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Re: Review: RUPES BIGFOOT MILLE LK 900E by Mike Phillips
I wonder if id's be easy to replace the phillips screws with Allen style head screws..
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Re: Review: RUPES BIGFOOT MILLE LK 900E by Mike Phillips
Originally Posted by Ronin47
Actually the opm is more important as it corrects faster than the Makita which has higher rpm but lower opm. Throw on a gear driven doesn’t dictate cut but the higher the opm’s the more the cut. I think the Mille does 14 opm’s per rpm, higher than any other gear driven. Todd can verify this.
The movement between the pad and the paint is what creates cut. To figure out which machine has more cut you have to take into account the RPMs and then, how much real movement there is in each revolution. The orbit adds movement but in order to know if that movement adds enough to be greater than the movement provided by the Makita's 790 RPMs and 8.7 omp's per rpm.
The other thing to take into account is the Rupes larger backing plate. The bigger plate will provide more movement on the outside edge. The edge of the 6 inch pad moves 18.84 inches per revolution and the edge of the 5 inch pad moves 15.7 So, the makita's 790 RPMS and 5 inch pad make 12,403 inches of movement before we take into account the orbits - about nine per revolution. The Rupes on the other hand with the 6 inch backing plate and 535 rpms makes 10,079 inches of movement per minute, again, before we take into account the opms.
9 orbits of 5mm makes about 4,800 inches of movement per minute so we can add that to the 12,403 and we have 17,222 per minute for the Makita.
14 orbits of 5mm makes 4629 inches of movement per minute and again, we add that to the 10,079 and we have 14,709 per minute for the Rupes.
LET ME SAY THIS RIGHT NOW -- the formulas I used for this aren't correct, I don't know exactly how to calculate the travel of the pads against the paint taking into account the two movements - the rotations and the orbits at the same time - but I used the same methods for each machine, so while the math may not be exactly right, I have good confidence in the conclusion. The Makita cuts faster.
That said, if I were just starting out and had to pick one - the Rupes, without any hesitation because it spins the same direction as the rotary and if I didn't know how to run a rotary I'd be getting used to the way they move by using the Rupes. Also, if I already knew how to run a rotary, all that muscle memory and skill I'd developed would translate right to the Rupes. It might be slower, but in the end, it has the difference that matters.
I'm not going to give up my Makitas to switch because I've been running them since 2002 and have that movement wired. When Rupes comes out with the new Mille, the one that spins 800 to 850 and has the grip on the top that would make that work - I will buy that.
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Re: Review: RUPES BIGFOOT MILLE LK 900E by Mike Phillips
Originally Posted by Mike@ShineStruck
I wonder if id's be easy to replace the phillips screws with Allen style head screws..
I would do that in a heartbeat, lol.
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Re: Review: RUPES BIGFOOT MILLE LK 900E by Mike Phillips
BTW, Mike.
Did you notice that because the Mille is more effective out on the edge you got a better result in tight places and didn't have to reach for a different machine on posts etc.?
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Re: Review: RUPES BIGFOOT MILLE LK 900E by Mike Phillips
Just a quick question before I place the pre order,is the Mille only available with the one length cord and not the longer HD cord? Any insight would be appreciated,as I usually use the longer cord on my machine polishers.
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Re: Review: RUPES BIGFOOT MILLE LK 900E by Mike Phillips
Looks like its time to try to sell the old Makita BO6040. Its built like a tank and never had a single issue with it. I got tired of the physical effort involved and my friend's Flex 3401 felt the same way so its kind of sat for years after I decided to go back to correcting with a rotary.
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Re: Review: RUPES BIGFOOT MILLE LK 900E by Mike Phillips
Originally Posted by Mike Phillips
Both the Mille and the new RUPES rotary only come with 29' cords from the RUPES factory.
Thanks Mike, I knew I could ask and get the low down!
Order going in!
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