GG6 bail handle - yes/no

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never used a handle on the older style short case PC DAs. i'd remove the handle and screws from new, put it in the box and never use it again. in fact the only thing i have a handle on is my Makita.

i just got a GG6 and the first thing i did was remove the handle and screws, haha.

however, this thing seems "tail heavy" and just generally more cumbersome. haven't used it yet but i'm just guessing from holding it.

what's everyone's preference with it?
 
I have only used mine with the bail handle on. So I can't give you much feedback on one way versus the other. I will say though, that I almost always use the handle when I am using it.
 
Without, once you get used to using it, you'll learn to balance it's weight
 
whavens said:
I have only used mine with the bail handle on. So I can't give you much feedback on one way versus the other. I will say though, that I almost always use the handle when I am using it.
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Dereksdtail said:
Without, once you get used to using it, you'll learn to balance it's weight
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thanks dudes.

i'll try it without and see how things go. i think i'm just so used to the little DA.
 
oh i didn't specifically mention, it's the gen 3 or whatever - the newest version with the integrated rubber piece on top.
 
builthatch said:
oh i didn't specifically mention, it's the gen 3 or whatever - the newest version with the integrated rubber piece on top.
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Haven't yet had the opportunity to use the GG 6" Gen. III.

But knowing me:
I'd probably leave the bail handle off...unless: the "style" of the rubberized palm grip begins to become too uncomfortable while not wearing vibration reducing gloves.

BTW:
What's the verdict on this unit's built-in "finger grip notch":
Ergonomic; or no?




Bob
 
I took it off and never looked back! IMO too much of the torque goes through the handle, thus making less torque, if this makes any sense.
 
Found that with the handle on it was too easy to put uneven pressure on the pad. Took it off and have never put if back on.
 
thanks all. need to figure out a reason to use it and see how it feels!
 
I'm the lone dissenter here. I leave the handle on. I don't really use it as designed, but kind of use it to wedge my hand around the head when polishing vertical panels. It seems to weigh almost nothing and doesn't really get in the way - so I just always left it there.

It also makes the machine a bit more stable when you need to sit it down and rest it on a surface upside down.
 
swanicyouth said:
I'm the lone dissenter here. I leave the handle on. I don't really use it as designed, but kind of use it to wedge my hand around the head when polishing vertical panels. It seems to weigh almost nothing and doesn't really get in the way - so I just always left it there.

It also makes the machine a bit more stable when you need to sit it down and rest it on a surface upside down.
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that's why I like it, you can place the machine down nice and stable with no pad touching the ground or where ever you need to place it while working.
 
Here's the deal and all you have to do to prove it to yourself or anyone is to use a rotary buffer all day with a bail handle as the muscle required to use this type of handle with a rotary is an amplification of the muscle required to use any tool with a bail handle.

Here you go...


The further your hand is away from the head of the tool the more muscle will be required to control and operate the tool.




And the opposite,

The closer your hand is to the head of the polisher the less muscle will be required to control the polisher and the easier it will be to operate the tool.






The bail hand or sometimes called a "D-Handle" can look cool.... but that's about all it does.

Remove the handle, pitch it and never look back. Chances are good the person that invented the bail handle never buffed out an entire car.


I have maybe 100 polishers in the Show Car Garage so at our Detailing Boot Camp Classes because our classes are all about hands-on time behind the tools.

Out of all these tools there's only one or two tools with the bail handle attached and that's to teach people via using a tool with a bail handle and the same tool without the Bail handle the physical differences.

I cover this topic as well as just about every other topic a person needs to know in my first how to book and the second edition of my first how too book.

See links in my Sig Line


:)
 
You can always do this too...


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Two articles on this topic on this forum...


Handle? Or No Handle? - Using DA Polishers Without the Handle


And for rotary buffers....


Rotary Buffers: Stick Handle - Hoop Handle - Or no handle at all



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I've been using mine for about a year now, I'm thinking it's best without it and will do just that today,remove it.
You can't wrap the front of the unit well with the handle on.
One thing though, the handle does help in laying it on the ground, sort of like a stand to keep in from falling over, I'll miss that.
 
HateSwirls said:
I've been using mine for about a year now, I'm thinking it's best without it and will do just that today, remove it.
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Next time you're going to buff out an entire car using the Griot's 6" DA Polisher. Buff out one half using the handle and then remove it and buff out the other half without the handle.

I'm pretty sure after this you'll place the handle in the garbage can.


Just a guess....


:)
 
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