| Review by pashley | posted 1795 days ago | 2701 views | 0 times favorited | 10 comments |  |
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- Bosch ROS20VSK
- Brand: Bosch | Category: Sanders
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I was smitten with this little baby the first minute using it. I have gone thru three finish sanders; a cheapy from Harbor Freight, a Porter Cable, and most recently, a Craftsman, after only about a year.
My wife said, “Why don’t you buy the best one, since you do so much sanding?” – which made sense. So, I did some research, including a recent FWW article, and decided on this Bosch. I paid about $70 at Lowe’s.
As I said, right after starting ‘er up, I was smitten. Vibration is very low; sawdust, just with the on-board filter, is next to zero. The random oscillation of the pad is so fine, you can get right up close to a right-angle (for instance, sanding a rabbet), and it won’t hit the wood on the side and bounce wildly off – you can almost use it as a detail sander! It’s also pretty quiet. Stock removal is very good.
It uses 5” 8 hole sanding discs.
Do I dare say sanding is actually a pleasure now?
-- Have a blessed day!
10 comments so far
teenagewoodworker
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#1 posted 1795 days ago
sounds cool! i have a b&D. it works alright but from your description the Bosch outperforms it in every category! thanks for the review
WayneC
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#2 posted 1795 days ago
Nice. Is it possible to hook it up to a vacume in place of the filter?
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gizmodyne
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#3 posted 1795 days ago
I agree. It is a nice ROS. Wayne I hook mine up to my vac via an extra adapter(around $10). The back of the sander is a rectangle. Performs much better with the vac.
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pashley
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#4 posted 1795 days ago
Yes, you can hook up a vacuum, per the previous comment. I should try it.
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Scott Bryan
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#5 posted 1795 days ago
This is a nice review. Thanks for the info on the sander.
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Beginningwoodworker
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#6 posted 1615 days ago
I am looking at getting the same ROS!
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perpetual_novice
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#7 posted 1588 days ago
I bought one these this weekend. I LOVE it. After my first run, I was shone a bright industrial light from one side and tried as hard as I could to find scratch marks from a 220 grit and I couldn’t find one. Just amazing.
The dust collection stunned me, seriously, NO DUST, the only way I could find dust was to run my hand over the piece. That was without a vacuum attached. I am of course a novice, but I feel as though I finally got a tool that completely exceeded my expectations. More exciting than my grizzly table saw or my incra wonder fence. I guess that makes me a simple man, but my finishes on those pieces of cherry are looking sweet.
Still can’t align my tablesaw blade and and wonderfence:(
builtinabarn
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#8 posted 1469 days ago
I just purchased this sander also. By Far, one of the best palm sanders I have ever had. I agree with “pashley” on this review…...incredible sander.
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a1Jim
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#9 posted 1469 days ago
Good reveiw I’m tempted but I already have 6 roa s
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John Gray
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#10 posted 1428 days ago
Has anyone used the Bosch 2605510132 adapter on this sander and if so please post your comments. I’ve added links for 3 different sander adapters, comments on any or all?
http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B0009H5L5I/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&condition=new
PS – The other adapters are shown in/on the above link.
Thanks,
John
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