the code, but frankly if I’m out of the city limits there’s not really any inspections here in Alaska. That said, my time is worth a lot, and building the room I’m talking about will be expensive and extremely time-consuming. I may just be better off picking up a paint booth and sanding booth and have them factored into the mortgage.
Thanks
Looks good Nex
I’ve got a dump gun. It hasn’t seen much use with gelcoat. sprays like crap, never seems to match color. Its a losing battle in my mind, but of course I have no experience matching colors.
[quote=”Kevin Campbell” post=20974]From what I’ve gathered. Most custom painters have a disdain for anything vinyl.
Hot Rod Magazine wrapped a Impala years ago.
http://www.hotrod.com/techarticles/body/hrdp_0910_custom_vinyl_wrap/index.html
I personally thought it looked poor, and they even acknowledged that the wrap life is 5 years or less. Add in that there’s not much gloss like you can get with a true paint job.
Vinyl’s for floors.[/quote]
vinyl is definitely not for floors! yuck.
It’s no alternative to paint – no doubt. But it’s cheap, easy, and can be changed quickly. Like giving your car a new hairdo every year.
I’m doing more research on this. I’m looking at building a huge cyclone from scratch. Could be fun, but is it worth it?
Has anybody done any substantial moldmaking work? I’m very interested in doing more boat work, including building fiberglass and carbon fiber skiffs. When grinding on composites the dust is terrible, the room becomes a complete disaster in 5 minutes, and expecting to collect all of it with a vacuum sander is a joke. 8″ grinders have vacs nowadays? I want to have a massive collection system for the room, not unlike a paint booth but with 100% air recirculation, and without the hassle of constantly changing filters. a big cyclone and cartridge filter would be perfect, the question is how big would it need to be to effectively get the job done. I would expect it to keep the air clear, and not allow glass to accumulate all over the walls and cabinets quite so bad.
The next option is have an exclusively ‘dirty room’ that is setup very much like a crossdraft booth with the air returning to the main airspace of the shop. This would save cleaning time, but require more goofing around time setting up for each operation wheeling in tool carts and cleaning them all up into a storage closet when done. This solution would not require as big a fan, but would only cut down on part of the goofing around process.
I want this room to be able to handle metal grinding, fiberglass and composites, body sanding, and woodwork. If I am going to spend the time and money to set it up I want to make it as versatile as possible.
I plan on having a woodshop, metalshop, paintbooth, mechanic shop, retail showroom, offices, and a couple apartments all in one giant steel building. I have all this stuff crammed into my shop now, but it totally sucks. When I step up to a larger space I don’t intend to screw around. I probably have 100 hours into research of this place in the last few years. If anyone has any concerns, comments, suggestions, direction, advice, guidance, recommendations, sources of more information – It is all greatly appreciated.
Thanks Jimmo
Has anybody seen many colors of the stuff? 3m carbon wrap is very common, but I’ve been looking at all the metallic colors and whatnot. Some pretty cool high gloss solid colors as well.
looks great, but was that really easier than patching in some donor metal? you must have scored that box for cheap… :whistle:
That’ll do. Now just braze up that 1″ copper pipe and you’re good to go!
[quote=”Canuck” post=20645]I recently bought a General air filter for the rafter area of my garage. It was hard to control the dust while woodworking in the garage and you end up with dust everywhere. It filters with two filters down to 3 microns and works like a charm. It’s keeping the dust in the garage down…may work for you while you get a complete solution worked out. Moves about 800 CFM and has a remote control.[/quote]
General eh? I’ve heard mixed things about the room filters, but I definitely plan to have one in my main wiring bay. Seems the sanding and woodworking always gets some dust in every other room of the shop.
[quote=”MoCoke” post=20602]dirty room would work if your working on stuff like pieces of furniture where one room can handle multiple jobs, multiple techs. if you want the shop to stay clean use dust less sanding discs and a vacuum system for your sanders. no need to reinvent the wheel![/quote]
Most of the dust I make isn’t controllable with vac sanders. I have dust collection for my little tools (jigsaws, etc.) and everything else for woodworking that is stationary, the killer is the sanders and grinders not on a flat car body. When I’m doing glass work I’m grinding and cutting and sanding all kinds of shapes, making billowing clouds of lung-destroying dust, which then settles on EVERYTHING… a whole room for sanding would be AWESOME and could also be used for sandblasting, etc., and washed down! a grate in the floor would be fantastic.