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Offline Cheese

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RS 2 owners in the US may need to paper-up.
« on: March 21, 2021, 04:34 PM »
While we're all aware that the RS 2 has been discontinued in the US, I just noticed that the sandpaper for it is now no longer available on the Festool USA website.

498944-498954 Granat
499030-499037 Rubin 2

Also note that the sanding pads for the RS 2 are no longer available on the Festool USA website.

483679 Standard pad
485648 Non-marring pad

And the sanding pads are also not listed in EKAT.  [huh]



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Offline RustE

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Re: RS 2 owners in the US may need to paper-up.
« Reply #1 on: March 21, 2021, 04:53 PM »
Hmm. Was this sander discontinued 10+ years ago?
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Offline tsmi243

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Re: RS 2 owners in the US may need to paper-up.
« Reply #2 on: March 21, 2021, 05:09 PM »
Thanks for the tip

RS2E was discontinued about a year ago, in the US. 
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Offline guybo

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Re: RS 2 owners in the US may need to paper-up.
« Reply #3 on: March 21, 2021, 06:58 PM »
FWIW, festool sells 230x280 sheets of granat(9x11  for us yanks), they also sell 481523 a hole punch for the half sheet sander,festoolproducts has one listed. guy
« Last Edit: March 21, 2021, 07:18 PM by guybo »
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Offline rst

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Re: RS 2 owners in the US may need to paper-up.
« Reply #4 on: March 21, 2021, 08:11 PM »
The Makita equivalent has the same hole pattern...I have both
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Offline rvieceli

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Re: RS 2 owners in the US may need to paper-up.
« Reply #5 on: March 21, 2021, 08:46 PM »
Yup and the Makita is half the price.
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Offline Alanbach

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Re: RS 2 owners in the US may need to paper-up.
« Reply #6 on: March 22, 2021, 01:23 AM »
@Shane Holland - Is this correct? Are the Granat sheets for the RS2 being discontinued? Can you shed some light in this?
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Offline Shane Holland

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Re: RS 2 owners in the US may need to paper-up.
« Reply #7 on: March 22, 2021, 08:54 AM »
@Alanbach has not reported the RS2 abrasives to be discontinued. We still have them listed with many items in stock, although there are some on backorder.

https://www.festoolproducts.com/accessories/sanders/abrasives/rs-2-e-abrasives.html

The RS2 sandpaper hole punch (481523) has been discontinued and removed from our website. @guybo

Thanks,
Shane
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Offline luvmytoolz

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Re: RS 2 owners in the US may need to paper-up.
« Reply #8 on: March 16, 2023, 07:14 AM »
I know it's an old thread but does anyone here know if the RS2E base/pad use the same screw placement as the RS100, RS200 and RS2?

I bought a replacement pad (suitable for the RS100/200, RS2 as I was of the understanding it also matched the RS2E) for my roughly 40 year old first model RS2E, but the outer 4 corner screws holes are 5mm closer than the matching hole threads on the sanders base. The pad is 181mm centers while the sander is 186mm centers.

A chat online with Festool Aus said it was compatible, but I'm dubious as my RS2E also has 2 screw pillars centered on the long plane about 80mm or so apart which this pad doesn't have.

I wonder if the RS2E design changed at some point altering the screw placement?
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