Richard Kagen
01-08-2007, 2:00 PM
Alright it was only $120 (Amazon), but this is a very unimpressive tool, and that is real money in my book for a simple tool.
My issues:
- the torx screw that hold the dust collection nozzle stripped out of the soft cast aluminium base housing the first time I used it. I replaced with with a brass screw to better match the metal hardness and it seems to be holding OK
- dust collection bad is useless. The dust collection port clogs on the first cut and the bag does not inflate as there is a 1/8+ gap in the housing under the collection port.
- manual says that it comes pre-adjusted for all biscuit sizes, but was way off.
Multiple Choice question:
1) I got a lemon
2) It is a poorly designed tool.
3) You get what you pay for
4) All of the above
RANT: I will never understand why things get designed and produced this way. Come on, how much harder is it to make something right?
My issues:
- the torx screw that hold the dust collection nozzle stripped out of the soft cast aluminium base housing the first time I used it. I replaced with with a brass screw to better match the metal hardness and it seems to be holding OK
- dust collection bad is useless. The dust collection port clogs on the first cut and the bag does not inflate as there is a 1/8+ gap in the housing under the collection port.
- manual says that it comes pre-adjusted for all biscuit sizes, but was way off.
Multiple Choice question:
1) I got a lemon
2) It is a poorly designed tool.
3) You get what you pay for
4) All of the above
RANT: I will never understand why things get designed and produced this way. Come on, how much harder is it to make something right?