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"Get me the fine" sounds like a sentence fragment, so the word "stout" comes to mind. An extra long chisel, an olympic hammer arm in contortionist mode, and an eyeful of shavings might have sloppily done the job. After I *nearly* bogged it down on maybe 1/3 or 1/2 power it jolted me a good bit, but the fein and I escaped unscathed, barely. So, I turned it up a good twist and it became quite an unpleasant tool to use. The amount of work it saved paid for a good chunk of it. Although a bit shocking, the power wasn't unmanageable, and it got the job done. After I bought it, I quickly realized how many uses I had for it.
So I saw some painted over epoxy from behind a backsplash, and scraped it away no problem. Cutting through the 1.5" glued mdf with this oscillating saw took some serious power. This thing adds precision and saves 70% of the time. I have yet to top it out and can't forsee a situation that will demand it.sometimes I end up nicknaming tools. The thing oscillated itself and me at 30000+ or whatever RPM in a way that almost numbed the forearms. So I caved.
I wasn't in the mood to overexert myself for sloppy (possibly unacceptable) work, so off to woodcraft. The scraper is perhaps my favorite feature. The amount of frustration it reduced saved me. So I'll avoid it as best as I can and have a back up plan just in case, and if worse comes to worse, I'll sand with my saw/scraper/metal cutting/grout remover, and complain about it a bit.Build is top notch - solid and sturdy, even a bit heavy, more than most of even the best tools.I'm going to avoid using the wood blades unless the job demands the Fein.By the way, this thing is powerful. Try cutting a small piece of melamime out from underneath a counter and behind a sink with 4" to the wall with anything else, I dare you. It's so frustrating to gouge at something with a putty knife or chisel or scraper and have the work come hard, slow, and mediocre.
I hate sanding, who wants to carry a sander around. Then I sanded some, edged some windowsills, casually cut a piece of PVC just to save me the trip for something else, and tomorrow I'm doing some metal cutting.
I was surprised by how well it could cut into wood. Some people are making their own blades (do a web search) to try to avoid the cost. It can plunge cut and it is great for precise woodworking. The Fein multimaster is a good, well made tool. But there are some jobs that no other tool can do.
Very powerful. The biggest problem, however, is the cost of the blades. These blades quickly wear out and have to be replaced. New blades are extremely expensive.
Usually, the more jobs that a tool will do, the more badly it does most of them. It is, however, expensive, and the blades, etc., are more costly than they should be, and to buy the plastic box (purchased separately at $170 or so) you would have to be out of your mind. Not so in this case. The multimaster seems to do cutting, sanding, scraping with equal quality, satisfactory all around.
A one of a kind tool that is very well made. Plunge cut into wood, or flush cut metal - its amazing to use.
This is a well-made product and the new star mount and quick-release blade change make it a worthwhile upgrade from the old Multimaster. I suggest purchasing the empty metal carrying case separately, which will run you about $55 online.If you are reading this you already know that the Multimaster handles many tasks easily that are very difficult using other tools.
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