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SAND EVERY EDGE EASILY

Festool launches its new ES-ETS 125/ES-ETSC 125 edge sander

KBB installers and other tradespeople are all too familiar with the scenario of laborious, time-consuming sanding using a sanding block, sanding through edges and resurfacing edges. A thankless task and hardly profitable. Every edge is different: it can be sawn, routed and is sometimes untreated or painted. To sand edges as easily and effectively as possible, Festool has launched a versatile mobile edge sander.

"Our new edge sander eliminates the need to manual edge sand. Many people use a hand-sanding block to sand edges and although this is cheap, it is time-consuming which costs money, it also produces a lot of dust and is prone to flaws," explains product manager Simon Gröger at Festool.

"Until now many have used an eccentric sander, belt sander or orbital sander. However, this requires skill and expertise, as more aggressive machine sanding can cause the edge to be sanded through or rounded when tipping over. And this usually requires many finishing steps, such as repeated priming or filling," added Simon Gröger.

Festool’s new edge sander is ideal for sanding solid wood as well as for intermediate sanding of paint and filler, for all edge finishing work and for trimming edges with any materials or coating.

"We developed the new edge sander so that even from the first application, there is no more tipping over on the edge or sanding through. Compared to edge sanding with a hand-sanding block, time savings of up to 50% can be achieved. Simply open the new Systainer³, take out the edge sander, position it on the edge and get started – quickly, effectively and faultlessly," explains product manager Gröger. The edge sander makes it possible to sand every type of edge, no matter what it looks like: Whether the edge is straight or curved, untreated or painted, perpendicular or at an angle (from 43° to 92°), whether the workpiece is small, large or bulky, narrow or wide (from 5 to 60 mm) – with the new edge sander, all edges can be sanded perfectly. Even external curves on the outline, e.g. on a round dining table, through to inner corners are possible.

Sophisticated – right down to the smallest detail

The angle adjustment also makes the new edge sander incredibly versatile. This feature enables even free angles to be copied and locked without tools. For the utmost precision, there is an angle display which can be calibrated. Gröger explains, "We have designed the new edge sander with two different sanding settings: In Hard mode, in other words in the setting for pre- sanding, the edge is sanded according to the set angle. In Soft mode – in other words in the setting for intermediate sanding, the edge sander adapts precisely to the surface to be sanded," For many years now, Festool has been focusing on protecting users' health with each new product developed. Against this background, virtually dust- free sanding is of course also possible with the new edge sander: Either using integral dust extraction with a dust bag or in conjunction with a mobile dust extractor.

You can find further information at:

www.festool.co.uk