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Wonderful pictorial history. Thanks Mike. They made quite a jump in the machine design in 7 years 1955-1962.
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Originally Posted by Kamakaz1961
Way cool!!
I agree. It's really cool when a company preserves their history to share with future generations.
Originally Posted by Puckman
Wonderful pictorial history. Thanks Mike.
They made quite a jump in the machine design in 7 years 1955-1962.
I agree and even more dramatic changes from 1962 to the present!
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Great picture selection Mike, it's noticeable all the technology and (specially) knowhow involved in the tools they produce today.
Thanks for sharing.
“Nature is pleased with simplicity. And nature is no dummy”
― Isaac Newton
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Great pictures Mike!
In the picture you asked "can you guess what that is"... that is the first gear-driven "forced rotation" orbital polisher/sander on the market (to our knowledge). I believe the original design is upwards of 20 years old. The tool is still sold in Europe as a bodyshop grinder to strip paint from body material.
I have many pictures that I will try to load in a separate thread, but my favorite tool is the 1961 drill that (to our knowledge) was the first power tool to use a composite body.
Thanks for sharing.
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Originally Posted by Todd@RUPES
Great pictures Mike!
Thanks Todd!
Originally Posted by Todd@RUPES
In the picture you asked "can you guess what that is"...
that is the first gear-driven "forced rotation" orbital polisher/sander on the market (to our knowledge).
Ding ding ding ding!
Give the man a prize!
I posted this thread over a year ago after returning from my visit to RUPES and not a single person even tried to guess what the tool is.
Originally Posted by Mike Phillips
Would anyone like to guess what type of tool this is?
It's the RUPES version of the Flex 3401 before Flex invented the Flex 3401.
Thanks Todd for providing the answer and sharing some RUPES history and firsts to the market.
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Wow I never knew Rupes made a forced rotation orbital polisher. Perhaps we'll see a production model in the future to take on the 3401
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Originally Posted by haris300
Wow I never knew Rupes made a forced rotation orbital polisher. Perhaps we'll see a production model in the future to take on the 3401
Yes, RUPES created the first gear-driven orbital polisher (to our knowledge). However, our corporate personality is certainly on the random orbital technology front. BigFoot was actually designed to replace this technology and in our opinion, offers several significant advantages.
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