Create a review for a woodworking tool that you are familiar with (Shopsmith brand or Non-Shopsmith) or just post your opinion on a specific tool. Head to head comparisons welcome too.
You might want to check out the Multi-Max at dremel.com. Look at the accessories. I don't have a Fein or any other oscillating cutting tool, but maybe their blades will fit your Fein.
You might want to check out the Multi-Max at dremel.com. Look at the accessories. I don't have a Fein or any other oscillating cutting tool, but maybe their blades will fit your Fein.
Ron
PS Dremel is owned by Bosch
Nope the Muti-max tools won't fit on the Fein. Each have their own proprietary method of mounting. They all know what they are doing. Buy my tool buy my accessories.
Besides the Fein went with my ex son-in-law, that is why I'm interested in the Dremel.
I like Bosch my wife's brother works for them in SC
I would be interested in seeing a comparison between those who own a Multimaster and those who own the Dremel equivalent (ease of operation, cost, versatility, etc.).
BPR
I would be willing to bet the owners of the Fein are delighted with their tool and probably more so than Dremel users of theirs.
If I was earning a living from woodworking I would own the Fein. If I wanted something to occassionally use around my home or shop I would buy the Dremel.
That said I would have to be using the Fein a lot to justify nearly a $250 difference in initial cost and a $40 difference in replacement blades.
There is an interesting mindset you have when you go to lumber yard/big box/supplier and fairly regularily write $8000 and $10000 dollar checks in the process of a building a house. A $400 tool kinda gets lost in the zero's.
Ed in Tampa wrote:BPR
I would be willing to bet the owners of the Fein are delighted with their tool and probably more so than Dremel users of theirs.
If I was earning a living from woodworking I would own the Fein. If I wanted something to occassionally use around my home or shop I would buy the Dremel.
That said I would have to be using the Fein a lot to justify nearly a $250 difference in initial cost and a $40 difference in replacement blades.
There is an interesting mindset you have when you go to lumber yard/big box/supplier and fairly regularily write $8000 and $10000 dollar checks in the process of a building a house. A $400 tool kinda gets lost in the zero's.
Can I go to LOWE'S with you sometime???:D
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Cost is just a tad more than the Dremel, but a lot less than the Fein.
Dick
SS equipment. '89 510 (upgrade to 520), beltsander, pro planer, SS dust collector, 2 bandsaws, jointer, strip sander (production unit #1), OPR, scroll saw, Power Station, Incra TSIII Ultra Fence System& Wonder Fence plus (2) 50 year old DeWalt RASs and Incra miter express with miter gauge
I work at Woodcraft & we sell the Fein. They really are a tool for someone who works in the trades. The least expensive kit is $200, & there are kits @ $300 & $400.
Fein builds their own motors & use about 30% more copper in the windings to make sure the tool will hold up to daily use. While I am embarrassed at the price of replacement blades, I understand the Dremel blades are so thin they flex like card stock. Fein just lowered prices, but they're still high.
The Multimaster does cuts that no other type of tool can do. It saves time & it saves knuckles, so that means it saves a pro money.
Rick Dubbs
2004 520 w/bandsaw, jointer, belt sander, DC 3300, Universal Lathe Tool Rest, Talon chuck, & Lathe Duplicator
rdubbs wrote:The Multimaster does cuts that no other type of tool can do. It saves time & it saves knuckles, so that means it saves a pro money.
Thank you for your post, Rick! Your honest appraisal was/is appreciated!
Being one of those that has thought this small tool is simply magnitudes way too expensive for doing things normally done with the Mark V, your last paragraph brings me to my never ending question about any or all tools. (including Shopsmith ones).
Just what operations is the Multimaster capable of that cannot be done with other tools? I would include hand as well as power tools.
Maybe the list of such tasks would be too extensive to post, so maybe you could point me to a web site that would answer this question.
Octogenarian's have an earned right to be a curmudgeon.
Chuck in Lancaster, CA
