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Glad to hear you solved the pad issue. Nice burn job on that bit. Man you really messed that up. Can you at least sharpen the carbides? For your base plate I’ve seen guys use lexon plate. Just an idea as you could just make one.

my hook and loop pad never wears out accept one time. I ordered some mirka sanding disks. The ones that look like mesh. They were so good and wore like iron but the hooks would work through the mesh and sand all the little hooks off. They do sell an interim pad in case that happens. But it’s also got hooks so they wear off very fast. Now I still buy a good brand of paper but it’s paper. And I’m sure to line up the holes good. If you don’t the hooks again will wear off quickly where they are exposed.

How much was the Ryobi replacement? I did the exact same thing you did and wore the hooks away on the pad of my PC333 sander by not using the $2 interface pad w/Abranet abrasive. I like Abranet a lot and am considering the Mirka replacement backup pad w/lots of holes for a 3 screw DW/PC sander: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001BKXWDU/ref=ox_sc_act_title_2?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER
Has anyone made this switch? Is the dust extraction improved enough over the Abranet w/interface and OEM pad to justify the cost?

The pad was about $14, im happy with it. Lets see how long it last. So far so good tho.