Eastwood Contour SCT

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chevy_power427

I have seen an ad in a magazine for Eastwood's contour SCT tool. It's a tool designed to strip paint and clean steel.

http://www.eastwood.com/eastwood-contour-sct.html

It looks interesting, it just came out. What do you guys think, could it be a tool that could be useful or will just end up in a locker gathering dust. Quality wise, I'm not too sure about it, it is made in China.
 
Eastwood has a lot of cool niche tools and products, but their prices are way high. Especially the stuff that's repainted Harbor Freight at three times the cost! Only thing I've ever found a decent deal is the bench buffer wheels and comoupnds.
 
Not an Eastwood fan but that tool looks usable.

Maybe not a one does all but it looks like a good addition to my current paint stripping tools. I can't always blast everything.
 
I was at Mike Phillips shop in PA for a seminar a couple of weeks ago and he had several of those tools there. (He does work for Eastwood making technical videos) One guy in the Shop loved it. Said it really sped up stripping stuff like fenders hoods etc. The drums are like 60 bucks if I recall, but last decently. Have to be careful with sharp edges which will eat the drum up. I tried it, don't think I'll get one as I'm just not a very big fan of Eastwood.
 
$60 for a new paint stripping drum is outrageous, I think they count on guys impulse buying the tool, then feeling stuck to buy the proprietary overpriced drums which probably get eaten up pretty quick. I'd take a roll of premium 80DA over that drum any day.
 
I bought one of these a few weeks ago. Eastwood had a 10% off and free shipping deal. The first import tool I've bought in several years.

It looked like a usable tool for the stripping arsenal. It's heavy and feels solid. Motor feels powerful. Cord looks cheap and casting look a little cheap but that's the import tool world. Looks to be in between a harbor freight tool and a real american tool. The black aggressive wheels are on back order so I've only played with the finish one that came with it. Feels like a usuable tool. Usuable with my other stripping tools, I don't think it would be great if it's the only tool used.

Yes the 60 bucks is a lot for consumables but I will find out how long they last. A box of 40 grit 8" norton discs aren't cheap either. The wire brush thingy's for my dynbrade aren't free either.
 
It looks like the abrasive drum is $60 and the scale drum is $50. which both may be for rust, but the other drums are $20 each
 
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