New polisher quandry.......

[LEDetailng]

I`ve never had a problem handling the 3401..

Just want something smoother. And I know Rupes is smoother.

Ron,

You owe it to yourself to try a new tech rotary. With variable RPM`s ranging from 600-3000 they are not the rotarys from the 80`s. Although, I`ve never used an 80`s rotary, my Dewalt isn`t much more sophisticated. I would love to update my 15-20 year old Dewalt, but it works perfectly.

I think you can`t go wrong with the Rupes MKII, Flex 15, or the GG Boss. Maybe you can test drive the Flex Pe-14, nothing beats the smoothness of rotary.

Bob

[Ronkh]

Ron,

You owe it to yourself to try a new tech rotary. With variable RPM`s ranging from 600-3000 they are not the rotarys from the 80`s. Although, I`ve never used an 80`s rotary, my Dewalt isn`t much more sophisticated. I would love to update my 15-20 year old Dewalt, but it works perfectly.

I think you can`t go wrong with the Rupes MKII, Flex 15, or the GG Boss. Maybe you can test drive the Flex Pe-14, nothing beats the smoothness of rotary.

Bob

Maybe after the ibird. (figure that will work perfect for the vents on car.........) {yep, that`s how i`ll have to sell it to jen}

[Ccrew]

My opinion only:

1. The 3401 is a PIA. It works - but it beats you up. Prolly good to work on some jacked up oxidized boats or something - but, who wants to work that hard?

This sums it up for me for me. I now have two almost new cars, albeit both in metallic black.. I consider the 3401 only for rough work, because it is a beast for that, but I`ve used it like twice.

I`m going to get rid of my 3401, and my 3403. I`ve found I use my Griots 6" for rough work, my PE-8 for spot work and tight places, and my Rupes 15 for finish/jeweling. Beyond that they`re money in the cabinet.

My Griots 3" in order not to feel bad I`d have to pay someone to take it :-P

[Troy@Protekt]

I figured my Rupes post would have been all the endorsement you needed.

I`m still loving my MarkII 21.

I liked the Boss 21 at first but I couldn`t trust it after what happened and I didn`t like the noise it made either. I did like the instant start feature but the slow start doesn`t really bother me.

I think you made a good choice. Time to sell all the others. You won`t want to use them anymore.