notbob wrote:
On 2009-03-05, 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.

Wow! Pretty impressive. What's the generic term for this type of
tool, in case I can't get to a Harbor Freight (forget Fein! .
Thanks.


Dunno. A "Multi(something)" I guess.

You'll get to HF - or have them get to you. The Dremel rendition is about
$100, the Bosch and Rockwell varieties slightly more.