Craftsman "All-in-one" Rotary Cutting Tool

I think that is what we bought a couple years ago.. I had looked at the Dremel and then saw this and thought.. hmm cheaper and with more gadgets… yah.
It was so complicated to put together and switch the pieces that I just cried…. I haven’t touched it since (and I’ve purchased a Dremel)

-- "Functional WoodArt" by Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

I’m a firn believer in, “you get what you pay for”. not having owned one I cannot really comment but I have owned a few dremels.

Some of the cons you mention would, by the very nature of the tool, be true to all, including foredom, dremel, Guesswein in that they are all dusty, all should be used with hearing and resperatory protection. I am certainly not a fan of some “off shore” products but the fact of the matter is, almost all appliances are made in china, most tools are made china and more and more hardware is made in china. We automatically assume that anything and everything that is made in china is of poor quailty not even knowing that the canned beans we eat, were grown here, and canned over there. That would even go for a whole lot of car parts put into North American vehicles and yet I and we….curse.

I think that most “cases” require a photographic memory to re-pack it, much like a tent that comes with a wrapper…....who can fit the tent back in the bag?, unless of course you up the anti and spend a lot more cash but then again, not every one needs a tent or tool to bring to Everest.

The Dremels I bought suddenly went BOOM, parts everywhere and have since bought a foredom, in fact, I now own three foredoms with varying degrees of success from some the accesorries. I dont mean to say that Dremel gets 1 star because I realize that I used the tool for something it was never engineered to do.

The beloved President Ronald Reagen buried the USSR, the walls crumbled due to the fact, he and his great nation spent the other side into the ground through the arms race. I sometimes wonder if China didnt learn that one and add another step…..........we buy there product and spend ourselves into the ground <vbg>Do I think it’s fair, ................no I dont but we all seem to love our Wal-Marts and CanadianTire stores

I read every one of these reviews and would concur with your opinion of this product, so might I say thank you to you, and everyone else who takes the time to write about a product but for 60 bucks….? what did you expect?

Best Regards

Food for thought!

-- http://www.furnituremann.ca/

Lay it on the line Dadoo. The MFG’s might get their act together.

-- Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

Actually $60.00 was a very good price as this “new” unit sold at Sears for $150.00-180.00. And the housing is very thick plastic; I figure it should easily survive a fall of 10’ to the pavement. I’ve also owned a battery powered Dremel and it eventually died and wouldn’t recharge. It’s case was very thin and it was very clumsy to operate due to being top heavy with that battery pack. And I’m not “dissing” the Chinese as a race. It’s their construction and quality management that sucks! Remember the 60’s? When anything Japanese was junk? Then the 70’s and 80’s brought on the Tiawanese junk? Today the Japanese produce some of the best stuff out there. The Tiawanese are running a close second but China…They put their factory managers to death because they put toxic crap in dog food. Give them time. Some day “Made in China” may mean something better. Until then, whenever I need to drive a bearing out of a hub, I grab my Chinese sockets.

-- Bob Vila would be so proud of you!

(not wanting to start something.. but we do have to remember that if it is “our” product and it is made somewhere else, we are STILL responsible for the quality and the product that comes back…. they made it, but they made it to our requirements. )

And … back to the original post..

-- "Functional WoodArt" by Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

I have a Rotozip 5 and it is cool for notching tiles and ceramic profile mouldings In/around showers. Thats mainly what I use mine for. It comes with a nice little duffel bag with plenty of pockets to store stuff in. I find it a bit too Big to do tiny detailed work, it is loud too! It can get wild at times and the right angle attachment just stopped working for some strange reason and I’ve only used that attachment twice. I used to break a lot of bits until I actually sat down and watched the instruction video, haven’t broke one since. Bosch makes it and they are sending another right angle attachment out to me, they were nice to deal with.

-- --Chuck

I don’t know how these offshore knockoffs compare with the rotozip but I have used mine for various tile and ceramic installations.
I have no regrets although I don’t use it as often as some of my other tools

Bob

-- A mind, like a home, is furnished by its owner

my rotozip gets a workout and I wouldn’t trade it for anything. I am not a craftsman guy… all i have from them is an ancient radial arm saw I got as a gift and some socket wrenches.,

-- making sawdust....

The Dremel unit seems to be well made, but I really don’t use it too much.

I got a pretty big assortment of goodies with it, including a router base, which I have used for inlay work, which is why I bought it.

I like it though.

Lee

-- by Lee A. Jesberger http://www.prowoodworkingtips.com http://www.ezee-feed.com