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The innovative design of the Makita 9741 Wheel sander allows for smooth and even surface material removal. Powered by a Makita-built 7.8 amp motor, This unit delivers 3, 500 RPM for efficient paint and rust removal on numerous applications, even bringing out wood grain. Additional features include an adjustable front roller for uniform pressure to workpiece.
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This wheel sanders unique design allows for smooth and even surface material removal. Powered by Makitas 7.8 Amp motor, this unit delivers 3500 RPM for efficient paint and rust removal on numerous applications, even brining out wood grain. Features an adjustable front roller for uniform pressure to workpiece. Speed (RPM): 3,500, Amps: 7.8. Item Includes - 2 ea. Hex Wrench (783204-6) and Nylon Brush Wheel (794379-6).
Salty
August 1, 2025
Amazing machine. Solid product. Works great and will last forever.
Steven MacDonald
July 26, 2025
Excellent excellent excellent! Bought it to cleanup barn boards for furniture building. Works great!@
Customer
July 16, 2025
Excellent worth every penny. Made life so much easier.
Brant L Parker
July 2, 2025
Great sander if you are looking to retain the grain of timbers but are also wanting to sand them to clean them up or prep for staining. If you don't attach a shop vac expect fine sawdust everywhere!
Bill D.
June 23, 2025
Used to clean up century old hemlock threshing barnboards. Easily removed years of dirt but left wood undamaged including saw marks.
Steve Pomrleau
June 8, 2025
Love this tool and wish I would have bought it long ago. Great for cleaning up de-barked Live Edge slabs.
Doug
May 27, 2025
Rather high price but quality seems to be very good.
Dave H.
May 21, 2025
Didn't work as aggressively as I had hoped, now have to fork out another $200 for a courser wheel. Very good for specific tasks like refinishing live edge tables or cleaning up reclaimed beams.
shopper
April 26, 2025
This sander absolutely met my expectations. I am using it to clean up a very large order of dried rough-sawn redwood, who's rough appearance I wanted to maintain. The lumber had a lot of oxidation on the surface, as happens with all wood over time, as well as random particles from the environment. Applying any finish to this wood requires that the surface be cleaned if a quality result is to be likely. Pressure washing is a typical approach, but not appropriate for my situation. Sanding with even a 40 grit sandpaper virtually wipes out the wood character.I started using a wire broom style push brush. It worked extremely well but was far too labor intensive. The amount of loose material that came off the lumber was unexpectedly high, and it left the boards just right with all their character.I hunted for other solutions and found this. This thing does a great job and it has paid for itself a few times over for me, with the stock nylon brush. It doesn't go down deep, I still follow up with the wire push brush but just a few strokes and I'm done. The makita removes a bit of the wood character but hardly noticeable. I don't think it brings out any grain ... I think it mostly just removes particles that have little to no bond with the wood core. If you apply finish to these particles, I think it would be better to have a little grain removed than have the finish fail over time.The sander has a nice little depth adjuster in front that allows you to control the pressure the brush puts own as it spins, I think you might be able to optimize this dynamic to get the cleaning function and raise the grain a little but I didn't try, I had full pressure all the way since that was very quick and gave me a pleasing result.
Josu
April 20, 2025
Hace su trabajo, fácil de usar, se domina con poca práctica, bien balanceada. El sistema de aspiración deja mucho que desear, pero algo extrae del polvo.
Annie
February 22, 2025
I bought this to clean up reclaimed barn boards for a couple furniture projects. Reclaimed lumber usually coated with layers of dried dirt, loose debris and other stuff.. After all most of it comes from the inside of barns where the animals lived..... I needed to clean up the dirt and grime but definitely wanted to keep the patina and character of the wood. After an hour of wire brushing by hand, I ordered this machine from Amazon. Pricey, it seems to be the only on the market at this time, but it came within two days (Amazon Prime) and did exactly what I wanted it to do without the arm breaking labor in about 1/3 of the time. Great machine and seems really well built. Use it outside hooked up to a vacuum , and do your lungs and sinuses a favor and wear a dusk mask. It creates clouds of dust. I have not tried to raise grain or to sculpt with it, but I don't think its designed to do those things. Stick to what its made for and it will work well for those tasks. If you have a bunch of old lumber that needs to be cleaned without ruining the patina, this is what you need.
Jarrett J.
February 9, 2025
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TURKLOVER
January 6, 2025
I bought the wire wheel for my Makita 9741 Wheel Sander. It is a quick way to open the grain or age wood in appearance. It works great on larger flatter areas but not so well into small recesses ( to get into tight areas I use a similar but much smaller wire wheel in a 1/4 inch die grinder). It's pretty much useless on tight grained woods like mahogany or poplar, but gives a great old and weatherbeaten look to more open grain woods like oak or ash. I have also found that I can make inexpensive pine or cedar look as if it sat in the desert sun for 50 years in a matter of minutes. Experiment with different types of wood till you find the results that you like. The abrasive nylon brush supplied with the sander may be useful for aging a painted finish, but is useless for aging bare wood. The sander itself has functioned flawlessly and wheel changes are simple to accomplish. This tool allows me to work on complex shapes such as moldings but as above it wont get into small recesses.
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