Fein Multimaster

Yup, they should do that.

Is there a clone around. This is a tool that is on my wish list. It is so versatile it covers about tools. At £60 or so I still think it is worth it. But someone must have made a look-alike by now.

On or around 2 Nov 2005 05:14:31 -0800, snipped-for-privacy@mwfree.net mused:

It certainly would. I got a Multimaster Top (the one with all the attachments and a case etc...) a couple of years ago and have found a multitude of uses for it. It has to be one of my favourite and most verstaile tools.

What's wrong with the internet? Chances are, it's the cheapest place to buy it from. I got mine at a show special price from the Price Tools stand at Interbuild.

It *can* do it (I've had one for quite a while now) but despite the attraction of not removing the skirting you'd spend an absolute age cutting. Maintaining a straight line might also be a problem and both the basic tool and the suitable blades are not cheap. It's a great piece of kit but I'd never consider using it for a full room.

Unless your skirting is something exceptional I'd pull it all off and start from scratch. If you do manage to remove it in one piece then a few minutes with a table or circular saw would remove all the excess and produce a better job.

BTW, hardwood floors went out of fashion two or three years ago. :-)

Where do you find it at £60?! And how much are the blades, eh?!! :-) Just came across a thread from a year and a half ago on the screwfix discussion forum:

Lord Hall we know, you have old us many times.

Lord Hall, they haven't. Ceramic floor tiles are popular.

It is useful for cutting T&G boards and nice cut where the board rests on the joist. Cutting the bottom of door architrave and other bits and bobs. I have a rotothingy and that does a similar job, except architrave. And doesn't cost silly money.

This is an excellent tool.

I have the Top version with an assortment of accessories in a metal case. It came from Axminster Power Tools if I remember correctly. I have since bought a number of cutters and other accessories.

It gets a lot of use for all sorts of purposes in woodworking, DIY, decorating,.....

Probably one of my most used tools and worth every penny.

Having said that, it would be a lengthy job to trim a complete skirting, although an architrave would be OK. I would suggest that you remove the skirting altogether. If you are going for a proper hardwood floor, then a hardwood skirting in a matching or contrasting wood fits very well. A painted skirting - especially in a plain modern style may not. Either way, it's better to replace it than to mess around trying to trim it.

Not a clone, but I wonder if this would do the skirting-board job (except at corners, obviously). I don't know how thick the blade is: presumably OK for laminate, maybe a bit thick for vinyl.

Looks good enough to cut the architraves. At £50 cheap enough too.

Matt, you have just told us that in the other post. Boy!

Why not buy the proper thing for a change?

The entry level Fein, with a small range of accessories is only =A3108.

One of the values of this tool is the availability and continued availability of a wide range of accessories and consumables. This is one tool type where the here today, gone tomorrow marketing of the rippers off will not work.

I hope that Fein have a robust patent in place to stave off cheap imitation competitors. This is one of the most innovative and useful power tools for a very long time and they deserve the kudos and return for developing and properly supporting it with genuine warranties, accessories and service.

Yes.

Arbortech stuff is mainly intended for power woodcarving .

Even the small one like this is quite aggressive and to suggest that it's suitable for fine work is stretching it a bit.

They are good fun if you fancy creatively making something in 3D in wood.

It's not suitable for trimming work like this, but the Multimaster isn't that useful for cutting long lengths of wood either.

You could try it on plastic pipe as well......

It should be about as effective as your usual technique

Matt, which does not do much at all. You need the £160 job.

Which are "very" expensive. It is only a sander with attachments and £160 is taking the piss.

It is only a sander.

Developing? The same sort of body is available for a few quid from others.

To me it is useful for floorboards, cutting the bottoms of architraves and well...er, er, sanding. A Rotothingy can do the boards, which I have, and this can do the architrave for £50:

My usual technique on plastic pipe is top throw it out, or use it for sleeving. Can't thing what else it is good for.

Hi,

I'd use on of these ;) :

cheers, Pete.

Looks far more cost effective, and effective too.

The Multimaster is a detail sander with extras. You can buy a detail sander for £10. £25 gets you a good Ryobi.

So,

That is: £70 max and they will all do most of what the multimaster will do and better too. A big difference to £160

BTW, does anyone know of a softstart angle grinder?

It is quite a complicated shaped room so would entail a lot of cuts and frigging about fitting the skirting plus there is picture rail to do if I fitted a different skirting. The existing skirting and picture rail was fitted 20 years ago and is not painted but stained. I think a bit of contrast to a hardwood floor is not a bad thing, I just can't be bothered with all those mitre cuts.

Kevin