Use your rotary as a random orbital??

[CharlesW]

Just happened to run on to this on eBay.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...sPageName=WDVW

Charles

[TheSopranos16]

Thats a pretty darn good idea! But of corse it looks great on the ebay page, I wonder how it works though!!! If it works the same as a PC, then why not! But, I`m very sceptical because if it were that easy to turn a rotary into a RO then why wouldn`t manufacturers just include that adaptor with their products?

[tcfool]

Hummm that might work fine but I have used a PC for some time and then I got a Makita Rotary.. If you use it a lot soon you will be able to do it all with the rotary... don`t get scared to use a rotary...It is like anything else...practice makes perfect........

TC
:cool

[Bob]

I would think that it could cause unwanted stress on your rotary.

[EBPcivicsi]

I wonder what would happen if you crank the rotary all the way up to 3300? Looks like a really cool idea, I could carry one machine. It could also possibly do more work than a PC since it wouldn`t bog down. Then again, that "extra" work could get a novice in trouble. :wait

Anybody willing to try one? I guess I will be the guinea pig.

[dr_detail]

I`ll be a guiena pig on this one
Been thinking of this idea for quite some time now -- glad to see someone put it into action.

[dr_detail]

Originally posted by TheSopranos16
...why wouldn`t manufacturers just include that adaptor with their products?

Why would they want to do that when they can sell you two tools at $xxx.xx each???

[kimwallace]

One problem is the rpms on each machine ...
Most rotaries max out around 2000 rpms and the PC at 6000 rpms.
What the adaptor will do is duplicate the motion but there is no way it can produce the speed that a PC has. Also look how far away from the maching the pad will be. A great idea for applying glaze or wax though.
I am a firm believer in buying equipment designed for a specific application.
Just my .02

[Intel486]

Originally posted by kimwallace
One problem is the rpms on each machine ...
Most rotaries max out around 2000 rpms and the PC at 6000 rpms.
What the adaptor will do is duplicate the motion but there is no way it can produce the speed that a PC has. Also look how far away from the maching the pad will be. A great idea for applying glaze or wax though.
I am a firm believer in buying equipment designed for a specific application.
Just my .02

A rotary will far over power a PC or any of the other orbitals people use. Most rotarys top out at more like 3000 rpms and some can go higher. They also have a larger motor in them than the PC so they can maintain the RPMs while turning a large pad, like an 8" pad, with pressure on it. My rotary has blown fuses before... My Orbital has never done it.

The PC is also messured in opm, not rpms. They`re two different things and can`t be compared.

I personally like having a rotary and an orbital for when friend`s help me detail. We can each be running one machine so the work goes faster.

[Focusedonsound]

If nothing else perhaps it would make for a better end result for general rotary use!

[dr_detail]

Well, as long as I`m not out bid, here is my plan of attack in testing this item:

First, I will try it on my full size tried and true, Black and Decker variable speed rotary Sander/ Polisher (same as a Dewalt, but older). Next, I will attach it to my half size die grinder and let you all know what transpires. I don`t have a PC so I will not be able to compare it with one, but I do have 17+ years experience with a rotary as well as an old random orbital Black and Decker 5 1/2" polisher and a waxmaster (these latter two I haven`t used in 10+ years).

If nothing else, it will make a pretty cool paperweight

Wish me luck

[EBPcivicsi]

Originally posted by dr_detail
Well, as long as I`m not out bid, here is my plan of attack in testing this item:

First, I will try it on my full size tried and true, Black and Decker variable speed rotary Sander/ Polisher (same as a Dewalt, but older). Next, I will attach it to my half size die grinder and let you all know what transpires. I don`t have a PC so I will not be able to compare it with one, but I do have 17+ years experience with a rotary as well as an old random orbital Black and Decker 5 1/2" polisher and a waxmaster (these latter two I haven`t used in 10+ years).

If nothing else, it will make a pretty cool paperweight

Wish me luck

I`ll wait for the next auction. I was afraid we might all get in a bidding war and just be jacking up the cost of experimentation!:-p

Please let us know how it turns out!

[Gadfly]

If you don`t really care about your rotary`s bearings, the adapter might work for you. Remember all of the posts regarding counterweights (5"-6") for the Porter Cable machine.

[dr_detail]

Well Gang, sorry to say some @#$%^& out bid me :hot

Had to be out doing what I do best -- makin cars shine and couldn`t be by the computer checkin bids. Oh well life goes on. Hopefully whoever the high bidder was is a member here at DC and will give us all a detailed evaluation of this adapters performance. :dunno

nton :angry :hot

[edschwab1]

If you read the engraving on the tool it say "max RPM 3000."


Eric