Harbor Freight Bauer SCT review
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- čas přidán 6. 09. 2024
- Finally got one of the new Bauer Surface conditioning tools. New toy for the car... The price has increased to $149.
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I bought one of these for my project and love it. For my purposes, the Black 40 Grit seemed to work the best and using gravity and the weight of the tool seemed to produce the best results. Great video on this tool. John
Awesome. I wouldn't be without mine now that I have it. I have to make an update on it for some new stuff for it. The other drums are really for stuff like stainless steel and blending welds. I wish someone made the purple wheel for them as they last longer than the black ones.
this looks to be one of those tools that I just need to own. I don’t do much body work if any, but still, never anything wrong with having an extra tool. Thanks for the nice review.
It will come in handy for other projects too not just for cars. Technically it's a metalworking tool but it's handy for cars too.
Welders too
Good review and nice job on that rotisserie too.
Bought one yesterday it's a must have tool if your doing bodywork or refinishing. I'm totally hooked on this Harbor Freight Gem 💎 of a Tool 🔧👌🏼
Awesome. Mine gave me a workout on the roof today. Pic in the community tab.
I’m sold. Going to pick one up tonight. Couldn’t stomach the cost from other, but this seems just right. Thanks for the great review👍
Awesome. It is saving me a ton of time already not to mention electricity by not abrasive blasting everything.
I was literally about to buy the expensive one, great video thanks ! I had no idea HF has this 👍🏻
Awesome. I am still just as happy with mine today as the day I bought it. No complaints.
@@theinfernalcraftsman just picked on up on sale, plus got 15% off , haven't used it yet but this thing seems pretty badass, thanks again!
@@theinfernalcraftsman hey could you tell me what those two long skinny pieces that come in the Allen wrench bag are ?
@@johnmartin5153 They are the keys that go in the shaft. You can put them in the shaft then slide the wheel on or slide them in after putting the wheel on. Some attachments don't use the keys so they have to be removable.
@@theinfernalcraftsman ok thanks. I used the black stripping drum today without them on and it worked great. That drum must not need them.
Great video, was looking at this tool for my VW bus restore. I would recommend a respirator when making fine particles though.
When I am using it I wear a tyvek suit and a good mask. The dust is fine and really messy but it works great...
Hi Robert. Found you thru watching Barry. Great review. I’m just going to start the body work and this tool looks like the way to go for the initial stripping on the panels. I did the underside already (assorted wire wheels and gobs of time). Thanks for sharing.
Awesome and thanks. I wanted to try out the nylon bristle brush as I think it will work better but I wanted to get a video out and not spend anymore $ at the same time... :)
Thank you
Its the exact same tool as the Eastwood sct only cheaper with a shorter warranty but you can buy a warranty from HFT I bought one and I like it a lot it won't fit every where but for large panels it works great and HFT and Amazon has some of the drums at a more affordable price.
You gosh darn Infernal Craftsman (said in my Yosemite Sam horrible impersonation voice!)!
Great video....TOO great of one actually lol. I had a mobile detailing business so I knew quite a few companies that had polishers. Occasionally I would have to polish out some metal and I would just use my paint polishing DA and pads. I knew there had to be a more job specific tool. I started researching and soon my attention was drawn to the "East" and "wood" you lookie there (LOL since were aren't mentioning the competition)! There it was. The tool of my dreams and my dream were rich too! So went to where rich dream get introduced to reality, the HF!
I did a lot research since the beginning of the year of this tool from them, and it seems to be IDENTICAL! Except for the color and the addition of 2 polishing wheels (3 total) that is. Just a great tool! I tell all I can about it. I've ordered some polishing wheels to polished out some aluminum amplifier heat sinks I have for sell. I'm sure I WILL NOT be let down.
Thank you for the post once again! I look forward to see more from you!
Check out Empire Abrasives for more wheels and polishing wheels. Would be great for polishing bumpers etc.
Good review.
Thanks. The tool is even better the more I use it.
Does the Eastwood drums fit this
Yes Eastwood uses the same drums they are industry standard drums. Also available from Empire abrasives and many on amazon as well. www.empireabrasives.com/sanding-drums/
You put the handle on backwards. You'll get more pressure with it flipped.
You are correct but in my application the handle to the front gets in the way and you want very little pressure on automotive sheet metal because it's thin and flexible and pushing hard creates heat and will warp panels.
Already gone up 20 dollars.
Yup it went up about two weeks after it was released. Once they saw how fast they were selling the price went up. Has allot of uses in many fields.
The wheels are circa $12 a piece at HF
Yup they listed them after I did the video. Good price on them as well and the black stripping wheel is $25 which is the same as amazon and the other two wheels are priced cheaper than amazon. Hopefully they will get them in the stores soon so I can pick up spares.
You mentioned initially you had the machine at half speed. Is that where you kept it when you stripped the bottom of the car or did you turn the speed up? Are you still using the first black wheel or did it finally get used up?
I left it at half speed. I ran it a little faster on some areas to test but if you run it too fast and stay in one spot too long it will melt the paint and make it gummy and more of a mess to remove. I still have some usable abrasive on my wheel. Doing the bottom of the car shreds more because of all the sharp edges. If you are doing the regular body panels they will last longer. I would guess 2 maybe 3 to do a whole car. Just depends on how much and what kind of paint and how you use the tool. I can make grinding discs disappear fast and not remove much. But I can be easy on them and get allot more work out of them .
The only part I still need to strip is the trunk lid and I will have more than enough left for it.
Your handle is backwards Sir 👍
I tried it both ways and it was getting in the way the other way and it was more comfortable with it pointing back. If I were putting allot of pressure on the tool then it would be much better the other way. One of those things like a grinder handle, just put it where it works for you.
Could this be used on wood provided you were gentle with it?
It could be. You can get a drum sander attachment for it. You can also use the brushes on wood as well but they will leave a worn look to the wood as it will remove the soft areas and leave the harder grainlines proud. But if you want to keep a board flat with the drum attachment it's not going to happen. Better off with a belt sander for that.
I have heavy rust to remove how does it do on it?what drum would I need to remove heavy rust
If you have heavy flakey rust I would knock as much off by scraping or chipping etc then the lack poly abrasive wheel would be the one I would start with. I wish the purple one as made for these tools but so far no one makes one.
@@theinfernalcraftsman this is surface rust from where the pickup truck set with no paint on it is not flaky by any means.. but it is pretty heavy surface rust
@@tracymawer6980 The black "poly abrasive" wheel would work the best on the surface rust. The trick with any wheel of that material is not to hit edges and sharp areas like holes in the sheet metal as they are like a cheese grader and will ruin a wheel quickly. Paint is surprisingly harder to remove than surface rust because it gums up when it gets hot.
@@theinfernalcraftsman thank you our harbor freight is out of stock I'll get one as soon as they get them back in
@@tracymawer6980 I'm happy with mine though I need to get another wheel for mine. Wish I got a cut from HF for all the tools I helped them sell...
I bought a Porter Cable version a few yrs back. Can't find replacement disk. Anybody know if these pads are universal
I am familiar with that one it's made by restorer and is sold under several bands. Summit,Craftsman,proter cable among other names. Here is their website. www.restorertools.com Unfortunately they use a smaller drum than the standard size the commercial tools use.
@@theinfernalcraftsman thanks
Drums are like 15-20 at harbor freight
At the time of filming they were not available and had no pricing. The red or yellow one is $15 and the black is $29 now that they are available. They also raised the price of the tool by $20 as they were selling very well.
@@theinfernalcraftsman yeah just got mine today price was $150 out of Ky
Manufacturer laughing all the way to bank due to lockin on the media.
I'm happy they made a tool that I wanted that was well made and at a reasonable price. I wouldn't be without it on any future projects.