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New 'Foot' for Parkside PSS 310 Sander

Wood Pigeon

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The original 'foot' on my sander, bought in 2004, rotted from age.
No replacements are available for this 310 Watt machine. So I took an old Mouse Pad (...remember when computers had a mouse?), and some cork road bedding for my model railway, and made a new one using contact cement for shoe repair.

At first it had a slight dip in the middle of the foot, so I marked the dip with a pencil X, and then sat it on my Einhell table belt sander / disc sander for a minute or two until my pencil X was gone. Now she is flat as new. 😁

Parkside PSS 310 Sander.jpg

Another thing saved from landing in the bin! By the way, Parkside is the power tool brand of the German discounter 'Lidl', but they do have a spare parts hotline for newer articles.

Charles — The Wood Pigeon 🕊️
 
Wood Pigeon said:
The original 'foot' on my sander, bought in 2004, rotted from age.
No replacements are available for this 310 Watt machine. So I took an old Mouse Pad (...remember when computers had a mouse?), and some cork road bedding for my model railway, and made a new one using contact cement for shoe repair.

At first it had a slight dip in the middle of the foot, so I marked the dip with a pencil X, and then sat it on my Einhell table belt sander / disc sander for a minute or two until my pencil X was gone. Now she is flat as new. 😁

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Another thing saved from landing in the bin! By the way, Parkside is the power tool brand of the German discounter 'Lidl', but they do have a spare parts hotline for newer articles.

Charles — The Wood Pigeon 🕊️
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Nice fix! Lots of folk over here are very familiar with the 'Parkside' brand from Lidl (I do a load of shopping there each week) and speak very favourably about it; years ago when I worked for Axminster Tools, one of the chaps who knew his stuff mentioned that Parkside gear, (for the price it was offered at in store), was pretty good - Rob
 
I've a few bits and pieces of the Parkside/Lidl tool range - hand and power. When I get a leaflet of what may be due in stores on X date I'll mention in the two forums I'm on.

The last posting received some 'appreciation' here but in the other the 1st comment by a member was in respect of their store having a new setup of self service tills and no staff around... so he walked out having put the goods on a till belt. That lead to others making similar comments about use of self service tills or not. And an odd comment about the 'perceived' quality re price against other makes. 'Nuff said...

I know where not to give any heads up re Parkside toolery 😎
 
I wonder what company is behind the manufacturer of Parkside Tools?
 
Few years ago when my Makita drill packed up I went for the Parkside 20v model. As a hobbyist in current circumstances could no longer afford the big name brands. Have to say it has been excellent, has a proper metal chuck and has had hard DIY use with no issues.

Since then, I've added more tools and more batteries they're not all as good as each other but one battery platform is very convenient. I think the current list is: drill/driver(good), ROS(good), jigsaw(poor), heat gun(OK), chainsaw(good), multitool(good) and just ordered impact wrench off ebay!
 
Repairing, recycling and reusing is truly honourable but restoring ' disposable ' tools takes it to another level.
Well done.
We've had so many break- ins that I've resigned myself to cheap tools as the scumbags make a beeline for the big brand items
 
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Cheap machinery is not always cheaply built. Take for example the sewing machine industry: Most all of the machines from the 100 € ALDI specials, all the way up through the luxury brands like Elna, Jarome, Husquvarna, and so forth, are all OEM production, mainly from one manufacturer 'Tiawan Fang Hung Ltd & Co.' This also explains the many look a like models on the market, and various precision parts stamped with the letter 'F' in italics.
 
Yes I have a few machines- the no name is actually a Toyota underneath.
Not sure about the Brother but it is very resilient.
The exception with power tools in my regrettable experience ,I'm sorry to say is Einhell.
I have a 40 yr old bench grinder from them which has been excellent but the latest red plastic stuff has so far been junk that barely made it past the warranty - as I could write a horror story about that tablesaw....
 
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