| | |  | Dewalt | Home » » » DEWALT D26451K Corded 3 Amp 5-Inch Random Orbit Sander with Cloth Dust Bag | | | | | | | Description: | | Built to deliver smooth, clean finishes, the DEWALT 5-Inch Random-Orbit Sander features DEWALT's trademarked Controlled Finishing System along with a 3.0 amp motor and an easy-to-control body with textured grips. A dust bag that helps keep your work space clean, a sealed-switch, and sealed ball bearings round out the sander's durable design. | 5-Inch Random-Orbit Sander
At a Glance:- 3.0 amp motor delivers 12,000 opm for smooth finishes
- Lightweight, anti-vibration design with textured grips for excellent control
- Trademarked Controlled Finishing System prevents gouging at startup
- Utilizes 5-inch, 8-hole hook and loop abrasive papers
- Includes durable dust bag
- Three-year limited warranty, one-year free service, 90-day money back guarantee
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This orbit sander has a powerful 3.0 amp motor and comes in durable kit bag.
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Controlled Finishing System for Smooth Results
This sander's 3.0 amp motor delivers 12,000 opm, a sanding speed that's ideal for creating smooth finishes on a variety of work pieces. Its random-orbit motion and 3/32-inch orbit prevent unsightly swirls while allowing for significant material removal. The DEWALT Controlled Finishing System (CFS) controls pad speed and minimizes gouging during start up, contributing to clean, consistent finished surfaces.Since achieving a great finish is also about how well you're able to control your sander, this tool features a textured anti-slip top and body grip. This keeps you comfortable during extended periods of use and allows for excellent control--no matter how tough the job at hand is. The sander also features a dual-plane counter-balanced fan that improves handling and works to reduce user fatigue, and it weighs in at an easy-to-maneuver 3.4 pounds. Durable, Versatile Design and Quick Disk Changes
Sanding produces a lot of dust, which can be hard on electronic and mechanical tool parts over time. This orbital sander's dust-sealed switch and sealed 100 percent ball-bearing construction combine to keep dust and debris away from critical components and ensure a longer tool life. For added convenience, the sander accepts 5-inch, 8-hole hook and loop abrasive paper. This setup allows sanding disks to be switched back and forth quickly and easily, so you never have to choose between maintaining an efficient workflow and utilizing the perfect grit. Convenient, Integrated Dust Management
Dust management is critical when performing sanding and stripping tasks, and DEWALT has it covered with a high capacity dust bag. This bag features a built-in vacuum adapter, so you can choose to utilize it with or without a shop vac or an extractor based on where you are and what applications you tackle most. This 5-Inch Random-Orbit Sander comes with a DEWALT warranty package that includes a three-year limited warranty, a one-year free service contract, and a 90-day money back guarantee. What's in the Box
D26451K DEWALT 5-Inch Random-Orbit Sander, dust bag with vacuum adapter, and dust bag.
| | | Features: | |
• 3-amp motor operates at 12,000 opm, providing ideal sanding speed for smooth finish
• Textured anti-slip top and body grip provide ultimate comfort and control during use
• Controlled Finishing System maintains controllable pad speed and minimizes gouging during start up
• Dust-sealed switch protects against dust ingestion for longer switch life
• High-capacity dust bag with built-in vacuum adapter provides maximum dust collection with or with out a vacuum
| | | Product Details: | | | Product Length:
| 9.5 inches | | Product Width:
| 13.0 inches | | Product Height:
| 6.75 inches | | Product Weight:
| 4.0 pounds | | Package Length:
| 9.6 inches | | Package Width:
| 8.1 inches | | Package Height:
| 6.5 inches | | Package Weight:
| 5.2 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 76 reviews |
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139 of 143 found the following review helpful:
 Whole House SanderDec 26, 2005
By Daniel J. Parlagreco
"Pit Boss"
I used one of these sanders to remove heavy textured paint from the plaster walls of my 1890's Victorian in Maryland. This involved sanding every inch of a 3000 square foot house with heavy grit (60 grit) paper over a three month period. I estimate that I ran this unit for over 30 hours a week for the entire three months without a break. I still have it and it works fine.
The unit has a couple of problems that I noted over time:
1. The dust collector is cloth over a steel spring that tears where the cloth meets the hard plastic base of the dust collection bag.
2. The pad that accepts the hook-and-loop paper sometimes tears when removing the paper. This is easily replaced, but isn't cheap to do.
3. While the dust collector works pretty well (until it tears, that is), it is small and you have to stop work often to empty it. This is not a problem with the small jobs I use it on now, but it was annoying when I was sanding the walls.
4. Paper is costly and you will have to be careful of which brand you buy. There are some sanders with just 4 dust collection holes, while this one has I think 8, so you need to buy the paper that is right for the sander. They do sell it in 25 sheet packs, which cuts down on the cost. We used about 10 such packs, each costing about $10 to $15 at the big box store near us.
One final bit of advise: Always wear a resperator or face mask when sanding paint. Safety glasses are a must too.
72 of 74 found the following review helpful:
Tough little sanderOct 13, 2006
By Reviewer
before this unit, I had an off-brand $30 4" square pad sander that I used to polish the intake manifold on my car. It burned out after probably less than 40 hours of use.
I bought this sander as a replacement when I bought a house and decided to refinish the wood floors. I rented a drum sander to remove the bulk of the old finish, but I had to trace around the edge of all the rooms to remove the material. I bought this sander for $69 at Lowes and about 20 sheets of 40 grit paper, and this little sucker hummed away for hours and knocked out all the excess finish.
After about a week of walking over the exposed wood, painting walls, and moving scaffolding, I had to do a once-over on the wood to clean it up. I hit the whole floor (about 500 sq. ft.) with 60 grit, then did it again with 100 grit. This little sander cleaned it up beautifully, and I was surprised that it ran under heavy cyclic loading for about 5 hours without a hiccup. My knees didn't do as well.
I'm glad I bought it and expect that it will withstand many more hours of continued abuse.
Edit 7/15/2011: So I've owned this sander since October of 2006, and I'm happy to say that it has had years of heavy use now. I just refinished my kitchen floor with it! I used a vacuum adapter to connect it to my shop vac as I was reluctant to pull a drum sander into the small space. Kitchen is about 150 ft^2, it did wonderfully well, and I minimized the dust with the shop vac attachment. Very happy with this sander.
42 of 44 found the following review helpful:
I love this sander, it is unstoppableApr 05, 2007
By J. quinby
I love this sander. Next to my Bosch "Sawz-all" this is my favorite power tool. I have used it on prejects that range from sanding the body work on my race bike to sanding the plaster walls in our 1903 Craftsman house to sanding woodworking projects. This sander is built to last and can be used as hard as you want. The only comments I do have is 1) you need to be careful when remmoving the sandpaper from the hook and loop disc, it is best to pull the sandpaper off in a direction that is parallel to the surface of the pad, basically pulling the sandpaper back over itself. If you pull it off perpendicular to the surface of the pad, the hook and loop pad tends to pull apart. 2) The hook and loop pad tends to get chewed up if you are not careful about replacing worn sandpaper. But that said, after almost three years of hard use mine is still on it's first hook and loop pad and is now more like a 4.5inch sander than a 5inch sander.....time to replace it.
15 of 15 found the following review helpful:
One of the best woodworking tools I have ever boughtDec 02, 2008
By zeeway
DEWALT D26451K 3 Amp 5-Inch Random Orbit Sander with Cloth Dust Bag
Well, my old 1/4 sheet sander finally died, and I decided to go with the DeWalt random orbital sander, based on the mainly-good reviews. Let me tell you, I am blown away by how well this thing works. I am finish sanding several pine chests I am making, and the DeWalt sander is doing a beautiful job. I started with 120 grit paper, and then went right to 220 grit - great job. I had some 150 grit, but decided to skip that when I saw how good the finish was from the 120 grit.
This sander goes with the grain, across the grain, whichever way you want it and does an excellent job. Most of my sanding was on flat surfaces, which made life a lot easier, but I also sanded a rounded-top treasure chest I am making, and it did a great job on that, too.
The sander is not too heavy, and the vibration is well balanced, so my hand did not fall off after three hours of sanding. Yes, the sandpaper discs are somewhat expensive, but when you factor in how well and fast this thing works, it may be a wash. The cloth bag also did a reasonable job catching the dust.
Can you tell I am very happy with this sander?
14 of 14 found the following review helpful:
What A Sander Should BeJan 23, 2008
By Stanley J. Radzewicz
"radzewicz"
Yeah, this is the definately sander to own (or equivalently the PC brand, which is also good).
Aside from the effectiveness of the machine itself as a sander, I truly appreciate the instant ease of changing the sanding discs. Too many times I've changed from 60 grit to 100 grit to 180 grit and then need to go back to the 100 or 60 again. Presto chango! Just remove the current disc and use the old 100 disc again.
This sander is not wasteful like the quarter sheet sanders, where you only get one use from the paper, these sanding discs can be used and reused many, many times and always stay tight on the sander. The discs do not tear or crease when you remove them, there's no sticky mess or clamping gymnastics, the hook and loop attach lets you change and rechange discs instantly with ease-ease-ease. This aspect alone has revised my entire philosophy of machine sanding.
And those discs do last forever. So maybe they cost a bit more up front but you can save them and get every bit of use out of them by reusing and reusing and reusing them until they are totally depleted. Definately worth the extra cost which can also be moderated by buying in bulk from a discount supplier. I keep my used discs in a 5 1/4 floppy disk strorage box, fits perfectly and prevents curling.
One criticism of the unit though, the "rubber" base pad does not last forever, mine just plain disintergrated after about four years and I had to replace it for about $20. But even though I grumbled about that I'm still very keen on this sander.
Also, I have the older model with the plastic dust collector which I think was better than the cloth bag.
In short, its the best, and most cost effective, sanding investment I ever made and I should have bought one of these years before.
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