harbour frieght rotary?

[Derrick]

steveo
If you are going to get a chicago electric, get this one.

http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...emnumber=90820

I know an awesome body shop that use CE and the employees like them.

They don't cost much to replace if an employee breaks one.

In the right hands ANY decently working variable speed rotary can polish paint to a high gloss.

Derrick

[Bob G]

Why any service business will not invest in good equipment is equall to building a reputation for failure in one way or another.

Bob Geco

[Derrick]

It has to do with return on investment. A $250 machine will LAST longer than a $30 to $50 dollar machine BUT you could keep 5 or more employees working with cheap CE units and maybe have enough money to have one or two spare units. Compared to having only one really good name brand rotary and hoping it doesn't break.

Derrick

[yakky]

Originally Posted by Zrex61

You may need to have your eyes checked, the Dewalt is bright yellow, the Horrible Fright polisher is black & orange. I have both, the Dewalt for buffing out new paint & the HF for grinding old paint off using some fairly nasty looking 3M pads that are capable of sdtripping an entire car with 2 discs to bare metal in a morning.....

That's funny... mine has no black on it except the handle and its more yellow than orange. I guess if you want to split hairs one is more orangey than the other, but you know TV does change colors when you have mega bright lights on? Kinda why people wear makeup on TV. Want me to email Craig, the Mother's guy and ask him what he uses?

[smprince1]

Originally Posted by Derrick

It has to do with return on investment. A $250 machine will LAST longer than a $30 to $50 dollar machine BUT you could keep 5 or more employees working with cheap CE units and maybe have enough money to have one or two spare units. Compared to having only one really good name brand rotary and hoping it doesn't break.

Derrick

Having 5 machines that don't do the job properly because they don't maintain the correct speed to do the job properly just means you wasted your money 5 times instead of only once.

I have never regretted spending more to get a quality tool that works correctly and efficiently. Unfortunately, I have more than once made the mistake of buying a piece of junk, only to eventually buy the proper tool later. The difference was I ended up spending more in the long run because I had to buy 2 tools instead of just paying for the proper tool the first time.

Just my $.02. To each his own.

[Padron]

Pep Boys also has one on sale now for $50, I didn't look at it though as I am quite happy with the Hitachi..

I think the Pep Boys unit was made by Vector or something like that..

[velobard]

From everything I've read here, the only cheap <$100 rotary worth bothering with is the Vector. I'm thinking of picking up one of those.

[SilvaBimma]

Trust me, don't waste your time or money on these cheap rotaries, do it right!