do you have to take off the hook and loop pad to use regular sandpaper sheets
866966
No. Like the others have said, the paper just rests on the pad and is held from end to end. Works fine.
866967
No. You can leave the hook and loop pad on and use the regular sandpaper. I would recommend purchasing a punch plate to be able to use your shopvac with the regular sandpaper.
866968
no you do not have to take off the h&l pad, it is very firm and gives a great finish with all grids. I strongly recommend the sander. cheers
866969
no you do not have to take off the h&l; pad, it is very firm and gives a great finish with all grids. I strongly recommend the sander. cheers
1229712
Yes, the pad is a velcro pad- called hook and loop in the item name. Not too difficult to change and since the last one lasted many sanding i am expecting good service life from this replacement pad.
1581924
I didn't use it with sandpaper function. It woks very good with knife-blade to remove old carpet and with blades to cut wood (when laminate has to go under doors). The problem I have with this Chicago tool - it becomes harder and harder switch it on after 3 weeks of use.
2252399
no. but we only use hook and loop. We either buy the backup pad(at O'Reillys Auto parts store, for $15.00) Or we buy a roll of industrial strength velcro at any store and put it on the pad that comes with the polisher. Hope this helps.
2185654
If you want to use sheets of sandpaper get a square palm sander. they are made for tearing sheets into 1/4s and have clips to hold it.
185994
If you are talking about the sand paper staying on pad, they do stay on very well. If you are talking about the hook and loop piece that is attached to the sanding pad, it does tend to peel on the edges. I don't have any reference with the Porter Cable one but i suspect they all use an adhesive to attach the hook and loop to the rubber and that will fail on the edges with all the oscillation. Does the Porter Cable come completely unglued or just at the edges?
1691206
You don't have to but might want to. We use our regular king sheets and so long as you don't have the two sides in too different of positions then you're fine.
1545406
Yes one side (replaceable sandpaper) is felt the other (sanding pad)is the hook side.
299390
I never used them.(straps).Most of the tools I hang up have a large loop or hole and the hanger does not hang up when I remove it. I suppose you could use the straps to the tools that you use most often or that bind when you remove them.
954534
I don't think it was. After I purchase two of them, first thing I did was recut the 6" sand pad down to 5" then I believe I added a 4" wide piece of velcro. Instead of buying new pad every time the velcro wear out on our sanders, we just add new velcro---4" wide velcro roll can be picked up for the cost of two new sanding pads--Much cheaper way to go when if you have a lot of sanders in the shop.
373187
Hello, I dont have this particular brand, but Im thinking in buying one, I bought the adhesive sandpaper and had that problem of being diffucult to get it out, but I had this idea to put some BABY POWDER before putting it to the sander , it works great.
593440
No, but you can put twin sheets on it. I have owned these pads for a couple years now and they are still in good shape. The grandkids sleep on them, jump on them, and build forts with them and they have held up well. Just wish they had a handle for easier transport.
2123109
tried other brand hook and loop. had no problem. seems as if it is just the bosch paper. yes i did buy other bosch paper to check it out, same resalts, would not stay on sanding disk
295421
We change out the pad and use a Hook and Loop (Velcro) pad and sandpaper with a hook and loop backing. This does not work with the dust pick up.
843586
Hi Floyd, the sheet feeder is easily removed and I just plotted a drawing from the roll with the sheet feeder removed. Hence, the answer to your question is yes.
574786
Yes. The startup kit includes the covers and combs to do just that. The number of sheets you can bind depends on the comb size you select. I have done small projects like your 20 - 50 sheet one as well as larger ones up to 350 or so sheets of 24# paper plus covers.
1134752
I did use a regular sheet over the pad that came with it. The sheet was a little big, but tucked in nicely underneath the pad so it didn't seem loose and didn't bunch up.