Eastwood Countour SCT burnishing tool review, also consumables from China

[Hybridss]

I made a thread in the fabrication forum regarding the Porter Cable restorer.

http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=350166

The Restorer is a consumer grade burnishing/sanding machine. I bought it at Lowes on sale for $69. I then put it to use building the Bowling Alley workbench.

http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=352270

I got so much use from the little Porter Cable Restorer that I began to consider springing for the cost of a more professional version such as The Eastwood Contour SCT or the Metabo units. Eastwood had a sale on the SCT at $179.00 last week so I bit the bullet. At the same time I ordered some Chinese made consumables to see if they would fit. The Chinese made consumables are MUCH cheaper than either Eastwood or Metabo. I just wasnt sure if they would fit.

Anyways I got everything in over the weekend. Here is the Contour SCT







And here are the Chinese consumables as compared to the Eastwood. These were bought on Amazon from Asia Pacific Construction for $33.69 shipped. One is a 60 grit the other is a 320. You can get large quantities for even cheaper of many different types. I chose just a 2 pack in case they didnt fit.



Now check them out compared to the Eastwood consumables



The Eastwood measure 4x4. The chinese are 4.75 x 4 and still fit the SCT



They do fit the SCT with just the tiniest of clearance from the hand guard.



I will be placing a large order of these things soon.

And between using the Porter Cable Restorer and now playing with the Contour SCT I absolutely LOVE these types of tools.

I plan to use the Restorer on wood or very messy stuff since it has a great shroud and a vacuum port that works perfect.
I plan to use the Contour SCT on metal since it has less shrouding on one side and more power. I will post more on the Contour SCT when I use it on the other half of the Bowling Alley bench and report the differences.

 

[ovrrdrive]

Just got my SCT last week. I absolutely love it. I kind of did the same thing you did with the consumables except I ordered the cheapest Metabo drum I could find on Amazon to see if it would fit. I don't have it yet but after seeing yours fit I have high hopes. The only thing the Eastwood is lacking is a bunch of different types of media to use in it.

 

[Hybridss]

I am pretty confident all the Amazon and Ebay stuff will fit. It appears to be an industry standard. I am also thinking that so many of these are being sold that the options should only grow and competition should increase.

Love these types of tools.

 

[ovrrdrive]

The drum for the metabo works fine. That should open up a whole bunch of new uses for the tool.

On a side note, this thing works wonders for scratched up SS sinks... Not perfect but way better than it was before.

I'm loving this tool. Should have bought one ages ago.

 

[6PTsocket]

I am pretty confident all the Amazon and Ebay stuff will fit. It appears to be an industry standard. I am also thinking that so many of these are being sold that the options should only grow and competition should increase.

Love these types of tools.

It is like biscuit joiners. First there was a $500 Lemello and eventually you could by one from Royobi. The vibrating cutters have gone the same route. The bkades and sanders almost all interchange now. Now if somebody would just knock off the Festiool donino joiner.......

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[Ign]

I'm a cheap ******* and want one at $180 sale, not the $200

There are other knockoffs on eBay for $183. Same?

 

[RPH]

Grizzly has their version on sale at $59.95.
http://www.grizzly.com/products/t25942

 

[Kaizen]

anyone used eastwood's on a car? really interested if it strips paint like they say without heating up the panel

 

[buckwheat_la]

anyone used eastwood's on a car? really interested if it strips paint like they say without heating up the panel

I want to know this too

 

[6PTsocket]

I see Grizzly has a 2 3/8"diameter drum model. Is that the size of the PC?

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[Hybridss]

I see Grizzly has a 2 3/8"diameter drum model. Is that the size of the PC?

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The P&C is a 3 inch OD. The small Grizzly drums would seem to be for finer work.

Also...dont discount the little P&C. I have that one too and it works very well. Especially for a garage guy.

 

[Hybridss]

The drum for the metabo works fine. That should open up a whole bunch of new uses for the tool.

On a side note, this thing works wonders for scratched up SS sinks... Not perfect but way better than it was before.

I'm loving this tool. Should have bought one ages ago.

Very nice.

 

[RockinRivi]

I've been thinking about buying the SCT to strip paint off of an old car project.

Any updates on the SCT?


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[ovrrdrive]

Use mine almost everyday and it's working great. I did buy some of the consumables hybridss talked about in the op and they do work fine. It's a great tool.

 

[6PTsocket]

Grizzly has their version on sale at $59.95.
http://www.grizzly.com/products/t25942

That one probably has it's place, too. It is a lot smaller than the Eastwood, and the consumables are just a few bucks.


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[6PTsocket]

It was the price of consumables that turned me off when I first saw the Eastwood. As those Chinese abrasives just barely fit, they must ave been sized for some tool. Does anbody know what tool they are made for? I usually do my own research and will check ebay and Amazon but any info is appreciated.

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[6PTsocket]

I looked around and found that a lot of people make them, Flex, Satineer, Fein. I also discovered that the 4 x 4 Eastwood size is the most common, they call it 100mm x 100 mm. The Eastwood is inexpensive compared to those other machines but a drum was only 32 bucks after converting from Euros. The shipping would kill that deal. There must be a source for reasonably priced 4 x 4 drums with so many making machines in that size. I think a relatively small market is the only thing keeping the price inflated.

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[RockinRivi]

Woo WHOO!! My very own SCT came in!! haha

I too am a cheap ******* & waited for the $180 price. But then I spent more ($60 [emoji21]) on the super coarse black drum. My goal is to strip 50+ year old paint from my project car.

Should I start a separate thread? Or should I post here?


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[Rickss96]

I looked around and found that a lot of people make them, Flex, Satineer, Fein. I also discovered that the 4 x 4 Eastwood size is the most common, they call it 100mm x 100 mm.

Just looked at the Eastwood website for this tool, and in the answers to one of the questions, some more companies were listed as makers or suppliers of the abrasive rolls to fit this machine: Metabo, CS Unitec, Eisenblatter, and Dynabrade. No doubt these are all more expensive than the chinese suppliers, but they may have some specialized abrasives or polishers that you need.

Also some videos at Eastwood using this tool to remove paint from truck fender, and removing rust from a car frame.

 

[mike758]

I bought one of these for stripping paint when I restored my truck last winter and was extremely disappointed. They are pretty slow and the drums wear out fast. The Eastwood employees claim that they took a car out back and stripped it all down with one drum. On the truck I stripped one fender and the hood, took about 10-12 hours and consumed a whole drum. This was not even on full speed either, about half.

What I found to be the best was the red stripping pads for angle grinders that you buy from harbor freight for $5 each. I stripped the rest of the truck about 3x faster and only used 8, so that ending up costing less then one SCT drum. And I had no issues or damage to the metal from it.

With that said, if anyone wants my sct I'll sell it with 3 drums for $150.

 

[Mohawk Dave]

anyone used eastwood's on a car? really interested if it strips paint like they say without heating up the panel

I want to know this too

I've been thinking about buying the SCT to strip paint off of an old car project.

Any updates on the SCT?


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I bought one a couple weeks ago from my buddy who does killer body work. He used it once and sold it to me for about half price with consumables.

Now, according to him, and the reason he sold it, was that he had to apply too much pressure to thin sheet metal, i.e. roofs, big hoods etc. He said he would be pushing the metal inward hard enough he was afraid of manipulating it. He did say the abrasive paint scraper thing worked good/great when you could apply pressure. He is going to stick with rolocs and DAs for now.

He knows I do heavy metal which of course this thing excels at.

Anyway, that is what he told me. YMMV.

 

[Kaizen]

I bought one a couple weeks ago from my buddy who does killer body work. He used it once and sold it to me for about half price with consumables.

Now, according to him, and the reason he sold it, was that he had to apply too much pressure to thin sheet metal, i.e. roofs, big hoods etc. He said he would be pushing the metal inward hard enough he was afraid of manipulating it. He did say the abrasive paint scraper thing worked good/great when you could apply pressure. He is going to stick with rolocs and DAs for now.

He knows I do heavy metal which of course this thing excels at.

Anyway, that is what he told me. YMMV.

Thanks Dave!

 

[ScottsGT]

These are what they used to repair Delorians with. Old school dent hammers and files and then finished using one of these with a special stainless steel brush.

Oh, and thanks for introducing a new tool I might have to have.

 

[Keyblazer]

I bought one and LOVE it!

Stripping a car with it, but soooo many other uses!

 

[Keyblazer]

Here are some of the jobs I’ve done with it so far...
Old, rusty cast iron drill table...
This took 30 seconds approx inc stopping to take the mid pic!

 

[Keyblazer]

Anyone found a cheaper source for polishing rolls?

 

[RockinRivi]

Anyone found a cheaper source for polishing rolls?

Amazon has the 30 grit stripping drums. That’s what I used to strip my car. Not sure about polishing drums




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[ovrrdrive]

Anyone found a cheaper source for polishing rolls?

I tried one of the generic chinese wheels from Amazon and it fit and worked fine. i also tried a metabo wheel and it fit too. Looks like they're all making them the same. Most likely just making sure they fit metabo.

 

[Keyblazer]

This is the one I want to avoid buying at $50 a pop, its ridiculous...
http://www.eastwood.com/eastwood-contour-sct-buffing-drum.html


You can see from my profile pic why I will get through a few of them!

 

[paesguerra]

Mike, if you still have it, I'll take it for 100!

 

[azkick-n40]

Can someone provide a link to the Generic (Chinese) drums for the Eastwood SCT?

Thank you!
Brian

 

[Mohawk Dave]

Can someone provide a link to the Generic (Chinese) drums for the Eastwood SCT?

Thank you!
Brian

IIRC if they fit Metabo, then they fit Eastwood. I have the Eastwood as well, but haven't had to get new wheels yet.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/6-Pieces-N...406890?hash=item3d50c9ca6a:g:yGkAAMXQPatTIEKq

https://www.ebay.com/itm/2-Non-wove...148206?hash=item361119f6ae:g:p6EAAOSw2xRYhkVo

 

[Keyblazer]

Ordered some of these, and will report back...

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07GCMFMW6/?tag=atomicindus08-20

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07KN6V2P8/?tag=atomicindus08-20