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Harrellbenjamin.

Im happy you brought this sander to light, Ive been looking at this particular sander for well over a year, It looks perfect except its pad measures 3 and 1/8" not 3", I would buy this tomorrow if you could convince me that 3" pads would work or you had some other idea for getting around the pad size problem.

Metabo makes good buffers with good warranties and the online price is right,
Ive tried to find this Metabo at local Metabo suppliers and we have many but they never seem to carry it, Id be happy to pay much more locally if I could feel and touch it sooner than buy online, I like to support my local economy whenever possible.

I would like to own this tool if you could get over that last hurdle, Im up for all and any suggestions, maybe Im making too much out of this 1/8".

I want to use it for sanding and polishing with 3M waffle pads.
Im not sure if it would make sense to buy 5" sanding pads and cut them down, and maybe a 3" waffle pad still might be OK, they are pretty thick.

Again Thankyou.