On Mar 5, 11:46*am, "HeyBub" wrote:

Since the Fein patent expired late last year, others have duplicated the
tool. Harbor Freight, Dremel, Bosch, and others make a replacement tool -
and all the blades between manufacturers are interchangable.

I FINALLY talked to someone that used the Rockwell Sonicrafter. He
loves it.

He is the manager of a local lumber yard, and they sell the full line
of the Rockwell branded tools. He does a lot of general stuff, but
doesn't use his tools full time.

He told me that his BIL has one these things (bought from him of
course!) and he does a lot of contract repair work. He loves the
machine and it has a permanent place in the truck.

I asked him about the overall view of the Rockwell brand. He says
that in a year or so, they haven't had but one tool come back because
of a defect (battery). According to him, the contractors he sells the
tools to think that the tools are solid and well priced.

He admitted the sales were slow, but attributed that to the fact that
little advertisement is done outside trade mags or the normal wood/DIY
mags. The public doesn't have much awareness of the revamped brand.

On another note, I received a DeWalt rotary tool for Christmas about 5
years ago. I used it one day... I have no idea what to do with it.
Since LOML gave it to me, I cannot sell or trade it.
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You would think doing all the repairs and remodel stuff I do it would
be invaluable, but the only time I used it was when I was setting some
tile myself and wanted to cut some holes in the tile. I would stay
away from a rotary unless you have identified a task that only that
tool can perform.

Robert