Electric Planers, Sanders & Polishers

Easy sanding experience

Advantages: Easy to use. Good for hard to reach places
Disadvantages: Needs more attachments

From time to time i get to help out with a few D.I.Y jobs for other people. I recently had the chance to use this sweet little sander. I found it easy to use, leaving a very professional finish. The sander costs around £96 with VAT and i recommend it to anyone requiring a good value for monay and easy to use electric sander. It as a variable speed control offering 14,000-22,000 rotations per minute (22,000 - 44,000 opm) and a large orbit size giving ...
...as a 360 degree rotating base plate for improved access to those hard to reach places. This offers a uniformed wearing on the sanding sheets again improving the life span of your sanding sheets. With integrated extraction or external dust extraction on offer the sander gives good performance and a smooth finish. This i would imagine as got to help the life span of the sanding sheets you use. Easy to use interchangable quick fit sanding pad, with ...

nath914 30.06.2009 · Read full review
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Fancy a bit of DIY?

Advantages: Lightweight, easy to use, extract bag provided
Disadvantages: Watch your fingers!

...trimming! I spotted the Bosch PHO1 500W Planer on the shelf. It looked small and neat and came complete with dustbag (which is really important if you want to minimise the mess!). It cost less than £40 and, given that I was planning to use it for six doors, I reasoned that at just over £6 per door to get a good finish it was going to be cheaper than getting in another builder to do the job for me! Sorry about the logic but that it how I always justify ...
...I have had other Bosch tools in the past and found them to be very reliable so I was confident making this purchase. The technical information for those interested in the details are as follows: Rated input power - 500W Output power - 250W No-load speed - 19,000 rpm Planing depth - 0 - 1.5mm Rebating depth - 0 - 8mm Planer width - 82mm max Weight - 2Kg Given that I only wanted it for light use this seemed very adequate for my needs and it ...

laramax 15.12.2006 · Read full review
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Review of Bosch PHO 1 - 500 Watt Planer