Really cheap PC....

[luke667]

Found this for sale at my local electronics store...not bad for 15quid....which is liek a max of $25....check it out... lemme know, i think its by battery tho...



http://www.maplin.co.uk/media/largeimages/35126i0.jpg



here are the ''specs''



Auto polisher and waxer

· 110 Watt motor

· 3200rpm

· 240mm polishing head x wool bonnet

· 1 x cotton bonnet





i dunno, if it is any good, would keep it just for messin around...



thanks

 

[imported_kgb]

That is not a PC. PC stands for Porter Cable.

 

[luke667]

oh ok, well wo tu think about my thing

 

[imported_KevinA]

I've got two, very similar ones at home.



They are fine for someone that isn't as particular as most of us here.



The main thing is the size of the bonnet - it's too big to do the more detail work the smaller size bonnet of the PC can.

 

[Lowejackson]

Using my school boy physics:



Watts (110) / Volts (240) = .458 Amps



The PC has 3.7 amps, therefore is significantly more powerful and expensive.

 

[togwt]

~One man’s opinion~



There is a product here called “Waxmaster 900�, OK to practice with but not in the same league as a Porter-Cable orbital.If you decide to go for a PC I'm sure 'Lowejackson' could tell you where to get one in UK











Experience unshared; is knowledge wasted…/



justadumbarchitect

 

[Mike_Phillips]

ko0L gReEn k0Lor





Mike

 

[luke667]

hehe, was gonna get it just for goin over the large panels where my hands get tired hehe.

 

[shaf]

Yes, this looks like a Waxmaster clone, of which there are many and I can't tell any difference between them except colour. Try a search for this name.



Don't forget this machine will also use a limited choice of bonnets, not the velcro foam pads the PC uses... lots of subtle differences between this machine and the PC.

 

[imported_vindaloo]

I am pretty sure the PC is not available in the UK as I don't think PC make any 240volt versions, they are all 110volt. I imported mine from Coastal Tools & use a step-up.

These cheap ones will do far more harm than good.

 

[Lowejackson]

PC used to be available in the UK but were 300 or 400 pounds and I hope your using a step down transformer.

 

[imported_vindaloo]

Yep, step down to PC, step up to mains!!

 

[imported_rusty bumper]

I received one of those orbitals from Sears as a gift for detailing a car one time (Before I bought a PC)...It beats anything I could do by hand but it's not in the same class as a PC.