Product Description
CRAFTSMAN MULTI-TOOL
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #59553 in Home Improvement
- Brand: Craftsman
- Model: 9-17438
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 9.00" h x4.00" w x13.00" l,5.00 pounds
Features
- Compact, lightweight design with LED light
- Delivers 15,000 opm for cutting, grinding and more
- Great for heavy duty projects
- Includes 10 accessories, battery, charger and case
- Craftsman Tools. Trust. In your hands.
Customer Reviews
Most helpful customer reviews
51 of 54 people found the following review helpful.
Great tool if you don't expect Fein-quality
By shey
I really like this tool!
Pros:
- cheaper than the others
- cordless and really easy to handle
- easy to learn and use
Cons:
- battery life is about 10 mins with good use
- it does get a bit hot after 5 mins of continual use - enough to warrant gloves
- not nearly as powerful as what I've seen Fein do.
Now, comparing to the reviews I've read or the commercials I've seen for the Fein MultiMaster, it doesn't even come close. If you're anything more than a weekend do-it-yourself-er, this may not be for you. But if you're like me, this tool is sufficient and for the price, not bad at all (I actually picked this up for around $60, refurbished, from a common store's liquidation site).
What I used it for that worked out really well:
- cutting out the square electrical outlet holes in our kitchen cabinets
- dry wall cut-outs
- precise cuts for molding, baseboards, special projects
- small cuts (< 6 inches) on plywood
- precise cuts on medium quality bamboo floors (like around door moldings, corners, etc.)
- sanding an old teak chair I was restoring, getting into those small crevices, in between the slats.
What I used it for that didn't work out:
- Cutting notches in 2x4's - not enough power
- Precise cuts on dense teak floors - not enough power
- medium or longer cuts (> 6 inches) on plywood - not enough power; takes too long
- metal gutters - it did the job eventually, but it took a while. Again, not enough power.
People also recommend another battery, which I kind of agree with - however I have not yet, as I've managed to charge in between uses to keep the battery charged all day. I've also placed the whole tool + battery in the refrig to cool it down while not used it (just for 15 mins or so). It does get hot and once it did not charge because the unit was too hot.
Overall, I really like the tool and it's one of my favorites - but you really do need to adjust your expectations. If you're a contractor or a person who will use this every day - this won't do.
UPDATE 11/2011: 2 years later, still working out great. I will stick with my "cautious recommendation" of this product.
16 of 17 people found the following review helpful.
Nice supplement to a Fein Multimaster
By D. Gustavson
I have a Fein Multimaster, which I love, and bought this for $99 at Sears on sale thinking it would sometimes be nice to have a cordless unit for some jobs.
At a quarter the price I paid for the Multimaster, I rather expected this to be a toy.
But it's a fine tool, and the blades are compatible with Fein, which was a great asset for me. It likely will result in lower blade costs too, due to competition.
For long hard use, the Fein is hard to beat. But for small jobs that can do with battery power, this tool is great! I've used it for cutting copper pipes in awkward places, where I couldn't get a tubing cutter on them, and for scraping, and for cutting doorway trim, and even smoothed some concrete patches.
I also bought the hammer and the drill/saw/light kit, which means I have several batteries that I can use for jobs that take more than I anticipated.
34 of 40 people found the following review helpful.
Not bad for the price
By HJ
I just got one of these units. Seems to be better built than the Dremmel unit. The cutting bits seem to be more solid. However, is not variable speed and unlike the Bosch, tops off at 15000 opm. However, it is almost $100 cheaper. Also comes with a fair mix of bits (I think more than the Dremmel including a vac port and definitely more than the Bosch). At this point don't know about battery life, but the unit comes with only one battery - suggest you buy a second. I don't know about the other units, but this got pretty hot as I was doing test cuts through hard wood - perhaps they all do? Hell, for $99, what more do we want :).
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