If you aren't ready to jump on the bag o' tools that Ridgid is
offering that has a multitool in it, you might want to check out HF's
new variable speed multitool.
They have it on sale now and it is a pretty nice looking machine.
Seems better built that the Rockwell (Sonicrafter ?) machine and comes
with a pile of blades in a compact case. Sale price is $49.
I bought the single speed HF model for $35 about 6 weeks ago, and it
has been great. Had I known how many things I could actually use this
thing for, I probably would have bought the basic Fein years ago.
As a sidebar, I swore off any tool that looked even just a little
gimmicky after I purchased the DeWalt model of a Roto tool. I used it
once about 8 years ago. What a waste of time and money that was.
At any rate, the multitool machine they sell seems to run very well,
has plenty of power, and I am hoping it is like the 4" grinder I
bought at HF a few years ago. I just can't kill it. And it looks
like the new HF multitool is basically the same machine as the old
one, just variable speed + a case.
I haven't killed mine yet and it has trimmed a lot of 5/8" plywood
siding, trim boards, cut holes for access, and even cut through
several feet of very thick hot mopped roofing.
Great buy.
Robert
"HeyBub" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> [email protected] wrote:
>> If you aren't ready to jump on the bag o' tools that Ridgid is
>> offering that has a multitool in it, you might want to check out HF's
>> new variable speed multitool.
>>
>> They have it on sale now and it is a pretty nice looking machine.
>> Seems better built that the Rockwell (Sonicrafter ?) machine and comes
>> with a pile of blades in a compact case. Sale price is $49.
>>
>
> Where did you discover this tool and its sale price?
>
> HF's main page and search engine don't seem to know about it.
>
HF had a flyer in the local paper that showed this item. But you are right.
It is hard to find. They give it some kinda funny name. Probably to appease
the competition's lawyers.
> > The original Fein had the same blade change system as the HF version has
> > now.
>
> That's the old Harbor Freight multi-tool; the new one has an improved
> mounting system (perhaps the same as the Fein) that eliminates the
> problems with the old one, due to the four little metal "nubs" wearing down.
>
> --
> You were wrong, and I'm man enough to admit it.
>
> - a Usenet "apology"
Here is their current on-line ad:
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=67256
Interesting web video language. Something like "..solid die cast
metal gear housing..." The housing is metal, not the innards. Still
looking forward to actually seeing one if a week or so (when we go to
the big city :^} )
I also had the Dremel tool in my had this weekend. Pretty good
looking, solid feeling tool and it fits the hand well. $99.95.
RonB
On Sat, 20 Feb 2010 08:08:46 -0500, "SBH" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>"RonB" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:[email protected]...
>> We had a string about the HF tool a few weeks ago which sent me
>> googling. There does appear to be quite a few favorable comments out
>> there, The main ones who were complaining were the Fein owners. The
>> Fein obviously is a much better tool but costs 10 times more,
>>
>> Best news is our son just bought one of the HF tools. Gonna let him
>> field test on his nickel.
>>
>> RonB
>
>My question is, what makes the Fein a better choice and why would it be
>worth the extra several hundred dollars? Yes, I can guess the internal parts
>may be a higher quality or perhaps it may use steel instead of plastic. If
>that's considered better, then I understand, but is it really worth several
>hundred dollars more? Considering the HF and others perform in the exact
>manner, why would people still purchase the more expensive model?
>
The Fein has a superior blade mounting system. The HF version involves
unscrewing and rescrewing a socket head bolt to change blades. On the
Fein, there is a release lever and mechanism. For most types of work,
you put a particular blade on and use it for the whole job, so the
Fein's quick release is nice, but far from being essential.
For the price difference you could hire a kid to change blades for
you.
>
> The Fein has a superior blade mounting system. The HF version involves
> unscrewing and rescrewing a socket head bolt to change blades. On the
> Fein, there is a release lever and mechanism. For most types of work,
> you put a particular blade on and use it for the whole job, so the
> Fein's quick release is nice, but far from being essential.
>
> For the price difference you could hire a kid to change blades for
> you.
Other comments I saw centered around the fact that Fein's innards are
mostly metal while the HF was plastic (guessing nylon or similar). I
haven't looked at the other lower priced versions since but I wonder
if they are metal or plastic. There were also comments about the
blade attachment like you mention. But they also said that Fein and
HF components are interchangeable.
Just hearsay at this point. I'll look at others the next time we go
to the big towns.
RonB
On Feb 19, 8:56=A0pm, RonB <[email protected]> wrote:
> We had a string about the HF tool a few weeks ago which sent me
> googling. =A0There does appear to be quite a few favorable comments out
> there, =A0The main ones who were complaining were the Fein owners. =A0The
> Fein obviously is a much better tool but costs 10 times more,
No doubt the Fein is a better tool. But I am not going to pay that
much more for a tool that I will use like hell for a while, then not
at all for a month or two.
As a special purpose tool, I sure wish I had one of those (Fein or
other) when I had a door replacement contract with a company here in
town. It would have made flush cutting the jambs next to the tile/
wood floors a snap.
Now that I have one and it works well, I see a lot more use for it
than I would have ever suspected.
Robert
RonB wrote:
>>The Fein has a superior blade mounting system. The HF version involves
>>unscrewing and rescrewing a socket head bolt to change blades. On the
>>Fein, there is a release lever and mechanism. For most types of work,
>>you put a particular blade on and use it for the whole job, so the
>>Fein's quick release is nice, but far from being essential.
>>
>>For the price difference you could hire a kid to change blades for
>>you.
>
>
> Other comments I saw centered around the fact that Fein's innards are
> mostly metal while the HF was plastic (guessing nylon or similar). I
> haven't looked at the other lower priced versions since but I wonder
> if they are metal or plastic. There were also comments about the
> blade attachment like you mention. But they also said that Fein and
> HF components are interchangeable.
>
> Just hearsay at this point. I'll look at others the next time we go
> to the big towns.
>
> RonB
I have the Fein. Mine broke while under warranty. When I called to
arrange for repair I was asked which model number I had as some models
were repairable and others had to be replaced. In my case it was a
nylon gear that had stripped and since it was still under warranty it
was repaired at no cost. I don't know if the replacement part they used
to repair the unit was nylon or upgraded to metal but I haven't had a
problem with the tool in the last three years.
--
Jack Novak
Buffalo, NY - USA
[email protected]
On 2/20/2010 2:13 PM LDosser spake thus:
> <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>
>> The Fein has a superior blade mounting system. The HF version involves
>> unscrewing and rescrewing a socket head bolt to change blades. On the
>> Fein, there is a release lever and mechanism. For most types of work,
>> you put a particular blade on and use it for the whole job, so the
>> Fein's quick release is nice, but far from being essential.
>
> The original Fein had the same blade change system as the HF version has
> now.
That's the old Harbor Freight multi-tool; the new one has an improved
mounting system (perhaps the same as the Fein) that eliminates the
problems with the old one, due to the four little metal "nubs" wearing down.
--
You were wrong, and I'm man enough to admit it.
- a Usenet "apology"
LDosser wrote:
> <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:76754f53-e4bc-4741-b598-e060dc4cb818@q21g2000yqm.googlegroups.com...
>
>> If you aren't ready to jump on the bag o' tools that Ridgid is
>> offering that has a multitool in it, you might want to check out HF's
>> new variable speed multitool.
>>
>> They have it on sale now and it is a pretty nice looking machine.
>> Seems better built that the Rockwell (Sonicrafter ?) machine and comes
>> with a pile of blades in a compact case. Sale price is $49.
>>
>
> Has anyone tried the HF blades and accessories on the Fein? One of the
> things that ultimately bothered me about my Fein was the cost of blades.
I haven't tried the HF blades but I've been using the Dremel blades for
a while. $12 for the Dremel vs. $32 for the Fein.
--
Jack Novak
Buffalo, NY - USA
[email protected]
On 2/19/2010 5:32 PM [email protected] spake thus:
> If you aren't ready to jump on the bag o' tools that Ridgid is
> offering that has a multitool in it, you might want to check out HF's
> new variable speed multitool.
>
> They have it on sale now and it is a pretty nice looking machine.
> Seems better built that the Rockwell (Sonicrafter ?) machine and comes
> with a pile of blades in a compact case. Sale price is $49.
>
> I bought the single speed HF model for $35 about 6 weeks ago, and it
> has been great. Had I known how many things I could actually use this
> thing for, I probably would have bought the basic Fein years ago.
>
> As a sidebar, I swore off any tool that looked even just a little
> gimmicky after I purchased the DeWalt model of a Roto tool. I used it
> once about 8 years ago. What a waste of time and money that was.
>
> At any rate, the multitool machine they sell seems to run very well,
> has plenty of power, and I am hoping it is like the 4" grinder I
> bought at HF a few years ago. I just can't kill it. And it looks
> like the new HF multitool is basically the same machine as the old
> one, just variable speed + a case.
>
> I haven't killed mine yet and it has trimmed a lot of 5/8" plywood
> siding, trim boards, cut holes for access, and even cut through
> several feet of very thick hot mopped roofing.
By the way, for those interested, here's a site with reviews of Harbor
Freight tools: http://hfreviews.com. It's completely independent of HF
itself, so far as I can tell. You can post your own reviews there.
Here are a couple of reviews of the "new" (variable-speed)
"multifunction tool": http://hfreviews.com/item.php?id=8707
--
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- a Usenet "apology"
On 2/21/2010 1:49 PM -MIKE- spake thus:
> On 2/21/10 3:44 PM, David Nebenzahl wrote:
>
>> By the way, for those interested, here's a site with reviews of Harbor
>> Freight tools: http://hfreviews.com. It's completely independent of HF
>> itself, so far as I can tell. You can post your own reviews there.
>>
>> Here are a couple of reviews of the "new" (variable-speed)
>> "multifunction tool": http://hfreviews.com/item.php?id=8707
>
> How goofy is that? Why don't they just start another page to review
> the variable speed on instead of putting it under the title of the old
> one?
Keep in mind that these reviews are all submitted by users of the site,
who may or may not be good at writing descriptive titles and may get
things a little wrong. Doesn't make the site any less useful, just a
little harder to find things sometimes.
--
You were wrong, and I'm man enough to admit it.
- a Usenet "apology"
On Feb 20, 11:35=A0am, Mike M <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Fri, 19 Feb 2010 21:10:59 -0800 (PST), "[email protected]"
>
>
>
>
>
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> >On Feb 19, 8:56=A0pm, RonB <[email protected]> wrote:
> >> We had a string about the HF tool a few weeks ago which sent me
> >> googling. =A0There does appear to be quite a few favorable comments ou=
t
> >> there, =A0The main ones who were complaining were the Fein owners. =A0=
The
> >> Fein obviously is a much better tool but costs 10 times more,
>
> >No doubt the Fein is a better tool. =A0But I am not going to pay that
> >much more for a tool that I will use like hell for a while, then not
> >at all for a month or two.
>
> >As a special purpose tool, I sure wish I had one of those (Fein or
> >other) when I had a door replacement contract with a company here in
> >town. =A0It would have made flush cutting the jambs next to the tile/
> >wood floors a snap.
>
> >Now that I have one and it works well, I see a lot more use for it
> >than I would have ever suspected.
>
> >Robert
>
> I have the Fein as it was the only alternative when I got it. =A0Its
> gotten me out of so many of those situations where your in some
> uncomfortable position trying to figure out how your going to solve
> this problem without killing two hours you didn't plan for. =A0Its paid
> for itself so many times I have no regrets. =A0But if you've got one
> thats a tenth of the cost of the Fein I bet your grin is bigger then
> mine every time you use it.
>
> Mike M
My sentiments exactly.
We had a string about the HF tool a few weeks ago which sent me
googling. There does appear to be quite a few favorable comments out
there, The main ones who were complaining were the Fein owners. The
Fein obviously is a much better tool but costs 10 times more,
Best news is our son just bought one of the HF tools. Gonna let him
field test on his nickel.
RonB
On Fri, 19 Feb 2010 18:56:10 -0800 (PST), the infamous RonB
<[email protected]> scrawled the following:
>We had a string about the HF tool a few weeks ago which sent me
>googling. There does appear to be quite a few favorable comments out
>there, The main ones who were complaining were the Fein owners. The
>Fein obviously is a much better tool but costs 10 times more,
>
>Best news is our son just bought one of the HF tools. Gonna let him
>field test on his nickel.
I got one earlier this year and have had uses for it thrice at a
refurb I'm doing on a rental house. It has performed superbly all 3
times. I've removed paint off a heavily overpainted cabinet door
bottom, cut a screen door channel down to size, and diced a
crossthreaded faucet into many pieces for removal when we couldn't get
the original nuts off the bottom. I've never seen crossthreaded nylon
nuts on a faucet before, but they were REALLY on there.
My $34 (coupon) was a well-spent investment in a multifunction tool
from HF. Two thumbs up. Well, 1.95 thumbs. I kinda tore one up on
the sharp edges from the faucet on Thursday; my first cut from what
amounted to a copper knife. ('Twas .3" long x .093" deep, I bled it
well, soaped it, Bacitracined it, butterflied it, and it's healing
nicely, without pain or stitches after two days.)
--
"Just think of the tragedy of teaching children not to doubt."
-- Clarence Darrow
On Mon, 22 Feb 2010 08:10:02 -0800 (PST), RonB <[email protected]>
wrote:
>I also had the Dremel tool in my had this weekend. Pretty good
>looking, solid feeling tool and it fits the hand well. $99.95.
I bought the Dremel. One consideration is that you're tempted to hold
it where the air intake ports are located and that makes it heat up
fairly quickly. It just means that one has to hold the tool farther
down the base instead of what feels the most comfortable when first
using it.
All in all, I'm quite satisfied with it. My biggest complaint is that
the cutting attachments do not yet appear to be as widely distributed
as the tool is, at least not up here in Toronto, Canada. Eventually,
they will catch up.
"RonB" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> We had a string about the HF tool a few weeks ago which sent me
> googling. There does appear to be quite a few favorable comments out
> there, The main ones who were complaining were the Fein owners. The
> Fein obviously is a much better tool but costs 10 times more,
>
> Best news is our son just bought one of the HF tools. Gonna let him
> field test on his nickel.
>
> RonB
My question is, what makes the Fein a better choice and why would it be
worth the extra several hundred dollars? Yes, I can guess the internal parts
may be a higher quality or perhaps it may use steel instead of plastic. If
that's considered better, then I understand, but is it really worth several
hundred dollars more? Considering the HF and others perform in the exact
manner, why would people still purchase the more expensive model?
"J. Clarke" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> SBH wrote:
>> "RonB" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> news:[email protected]...
>>> We had a string about the HF tool a few weeks ago which sent me
>>> googling. There does appear to be quite a few favorable comments out
>>> there, The main ones who were complaining were the Fein owners. The
>>> Fein obviously is a much better tool but costs 10 times more,
>>>
>>> Best news is our son just bought one of the HF tools. Gonna let him
>>> field test on his nickel.
>>>
>>> RonB
>>
>> My question is, what makes the Fein a better choice and why would it
>> be worth the extra several hundred dollars? Yes, I can guess the
>> internal parts may be a higher quality or perhaps it may use steel
>> instead of plastic. If that's considered better, then I understand,
>> but is it really worth several hundred dollars more? Considering the
>> HF and others perform in the exact manner, why would people still
>> purchase the more expensive model?
>
> (1) Quick change chuck.
> (2) Good dust collection.
> (3) Very large range of accessories guaranteed to fit.
>
Not enough to justify a several hundred dollar increase, IMO.
"krw" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On Mon, 22 Feb 2010 08:10:02 -0800 (PST), RonB
> <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>>
>>> > The original Fein had the same blade change system as the HF
>>> > version has
>>> > now.
>>>
>>> That's the old Harbor Freight multi-tool; the new one has an
>>> improved
>>> mounting system (perhaps the same as the Fein) that eliminates
>>> the
>>> problems with the old one, due to the four little metal "nubs"
>>> wearing down.
>>>
>>> --
>>> You were wrong, and I'm man enough to admit it.
>>>
>>> - a Usenet "apology"
>>
>>
>>Here is their current on-line ad:
>>
>>http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=67256
My neighbor has one of these, and I had the chance to use it
yesterday. IMHO, it's a great tool at a reasonable price. My
next trip to HF will include buying one for myself.
--
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Luxury cars now offer a Republican seating option. These are
seats which blow heated air onto your backside in the winter
and cooled air in the summer. If they were democrat car seats,
they would just blow smoke up your rump year-round.
[email protected] wrote:
> If you aren't ready to jump on the bag o' tools that Ridgid is
> offering that has a multitool in it, you might want to check out HF's
> new variable speed multitool.
>
> They have it on sale now and it is a pretty nice looking machine.
> Seems better built that the Rockwell (Sonicrafter ?) machine and comes
> with a pile of blades in a compact case. Sale price is $49.
>
Where did you discover this tool and its sale price?
HF's main page and search engine don't seem to know about it.
On Fri, 19 Feb 2010 21:10:59 -0800 (PST), "[email protected]"
<[email protected]> wrote:
>On Feb 19, 8:56 pm, RonB <[email protected]> wrote:
>> We had a string about the HF tool a few weeks ago which sent me
>> googling. There does appear to be quite a few favorable comments out
>> there, The main ones who were complaining were the Fein owners. The
>> Fein obviously is a much better tool but costs 10 times more,
>
>No doubt the Fein is a better tool. But I am not going to pay that
>much more for a tool that I will use like hell for a while, then not
>at all for a month or two.
>
>As a special purpose tool, I sure wish I had one of those (Fein or
>other) when I had a door replacement contract with a company here in
>town. It would have made flush cutting the jambs next to the tile/
>wood floors a snap.
>
>Now that I have one and it works well, I see a lot more use for it
>than I would have ever suspected.
>
>Robert
I have the Fein as it was the only alternative when I got it. Its
gotten me out of so many of those situations where your in some
uncomfortable position trying to figure out how your going to solve
this problem without killing two hours you didn't plan for. Its paid
for itself so many times I have no regrets. But if you've got one
thats a tenth of the cost of the Fein I bet your grin is bigger then
mine every time you use it.
Mike M
LDosser wrote:
> <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:76754f53-e4bc-4741-b598-e060dc4cb818@q21g2000yqm.googlegroups.com...
>> If you aren't ready to jump on the bag o' tools that Ridgid is
>> offering that has a multitool in it, you might want to check out HF's
>> new variable speed multitool.
>>
>> They have it on sale now and it is a pretty nice looking machine.
>> Seems better built that the Rockwell (Sonicrafter ?) machine and
>> comes with a pile of blades in a compact case. Sale price is $49.
>>
>
> Has anyone tried the HF blades and accessories on the Fein? One of the
> things that ultimately bothered me about my Fein was the cost of
> blades.
Got a Dremel rotary tool? If so make your own blades by cutting as many
narrow slots in the blade face as you can.
If you look at the original blades, the "teeth" are not sharp and have no
offset, so they're fairly easy to duplicate.
I've done this. The result works not quite as good as a commercial variety,
but more than ample to get through the job and it only takes a couple of
minutes to cut twenty or so slots.
[email protected] wrote:
> On Feb 19, 8:56 pm, RonB <[email protected]> wrote:
>> We had a string about the HF tool a few weeks ago which sent me
>> googling. There does appear to be quite a few favorable comments out
>> there, The main ones who were complaining were the Fein owners. The
>> Fein obviously is a much better tool but costs 10 times more,
>
> No doubt the Fein is a better tool. But I am not going to pay that
> much more for a tool that I will use like hell for a while, then not
> at all for a month or two.
>
> As a special purpose tool, I sure wish I had one of those (Fein or
> other) when I had a door replacement contract with a company here in
> town. It would have made flush cutting the jambs next to the tile/
> wood floors a snap.
>
> Now that I have one and it works well, I see a lot more use for it
> than I would have ever suspected.
If any but the Fein had been in existence when I got mine I'd probably have
gone with one of the non-Feins. It's a lot of bux for what it is.
SBH wrote:
> "RonB" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> We had a string about the HF tool a few weeks ago which sent me
>> googling. There does appear to be quite a few favorable comments out
>> there, The main ones who were complaining were the Fein owners. The
>> Fein obviously is a much better tool but costs 10 times more,
>>
>> Best news is our son just bought one of the HF tools. Gonna let him
>> field test on his nickel.
>>
>> RonB
>
> My question is, what makes the Fein a better choice and why would it
> be worth the extra several hundred dollars? Yes, I can guess the
> internal parts may be a higher quality or perhaps it may use steel
> instead of plastic. If that's considered better, then I understand,
> but is it really worth several hundred dollars more? Considering the
> HF and others perform in the exact manner, why would people still
> purchase the more expensive model?
(1) Quick change chuck.
(2) Good dust collection.
(3) Very large range of accessories guaranteed to fit.
On 2/20/10 8:56 AM, [email protected] wrote:
> If the HF tool has plastic inards, it hasn't made any difference as
> far as durability. I've been abusing the hell out of mine for quite
> some time now without any problems. Did you know that the wood blades
> will cut pipe and protruding framing nails in tight spaces if you push
> hard enough? LOL
>
I look at my HF multi-tool as being disposable.
If I get a couple years out of it, great. The thing will always be 35
bucks.
HF just started selling a "heavy-duty" version for about 10 bucks more.
I have half a mind to buy one just to review.
In any case, the price of the others are going down, while the
innovation and competition seems to be on the rise. What am I out if
the HF craps out in a year? I'll have more choices and more knowledge
and pay less for higher quality.
--
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"Playing is not something I do at night, it's my function in life"
--Elvin Jones (1927-2004)
--
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On 2/20/10 1:04 PM, HeyBub wrote:
> [email protected] wrote:
>> If you aren't ready to jump on the bag o' tools that Ridgid is
>> offering that has a multitool in it, you might want to check out HF's
>> new variable speed multitool.
>>
>> They have it on sale now and it is a pretty nice looking machine.
>> Seems better built that the Rockwell (Sonicrafter ?) machine and comes
>> with a pile of blades in a compact case. Sale price is $49.
>>
>
> Where did you discover this tool and its sale price?
>
> HF's main page and search engine don't seem to know about it.
>
>
<http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/Displayitem.taf?itemnumber=67537>
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--Elvin Jones (1927-2004)
--
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<[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On Sat, 20 Feb 2010 08:08:46 -0500, "SBH" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>
>>"RonB" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>>news:[email protected]...
>>> We had a string about the HF tool a few weeks ago which sent me
>>> googling. There does appear to be quite a few favorable comments out
>>> there, The main ones who were complaining were the Fein owners. The
>>> Fein obviously is a much better tool but costs 10 times more,
>>>
>>> Best news is our son just bought one of the HF tools. Gonna let him
>>> field test on his nickel.
>>>
>>> RonB
>>
>>My question is, what makes the Fein a better choice and why would it be
>>worth the extra several hundred dollars? Yes, I can guess the internal
>>parts
>>may be a higher quality or perhaps it may use steel instead of plastic. If
>>that's considered better, then I understand, but is it really worth
>>several
>>hundred dollars more? Considering the HF and others perform in the exact
>>manner, why would people still purchase the more expensive model?
>>
>
> The Fein has a superior blade mounting system. The HF version involves
> unscrewing and rescrewing a socket head bolt to change blades. On the
> Fein, there is a release lever and mechanism. For most types of work,
> you put a particular blade on and use it for the whole job, so the
> Fein's quick release is nice, but far from being essential.
The original Fein had the same blade change system as the HF version has
now.
<[email protected]> wrote in message
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> If you aren't ready to jump on the bag o' tools that Ridgid is
> offering that has a multitool in it, you might want to check out HF's
> new variable speed multitool.
>
> They have it on sale now and it is a pretty nice looking machine.
> Seems better built that the Rockwell (Sonicrafter ?) machine and comes
> with a pile of blades in a compact case. Sale price is $49.
>
Has anyone tried the HF blades and accessories on the Fein? One of the
things that ultimately bothered me about my Fein was the cost of blades.
On 2/21/10 3:44 PM, David Nebenzahl wrote:
> By the way, for those interested, here's a site with reviews of Harbor
> Freight tools: http://hfreviews.com. It's completely independent of HF
> itself, so far as I can tell. You can post your own reviews there.
>
> Here are a couple of reviews of the "new" (variable-speed)
> "multifunction tool": http://hfreviews.com/item.php?id=8707
>
How goofy is that? Why don't they just start another page to review
the variable speed on instead of putting it under the title of the old
one?
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On Sat, 20 Feb 2010 08:46:56 -0500, [email protected] wrote:
>The Fein has a superior blade mounting system. The HF version involves
>unscrewing and rescrewing a socket head bolt to change blades. On the
>Fein, there is a release lever and mechanism. For most types of work,
>you put a particular blade on and use it for the whole job, so the
>Fein's quick release is nice, but far from being essential.
>
>For the price difference you could hire a kid to change blades for
>you.
Or buy 3 or 4 of them and pick up the one that has the blade you need in it..
mac
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On Sat, 20 Feb 2010 14:18:51 -0800, "LDosser" <[email protected]>
wrote:
>Has anyone tried the HF blades and accessories on the Fein? One of the
>things that ultimately bothered me about my Fein was the cost of blades.
I believe since the patent ran out on the Fein, some other brands do
fit it. The Dremel multimax (which is what I bought) is supposed to
fit the Fein.
On Sat, 20 Feb 2010 06:29:57 -0800 (PST), RonB <[email protected]>
wrote:
>
>>
>> The Fein has a superior blade mounting system. The HF version involves
>> unscrewing and rescrewing a socket head bolt to change blades. On the
>> Fein, there is a release lever and mechanism. For most types of work,
>> you put a particular blade on and use it for the whole job, so the
>> Fein's quick release is nice, but far from being essential.
>>
>> For the price difference you could hire a kid to change blades for
>> you.
>
>Other comments I saw centered around the fact that Fein's innards are
>mostly metal while the HF was plastic (guessing nylon or similar). I
>haven't looked at the other lower priced versions since but I wonder
>if they are metal or plastic. There were also comments about the
>blade attachment like you mention. But they also said that Fein and
>HF components are interchangeable.
>
>Just hearsay at this point. I'll look at others the next time we go
>to the big towns.
>
>RonB
If the HF tool has plastic inards, it hasn't made any difference as
far as durability. I've been abusing the hell out of mine for quite
some time now without any problems. Did you know that the wood blades
will cut pipe and protruding framing nails in tight spaces if you push
hard enough? LOL
On Mon, 22 Feb 2010 08:10:02 -0800 (PST), RonB <[email protected]>
wrote:
>
>> > The original Fein had the same blade change system as the HF version has
>> > now.
>>
>> That's the old Harbor Freight multi-tool; the new one has an improved
>> mounting system (perhaps the same as the Fein) that eliminates the
>> problems with the old one, due to the four little metal "nubs" wearing down.
>>
>> --
>> You were wrong, and I'm man enough to admit it.
>>
>> - a Usenet "apology"
>
>
>Here is their current on-line ad:
>
>http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=67256
>
>Interesting web video language. Something like "..solid die cast
>metal gear housing..." The housing is metal, not the innards. Still
>looking forward to actually seeing one if a week or so (when we go to
>the big city :^} )
>
>I also had the Dremel tool in my had this weekend. Pretty good
>looking, solid feeling tool and it fits the hand well. $99.95.
I bought the Dremmel version a little while ago. It's OK, but I would
have rather have the Bosch Milti-X (no one had it in stock when I
needed it). Are any of the blades interchangeable in these things?