Question for folks who have experienced the edge tearing with Xtract, are you using it with protection net?

I ordered Xtract for ETS 125 and I do not have net protector for it but it is available


The pad on ETS125 has considerable space on the outer periphery (see pic)?and I wonder if the net would help hold this thin paper better on the edges. I would order one anyways but thought I check here.



As for Xtract, I have not used it enough to form an opinion. I sanded pine that had a shallow final planer run and I don’t think it got rid of infeed roller indentation any faster than granat. I hardly ever use pine so thought it would be rather quick to get rid of them. However the indentations may have been deeper but that was not visually evident.

Imran

1. Mesh discs are simply less robust at the periphery than fabric or paper backed discs. They also are not as tough on really rough boards or easing corners or if they hit a nail or screw.

2. That protection pad you linked is MANDATORY with mesh discs. So order some TODAY ! If you don’t , you’ll end up buying a new festool 125mm backer pad for your sander within a couple of hours use. Perhaps minutes depending on your project and technique. And most ft pads are around 50bucks.



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Thanks David. I ordered the pad earlier today from Amazon. I can’t recall all diff projects I used my test set of Mirka Abranet but I do not recall tearing any. I did use it with protector net and since then forgot that it is needed with mesh types.