email flier has a coupon for fiddy bucks for the HF multitool VARIABLE Speed version.
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email flier has a coupon for fiddy bucks for the HF multitool VARIABLE Speed version.
email flier has a coupon for fiddy bucks for the HF multitool VARIABLE Speed version.
the VS was mostly for sanding and I have lots of sanders..
mac
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I've often wondered myself why a variable speed would be necessary other than sanding. Like you, I also have a few sanders which do the job. Anyone care to offer insight to why variable speed cutting would be necessary elsewhere?
"SBH" wrote
Doesn't the variable speed model have a more secure way of holding the blades? Is the motor the same power?
It could just be that it is a copy of the Feon. If Fein did it. so would HF.
Perhaps if you are being paid by the hour...
Fein has a totally different locking mechanism for securing the blades. The HF uses a simple socket head screw that requires and allen wrench, while Fein has a quick release lever.
As per the discussions on this group, the VS model has a much better way of securing the blades. That may be worth the $15 difference.
Not according to the manual. It has the same socket head screw setup as the original single speed model.
Also has several other advantages:
If that case is designed well, it would be worth the extra 15 to me.
Here's a post from the discussion I was referring to:
Quality looks good. In particular, in addition to adding variable speed it seems to have "solved" some of the complaints with the earlier model, including:
- Raised 'dots' that engage with holes in the attachments, allowing for positive locking of the attachment which prevents the slipping that reportedly plagued the regular model which needed the screw to be wrenched down real tight to avoid slipping
- Pretty quiet -- quieter than a pad sander
- More ergonomic shape
The single speed unit have that, now.
Interesting - the HF Website lists this tool for $39.99 with a regular price of 59.99 This is the URL -
I have been considering this tool or the King I'm just a home woodworker and would be using it as a for renos and whatever, It would get only occasional use.
Are there any owners who can comment on either?
Using coupons and a "tent sale," today I got the single speed model for $35 less 20%. There are raised bumps to hold attachments securely, despite having to use the hex head screw. FWIW, the few times I will use the tool, this is fine. The $ 80 version was also on sale today with a coupon for $50, but I opted for the cheap one due to the anticipated low usage.
On Mon, 15 Mar 2010 20:13:16 -0700, the infamous "Nonny" scrawled the following:
Good choice, but you you'll find out just how wrong you are on the "low usage" of that thing. They're addicting.
-- No matter how cynical you are, it is impossible to keep up. --Lily Tomlin
On 3/15/2010 6:59 PM Matt spake thus:
Yes; check the Harbor Freight Reviews site:
It would have to be a LOT better for me to justify almost 1/3 more on the price.. I've been abusing the hell out of mine and have no trouble changing blades and haven't had one loosen on me since the first time I used it, when I was going to easy on the allan wrench..
mac
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Just being quieter would be a big factor for me.. Mine sounds like a hair clipper on steroids..
mac
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I bought the $34 model at harbor Freight and I'm very impressed with it.. I'm primarily a turner but bought this just to prove to myself that a sander with a blade attached to it couldn't cut wood.. WRONG!
It's earned it's keep just in the 5 or 6 times that friends have come over and I showed them simple plunge cuts with this beast..
Get one, it's a great tool..
mac
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