Date: 1/14/2003, 3:11 pm
I've called Porter Cable twice today, and am convinced now that the product description at Amazon.com - both from Amazon's own reviewer, and also from the Manufacturer - is wrong. Here are two quotes from Amazon -
from the official Amazon review:
"...but here's the smartest thing Porter-Cable did with this little gem: a pad brake will immediately slow the revolutions to 400 per minute when the unit is lifted off the work surface."
...and from the Manufacturer's description also at Amazon:
"The pad does not start to spin at full speed until after it contacts the work surface, preventing gouging and swirl marks."
But, looking at Porter Cable's website product description, there is mention of "pad control" only in that it prevents spin-up, but nothing suggesting that the sander's RPM's cut back when lifted off the work surface. To quote directly, "Pad control feature prevents pad spin-up when tool is lifted off work".
And the final authority, I suppose, is Tim, who works in P.C.'s repair department, and has worked in these sanders for a year and a half. He says he's never heard of such a feature on any of their sanders, and says Amazon must have been mixing up products when they wrote their review.
So, Mark and Timothy are correct - "pad control" simply means that spinup is prevented; that feature works as advertised. It still seems like a fine little sander even without the imaginary feature described on Amazon. I'm keeping it!
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Kurt Loup, Baton Rouge -- 1/14/2003, 12:01 pm
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Mark Rakestraw in upstate NY -- 1/14/2003, 11:00 am- Re: Tools: Porter Cable 333VS - it's okay
Peter Lyons -- 1/14/2003, 3:11 pm- Re: Tools: Porter Cable 333VS - it's okay
John D. -- 1/14/2003, 4:44 pm- Re: Tools: Porter Cable 333VS - it's okay
Peter Lyons -- 1/14/2003, 5:41 pm- Re: Tools: Porter Cable 333VS - it's okay
Dave E -- 1/15/2003, 9:35 am
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