Thread: DA Sander?

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Originally Posted by Dave Severson

I like the Dura-Bloc sanders. They sell a reasonably priced package of different sizes and configurations, and they also sell them individually. There are some better and much more expensive, too. Guess it depends on how much you're going to use them and how much you want to spend....

On the DA's, the air one's are made with different stroke lengths, too. I have a very short stroke Dynabrade DA that is my pride and joy!!! At low speeds and the correct pressure it does a fantastic job and requires less time with the hand blocks... When you get old and crippled up in the back, neck, arms, and hands it makes a big difference how much time you have to spend hand blocking!!!!

Dave which stroke length 3/8, 3/16 or 3/32?

Well after tons of advice and a lot of thought I started bidding on a used 6" Dynabrade sander with a 3/16" orbit. Every auction would reach the 90 to 100 dollar mark which seemed way to much for a used sander, some of which were fairly beat up. Something about what Dave said, his Dynabrade being nice for old tired arms rang a bell with me, so I found a new one with no reserve and bid on it. I won that earlier this week, 87.00 in the last 30 seconds jumped to 118 but will be worth it in the end(these go for 199-250 new depending where you look), as I plan on doing lots of body work and probably will have more projects in the future.