This looks incredible

[Barry Theal]

[Kevin Brown]

Guess who is signed up to be a Rupes dealer?!

If anyone is interested in any Rupes stuff, I'm all ears.
It's tough to know what to order, as Rupes makes SO many fantastic tools.

[Leadfootluke]

Wow! Looks very... futuristic.

But talk about detailing made simple, 2 polishes, 2 pads, and a very cool polisher.

[Paul Sparks]

Guess who is signed up to be a Rupes dealer?!

If anyone is interested in any Rupes stuff, I'm all ears.
It's tough to know what to order, as Rupes makes SO many fantastic tools.

Any news on the machine that they had at SEMA ? It appeared in the post by Barry those were air tools. If my memory is correct wasn't the SEMA machine electric ? Do you have any of their offerings listed yet ?

[JohnKleven]

Looks like a great tool to have.

[C. Charles Hahn]

You know, I was just wondering the other day what happened with the whole Rupes polisher deal the other day.... hadn't heard it mentioned in a while.

[TOGWT]

Price: £443.95 (Including VAT at 20%)

The wide random orbital movement (0.5-inch, 15mm) reduces the overall polishing time. The Soft Start guarantees an acceleration ramp to prevent accidental dispersion of compound. The anti-spinning feature prevents the high speed rotations avoiding scratches. New ergonomic front handle, this tool can be used even by unskilled operators

• A powerful 900 watt motor
• Speed control soft start
• An ergonomic front handle
• 05-inch (15mm) orbit
• Polyurethane backing pad
• Soft Start - 1500 - 4000 OPM
• Weight: 4.75 lb (2.3kg)
• 1 year warranty
• 230v - UK 3 pin plug

A friend of mine has this machine and it looks real promising, comfotable and easy to use (even for an old guy)

[DHCrocks]

Looks similar to the 3m kit.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=stINYy4q_Qg

[Jokeman]

Looks similar to the 3m kit.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=stINYy4q_Qg

I was actually just looking at this before I saw this post. That video of the 3M kit is the old kit I think. The new one is a battery powered denibber, unless they have multiple options. I think Id rather go with the pneumatic DA though.

Hey Rick, if you see this....order one

[pixelmonkey]

watching that video has me thinking about batman.

or a bigfoot super hero movie preview.


nice looking polisher, but has me thinking about current polishers and some different designs. maybe take an existing DA and machine a hub with a larger offset to achieve the same result?
i know there are other things to consider! *power of the motor, axle strength, housing strength, ext.*

just a thought.
maybe the next generation will come with a removeable head that can be connected to polisher, DA or forced rotation unit.
- square connection at the head with 4 lock points to secure the unit.
- brushless motor design borrowed from remote control cars
- housing has option to upgrade motor without need of buying a new unit.



dont work to compete in the market. work to dominate it!
just a thought
chris<pixelmonkey>

[tuscarora dave]

Guess who is signed up to be a Rupes dealer?!

If anyone is interested in any Rupes stuff, I'm all ears.
It's tough to know what to order, as Rupes makes SO many fantastic tools.

I've been looking really hard at the Ceros 5/16" palm sander, Are you still going to carry the Mirka Brand stuff? That Rupes kit does look like a really nice kit to have and would go really nice with this new toy I just recently acquired...

[Accumulator]

Barry Theal- Oh, you....more polishers I can't live without After you went on about pneumatics being so swell I got a little 3" one and yeah, I love it. Now there's this Rupes stuff!

I especially like that little one they used for the 3K.

Man, they sure let the polisher just *sit there* for the second step, 20 seconds worth with no issues.

Of course we're all assuming it left things Autopian-perfect