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SuperBee364 · 04-24-08, 12:15

Yeah, for quite a while...tried several different ones, but I bought a Porter Cable rotary cause it was cheap. The gearbox on it finally gave out.

The 9227 is a very nice machine, and it's quiet. The 3403 is a bit noisy, but I'll trade the noise for the light weight. The only other drawback to the 3403 is that the drive shaft gets pretty hot, and transmits the heat to the backing plate, causing it and the attached pad to get hotter than normal. It hasn't really caused an issue... probably more of an annoyance than anything.

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SuperBee364 Bad Boy Time Out SuperBee364 is offline Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Salt Lake City, Utah Posts: 2,770	Re: Yet again, Makita 9227 of Flex 3401 RO? Yeah, for quite a while...tried several different ones, but I bought a Porter Cable rotary cause it was cheap. The gearbox on it finally gave out. The 9227 is a very nice machine, and it's quiet. The 3403 is a bit noisy, but I'll trade the noise for the light weight. The only other drawback to the 3403 is that the drive shaft gets pretty hot, and transmits the heat to the backing plate, causing it and the attached pad to get hotter than normal. It hasn't really caused an issue... probably more of an annoyance than anything.