Is this worth buying (or rather a suggested xmas present) Bosch PMF 190 E multi tool.
Dont have a use for it at the moment.
You'll wonder how you did without it but it's twice the price of clones from Aldi etc.
It's one of those tools you don't use every day, but when you need it - it's a life saver.
Bosch blades are an arm & a leg, check out Saxton Blades.
Agreed. I used one for the first time yesterday to cut away small sections of skirting, architrave and carpet gripper ready to install some built in cupboards. Excellent tool make easy work of this job.
SWMBO kept asking what I wanted for Christmas and I'd been umming and ahhing about one of these. It turned up from screwfix (£99 for a blue bosch one) on Monday just asking to be used. I suppose I'll have to pack it away so she can wrap it for the 'big day'
Not an essential but a nice to have!
I have a Fein mains and an Aldi cordless. Sadly, they don't use the same blades. They are invaluable for some things. For example I recently fitted a hard wood floor over an existing one - and didn't want those horrid borders. Taking off the skirting to go underneath that was easy enough - but round the door frames not. So I used the multi-tool to cut into the frames then chiselled out a groove. Looks perfect.
I`ll stick it on my xmas list the although I better get a small job lined up to prove it was needed :-) What is it with women that any power tool thats electric is deemed to be one and the same, according to her I have 5 circular saws (bench, circular,chop saw,angle grinder and wet tile cutter) and I dont need another one! And she is convinced I only buy another spanner because its shinier than the one I have at home.
I`ll stick it on my xmas list the although I better get a small job lined up to prove it was needed :-) What is it with women that any power tool thats electric is deemed to be one and the same, according to her I have 5 circular saws (bench, circular,chop saw,angle grinder and wet tile cutter) and I dont need another one! And she is convinced I only buy another spanner because its shinier than the one I have at home.
I`ll stick it on my xmas list the although I better get a small job lined up to prove it was needed :-) What is it with women that any power tool thats electric is deemed to be one and the same, according to her I have 5 circular saws (bench, circular,chop saw,angle grinder and wet tile cutter) and I dont need another one! And she is convinced I only buy another spanner because its shinier than the one I have at home.
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Can the multi tool you're looking at be used to polish spanners?
If so, excuse sorted!
Check how many pairs of shoes she has. That usually shuts her up. And bread and cheese is quite tasty anyway.
I was going to suggest a *completely* different application. Silicone would probably be involved.
Can they be used to carve the turkey?
Get an aldi, £20 iirc
With a circlet blade a turkey could be disembowelled & shredded in 2 second s
NT
They're very good for sanding too
I have found that the fuzzy gripper on the backs of sanding triangles soon gets vibrated to shreds so it does not stay on the tool head; especially on any speed other than lowest.
Exactly my experience.
Despite the PMF being a fantastic sander, I don't use it for sanding for that very reason.
Isn't that essentially true of all velcro-fixed sanders?
Just picked up a blade set in Aldi today. 1 straight bi-metal saw, One semi circular bi metal blade and a scraper blade plus 10 wood sanding pads and 10 paint sanding pads for £9.99 Time will tell how well they last....
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It's a problem when they know you too well isn't it?
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