[s-cars] Polisher Recommendations Sought

[Bob Rossato]

> I get to choose my own Father's Day gift!  So I am in the market
> for a good
> polisher (I have given up on my Wal-Mart orbital special which
> bogs down when
> any pressure is put on it).
>
> Looking at the Griot catalog, they sell the Porter Cable orbital polisher,
> but at a price which I believe is excessively marked up.
>
> Are there other options to this unit (Makita, Milwaukee, etc.) and who has
> the best prices (possibly for the P-C if that is the consensus
> for being the
> best unit)?
>
> TIA,
>
> Mike Bess
> '95 S6

You can get the Porter Cable polisher a lot cheaper at the better hardware
stores.  I bought one last year at Coastal Tool here in CT for about $110,
though I haven't had a chance to try it out yet.  It doesn't come with the
same pads as the Griots but you can pick those up separately.  Coastal Tool
sells on the web as well, www.coastaltool.com.  There are also other web
based tool/hardware stores that should carry it.

Bob