felixthecat
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That new Lake Country machine looks interesting.....curios to see how it performs.
Lake Country`s new machine.....
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Felixthecat:
Are you talking about this?:
https://www.autopia.org/forums/mach...able-stroke-polishing-machine.html?highlight=
STILL no release date! Makes me wonder IF it really is coming or what kind of "problems" LC Power Tools (the company that is making this polisher) may have encountered during testing or manufacturing.
Are you talking about this?:
https://www.autopia.org/forums/mach...able-stroke-polishing-machine.html?highlight=
STILL no release date! Makes me wonder IF it really is coming or what kind of "problems" LC Power Tools (the company that is making this polisher) may have encountered during testing or manufacturing.
Street5927
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It is interesting, however, with the different throws should come different counter weights to balance the machine properly. I wonder how their technology is handling that.
Good point.
Maybe the variable-stroke polisher is akin to a perpetual motion machine: it just cannot be done. Many have tried, and yes, there are US-registered patents for some of them. Then again, I never thought I would see a variable-compression internal combustion engine, but that is a reality thanks to the engineering genius of Nissan/Infinity!
Accumulator
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Maybe it`s like the v1.0 PCs, where different counterweights make little, if any, functional difference.
With any foam pad wet with product weighing so much more than a single sheet of sandpaper, I found that it simply doesn`t matter (well...to me) which weight I pair with which size plate/pads on my PCs. Although the 3" one was a bit happier with the 5" counterweight if I were splitting hairs.
rlmccarty2000
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I keep wondering when LC will be releasing this machine into the wild (any beta testers?). I received an email from them a few weeks ago telling me I won a key chain shaped like their new polisher. To be truthful I can not remember when I signed up for the giveaway. It still has not arrived. If it does I’ll post a picture.
JustJesus
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I wonder if during the adjustment of the throw, the counterweight is moved further out; same weight, but further out causing more leverage.
Sounds like even the key chain has been delayed, not a good sign for LC.
This machine looks interesting, if my short term memory serves me correctly, I remember a video where an LC rep said it was going to be um $800? Maybe I`m off but I remember thinking damn it`s well well out of my price range lol.
JustJesus
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I think it is 699$. That was a fairly recent price I saw. Yvan post somewhere
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Baton_Rouge_pro
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I saw it at SEMA a couple weeks ago - first, it doesn`t look the same anymore - remember the video that explains it? - THAT had features and the look that I think would be comfortable. I don`t know about you guys but I use my Rupes A LOT - LC had put in some sort of shapes all over the top and handle to help you grip it better - now they`re gone?? Second, it vibrated like a mo-fo. Nope.
I see it for pre-order, $699 *yikes* With no firm date listed. But usually I think when a good sized company puts a product up for pre order, it`s not a super long ways out. It scares me that the only video I`m finding on YT from LC on this is 1 1/2 years old and nothing but pre-rendered 3d. I think @ $700 it`s an automatic pass for me. But, I`m sure there are already pre orders and some others who will buy it once it`s out. LC did say it won`t be built in China, so it has that going for it. Although, China`s capable of making quality products if the company wants to pay for it.
SNP209
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[video=youtube;BN-ZlPDWu7I]https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=BN-ZlPDWu7I&feature=emb_logo[/video]
I started the original thread in October, 2018 (see post No.2 in this thread above for link). Mike Phillips was to demo the machine prototype in November of 2018 at SEMA, according to his post in that same linked thread. The LC-Power Tool news release was stated that release date for this tool was "Spring 2019".
Fast forward to updates and posts in this thread and still no word on "a revised release date" or anything else, other than adding a rotary function to this machine, which, I assume, is WHY it is geared toward professional detailers and priced accordingly. However, this longer-than-expected "delay" is beginning to erode my confidence that Lake County Power Tool (LC-PT) is a viable company that can deliver this tool at all.
Like the saying goes, "If it sounds too good to be true, it probably isn`t". Then again, "Rome wasn`t built in a day."
Fast forward to updates and posts in this thread and still no word on "a revised release date" or anything else, other than adding a rotary function to this machine, which, I assume, is WHY it is geared toward professional detailers and priced accordingly. However, this longer-than-expected "delay" is beginning to erode my confidence that Lake County Power Tool (LC-PT) is a viable company that can deliver this tool at all.
Like the saying goes, "If it sounds too good to be true, it probably isn`t". Then again, "Rome wasn`t built in a day."
SNP209
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In the video above Yvan states that they are shooting for March to release the new polisher.
William_Wallace
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It lead to a lot of marital problem guys were saving so much time while detailing that it free up part of their day we’ll you know the story UDOS the family destroyer
So I watched the video SNP209 posted, looks more interesting than I originally thought. Maybe I would like to learn how to use a rotary. I know LC pushes how this replaces 5 buffers but nobody except the extreme hardcore here would realistic have 5 different machines lol. But having 8 + 21 + rotary in 1 tool would be nice. I`m broke and want to wait for reviews anywho. If people end up liking it maybe around Xmas this can be my present to myself.
Stokdgs
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That demo was dummo.
One guy turning it off and on, and the other asking really predictable questions.. They never put it to work on paint.. Sigh... If that L/C machine is anywhere near the $700 price tag that has been spoken of, you could probably purchase 2 Makita rotary machines and still have money left over..
Perhaps this L/C machine is an amazing thing, but until we look at how all these changes happen, and how stout all those parts are that allow these changes to occur, it is still a lot of speculation..
And does it use the standard backing plate that can be changed out all the way from 7" to 1" backing plates ? Can you put a spacer on it and then a standard backing plate ?
Are the brushes robust in size, and are changeable ?
Will everyone be ok with a machine (9 lbs.) that is 1 lb. less than my Makita 9237 Rotary (10 lbs.) ?
Dan F
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I still think of the "ShopSmith or multi-tool analogy". Not that I hated my dad`s ShopSmith or haven`t had a multi-tool save my [bacon] a few times...
What for? Eh, regulars here probably saw that coming from me, but of all the different Human Endeavors you could spent your time on, mastering a rotary wouldn`t make my top 100 list. And this is where I repeat how I wish somebody here would buy my two rotaries and free up some shelf space...
quebert said:
What for? Eh, regulars here probably saw that coming from me, but of all the different Human Endeavors you could spent your time on, mastering a rotary wouldn`t make my top 100 list. And this is where I repeat how I wish somebody here would buy my two rotaries and free up some shelf space...