Most useless power tool you own?

[Leon]

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[Leon]

Well, the little rubber profiles work pretty well manually. I am not sure what that thing with the cord on it is good for. ;~)

[Leon]

I'll add to the list. Although I no longer own one, any tool made by Wagner fills the bill.

[Thomas Kendrick]

The Wagner "power painter" (AKA power dripper) that I bought in partnership with another friend. After he completed his project, I got to keep it. 90% paint on ground, 10% thrown at wall. It was disassembled for cleaning, then finally thrown away.

What power tool do you regret buying/receiving?

David

[Mekon]

Mine gave up the ghost on it's first use. Damned if I could find the receipt. so I was stuck with it. I used the cable to replace the one that my electric planer ate.

Mekon

[Larry Jaques]

On Tue, 11 Jan 2005 17:40:08 -0600, "Bob Schmall" calmly ranted:

It's no doubt a 220v Whitworth model, Bob. Sell it on Ebay.uk

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[Old Nick]

On Tue, 11 Jan 2005 08:52:57 -0800, David vaguely proposed a theory ......and in reply I say!:

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Table saw.

[Old Nick]

On Tue, 11 Jan 2005 18:59:03 -0500, "TaskMule" vaguely proposed a theory ......and in reply I say!:

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Interesting. What sort and why?

[Robatoy]

Maybe it was designed for metric volts.

[Lewis]

I've got to go with the detail sander. Luckily mine was a $9.99 Harbor Freight model; seems like the more upscale ones are just as useless. Lewis

[Robatoy]

I trust you keep it grounded.

[Mike Patterson]

Not that I'd want to prevent you from buying a tool (even a bad tool purchase is better than NO tool purchase)...

I just finished fixing 3 sticking doors using a cheap hand plane, no sweat.

Also did one with a random-orbital sander, just to see how bad it would be. Actually, I wish I'd used it for the other 3.

YMMV Mike

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[Mike Patterson]

Interesting, as I have one and have used the heck out of it on small pieces that my 6" ROS would gouge or just plain couldn't reach.

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[Edwin Pawlowski]

Hey, I have one of them. Somewhere. Taken apart to clean, but never reassembled. Never will be either. Yes, it is the top of my useless list for sure.

[Mike Patterson]

Hey Kyle, I'd like to play with one if you want to get rid of it cheap. Email me if you're interested.

Mike

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[Mike Patterson]

Clap clap clap... nice one!

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[max]

Is that the Profile sander? I bought one with all of the rubber sanding heads. Never used the tool, but used the sanding heads by hand. An expensive set. max

[max]

I once had a cabinet job that included two large units with a lot of surface area. I wanted to apply polyurethane but hated brushing. I bought a Wagner airless sprayer at Sears. Read the instructions (I think) and proceeded to spray less than half a quart of the stuff on the work and the rest on me and the ground. My hand also went to sleep holding it. I was pretty pissed off. I took it back to Sears and they gave me my money back. max

[Joe Wells]

My Wagner painter is the only tool that I've ever thrown away.

[bob]

Ryobi 14.4V cordless trim saw. Damn thing can't cut a 3/4" sheet of plywood in half on two batteries.