Opinions on Harbor Freight Fein Multimaster look-alike?

[stewbintn]

Saw this in a paper ad I received yesterday for $39.99:

Harbor Freight Tools - Quality Tools at the Lowest Prices

I realize it's not going to be as good as the Fein, but the price sure is right (plus the blades are way cheaper). I've been fighting with a project trying to cut away the deck of my houseboat as flush as possible to the "house" to flash and re-deck it with veranda decking and burnt up the piece-of-junk rotozip with it's flush cutting saw (that I've got way too much money in already).

Anybody used one of these and have an opinion?

Thanks!

 

[kennyd]

Sure looks to good to be true...

I have a Fein Multimaster TOP kit ($400) and while they are expensive-they sure do work as advertised!

For $40.00 I would get one and try it if I where you, I get the HF catalogs ALL the time-sometimes 3 a week and have never seen this before.


Please report back...I wonder the the blade are interchangeable?

 

[ninefinger]

First how deep is 60mm? Will that be enough? House boat, I assume marine grade wood, usually very dense wood, tough on a 1/4 hp saw. That said the couple of electric tools I have bought from HF have been a pleasant surprize. They were bought for a hard life and have held up.... for $40 if it does the job it is a deal.

 

[LRH]

60MM = ~2.362" (1" =25.4MM)

 

[ninefinger]

60MM = ~2.362" (1" =25.4MM)

Thanks, I can deal with bolts and nuts but I guess I have worked with inches and 16ths for so long I just have that mind set.