I got one for a gift, Xmas of '03. If memory serves me well, it was the only gift I returned. 'Twas a Bad & Decker. A silly little pin was supposed to hold it on the wall--NOT! Now they use a silly suction cup; not sure which is the worse idea.
David
TaskMule wrote:
Mine tends to burn them (bits) rather than break them. :) A keyhole saw makes a lot mess when cutting sheetrock, although with the vacuum attachment, the RZ isn't quite the ungodly fine-dust generator it is by itself.
David
Kyle Boatright wrote:
I'll second that emotion, Leon. My Wagner is up in the attic out of reach of anyone wishing to use a decent sprayer.
David
Le> I'll add to the list. Although I no longer own one, any tool made by Wagner
I only used mine twice, but it did a pretty good job with transparent stain.
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I found it to be a great source of wrist stress, and the vibration was very good at making my hand go numb. As far as for woodworking, i'ts probably not useful for much.
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OK, that pretty much has got to be the winner.
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You forgot to include the fact that of that 10% thrown on the wall, 90% of it went into one place and formed a huge drip
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That raises an interesting question, why do we continue to hang on to tools that we have proven to ourselves to be useless? Moreover, sometimes even to the extent of angering ourselves everytime we think we have figured out how to use them for something, only to screw a project up and realize that the tool really *is* useless?
I know I'm certainly guilty of this, I still have the PC detail sander even though I have not really been able to make it work all that well (several years ago I would have said otherwise, but have later found much better ways to get things done). I did get rid of the Sears vibrator that was mislabeled a pad sander, the Sears jigsaw that attempted to use decibels to scream wood apart while vibrating a blade against said wood, and a useless Wagner PowerPainter, so I think I'm learning that keeping useless stuff around is wasteful of space as well as the few $ that they might bring at a garage sale.
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A good clearing out is theraputic. Chucking useless crap that clogs the shop also makes place in our shops for new, even more useless crap.
And the dumpster divers and rust hunters amongst us have something about which to gloat.
Patriarch, who hauled three large boxes of offcuts up to the country place this weekend, and enjoyed the fire...
Ditto! Mine went bye-bye (and I rarely throw anything away).
Glenna
Tue, Jan 11, 2005, 6:59pm snipped-for-privacy@thistime.net (TaskMule) says: Laser level
Surely you jest. Absolutely fantastic tool. Great for driving squirrels and cats nuts. LMAO
JOAT Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get.
- =A0Dale Carnegie
I think I traded mine to JOAT for a corner clamp. LOL!
Tue, Jan 11, 2005, 9:23pm (EST+5) snipped-for-privacy@spamcop.net (Dave=A0Hinz) asks: What, a newsreader that posts without including any context, you mean?
Nah, just means he's off his dried frog pills, and talking to himself again
JOAT Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get.
- =A0Dale Carnegie
Hah. The rechargeable ones are a lot more decent than they used to be, but a tailed drill will run as long as civilization holds out, *and* it will wrap about 2' of chain link fence around a bulb augur. Try that with a cordless. :)
(Neighbor didn't notice the interesting job I did re-weaving his fence.)
"David" wrote
: Each year, my nomination remains constant; a DeWALT 3-1/4" hand plane. : About the only use it's seen is to knock down protruding edges of studs : when I'm framing a wall with less than perfectly straight studs. I'm : unable to find a use for it in cabinet or furniture making.
A fairly recent issue of Fine Woodworking showed its use in rough-preparing a large sawn hardwood board.
The author did the obvious. He reshaped the cutters to a slightly convex profie as one should do with a hand plane.
I'm at a loss to understand why the manufacturers don't offer this option - they must have considered it.
Jeff G
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They are probably expected to do stuff they are not really meant for. They take off a lot of wood, and it's easy to get it wrong really fast. They are good for taking off lots of wood.
I have one and hardly use it. I used it for shaping the chines etc on a boat to take the skin, using a jig. That was one good use.
Oh. And never put your fingers underneath to clear the swarf while you are working....
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Lucky SOB. I kept trying mine for years and ended up running over with a Front End Loader. That was the best I ever had from it.
My most useless (or, the least used of anything I ever bought) would have to be the PC profile sander. I bought the accessories too so now I have more than just the profile sander just sitting there.
My wife says anything not used for at least two years is useless and should be thrown out. But, next week I might need it - right :O)
Pack Rat
HEY! I love that thing! With a 36 grit belt mounted, there is nothing that removes material like that puppy...(or eats a cord as efficiently)DAMHIKT... short of maybe the Milwaukee 4x24 version... For scribing the backs of countertops... there's nothing like it.
It's the 3x21 352VS I dislike. Aside from it eating motor bearings (I can't cross reference them to other bearing mfg's) the thing is wayyy to heavy for 7 amp 3x21 kiddie sander.... Truly a substandard tool for my applications. #2.. the original PC pocket cutter. What a wobbly, screaming POS that was. LONG gone. #3.. PC profile sander LONG gone.
none of the above 3 in particular order. Funny how those three pieces are all PC... and yet I swear by their production routers, and a lot of their other tools are great although I have been buying Hitachi MV12's lately with great success.
*turning ramble mode OFF*Rob
Yup.. know it well. Still a source for much laughter during 'What NOT to buy' seminars. The paper stays stationary whilst the sander body vibrates like a sunnvabitch till your hand swells up. Narry a scuff upon thyne work surface.
A TRUE contender for The Hall Of Crap, but too hilarious to throw out.
*chuckling at the thought*Rob
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