Don, speaking of your new toy, maybe someone here can tell me (us) the difference in the pads available for this machine. I got 6 pads when I bought mine, pads were about 1" thick. I placed an order with AUTO MAGIC last week and the pads they sent were about 3" thick, big difference. (same diameter) also the color match for cutting/finishing/polishing was different. the black pad I got when I bought my PC is for finishing, now the AutoM black is for cutting. anyone have thoughts on this, and were is the best place to buy pads >