Anyone in need of a cheap rotary?

swirlnuts · 11-23-07, 04:50

I picked one up tonight at harbor freight for 20 bucks on sale from 50. Got a two year warranty for 10 bucks. My dewalt broke and needed something to get me by till the metabo gets here. Ive had one in the past and it wasnt horrible. SO anyone needing a cheap buffer check out harbor freight.

COLDZ71 · 11-23-07, 07:36

I just checked thier site and they had one for 30 bucks

Frito Bandito · 11-23-07, 08:06

Harbor Freight near me doesn't even have a rotary.

swirlnuts · 11-24-07, 04:13

The one for 30 on the website is the one i got for 20 last night.

COLDZ71 · 11-24-07, 05:13

Oh I see, you went to the actual store. Yeah we dont have HF around here.

ptaylor_9849 · 11-25-07, 08:27

I drove to Rhode Island to buy one from the HF store. For 30 bucks you can't go wrong. I have been able to do some serious correction with it without any issues. The only thing it does that I don't like is ramp up the speed a bit by itself when it gets hot. (Thermal runaway). But for 30 bucks instead of two or four hundred it's was worth every penny. Especially for someone who doesn't do this full time.

Patrick

ReLoaDeD BuLLiT · 04-18-08, 10:56

I have one 20 minutes from my house, I'm thinking of going there and picking one up this weekend.

3puttjay · 04-18-08, 11:30

Was this sale nationwide or just in the store you were at? I have been to the store here in columbus and the rotary was $39.

ReLoaDeD BuLLiT · 04-18-08, 11:32

regardless...even if it were 100 bucks, you'd be saving 50-100 off a name brand rotary. (if it works that is)

bpfoley · 04-18-08, 11:51

great tool, lacks soft start but for how cheap it is, it spins pads in circles just like the expensive ones.

jpochile · 04-18-08, 11:59

Well the only real problem that the chip one have is that they lack of The electronic speed control to maintains constant speed under load . It makes it harder to do low RPM buffing . You have to be more delicate with the pressure you put on the buffer since any little pressure changes the buffing speed .

Cheers , Jean Paul

mfewtrail · 04-18-08, 11:39

Did you guys notice this post was from last year?

Anyways, the HF rotary goes on sale for $19.99 on a regular basis(online at least). The stores should honor online prices if you print out the ad that's listed online for the item you want to purchase. I've done this a few times with two of the local HF stores and they honored them with no questions asked.

Current price is $36.99 online.
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By the way, the current one is 9.8 amps. I believe the ones HF used to offer a few years ago had an 11 amp motor. I've used the 9.8 amp version a few times and it's plenty strong enough for some major correction work. For $20, if you get through one car with it, it will have more than paid for itself.