On Sat, 27 Feb 2010 11:37:36 -0600, -MIKE-
wrote:

On 2/27/10 7:50 AM, wrote:
On Fri, 26 Feb 2010 23:19:55 -0500, "Lee Michaels"
wrote:


"David wrote in message
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On 2/26/2010 7:51 PM notbob spake thus:

On 2010-02-27, David wrote:

The "new" (variable-speed) tool has an improved mounting system, perhaps
similar to Fein's new one.

Are you still referring to the Harbor Freight unit (var)? What would
be the advantage to one of these tools being variable? If slowed
down too much, seems it would lose its effectiveness and bog down.
OTOH, I have no experience with one.

Though I wasn't commenting on that aspect of the tool, I agree that being
able to vary the speed isn't a plus in my book either. I was just pointing
out that the variable-speed version has a different, presumably better
tool-mounting system.
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I guess when Harbor Freight copies a tool, they really copy a tool. Even if
the original tool had flaws. This would appear to be two distinct coies of
theoriginal. I would have been more impressed with an imporved version.

Maybe they figure a cheapie model with the bad blade mounting.

And a more expensive model with the mounting problem solved.

They get their foot in the door with a cheap knockoff. Then they "upgrade"
you to a better model. Marketing is alive and well at Harbor Freight.



...Except there is no mounting problem on the original single speed
unit. Someone has posted that their unit lacks the 4 positioning nubs.
That's a manufacturing defect, not a design defect.

I just looked in the owners booklet. The arbor is called a "spindle"
in their terms. If your spindle doesn't have nubs, you can call
1-800-444-3353 and discuss it with tech support. Maybe they will send
you a new one.

Also note that the instructions say not to use the long rectangular
blades in any position except straight out in front.


From the manual...
"3. Note: Some units may have small holes inthe attachments and/or pins
on the spindle shoulder. These are not used or required for this model."

This tells me two things.
1) It's not defective if the "nubs" (pins) are not there. Defective
means, "oops, we forgot to put them on." Not, "we decided later, to
improve the model with nubs."
b) It would be quite a bit of spin/deception on their part to change the
manual on all the older single speed models to try to hide the fact that
they are selling off the old stick that was defective.

Did they change the design? Probably.
Are they trying to deceive? Possibly.

If you don't have the nubs, your unit is defective. Call the number I
provided and see if they will send you a correct spindle.

I have a single speed model and it has the nubs. If you look very
carefully with a high powred electron microscope, you may notice that
*ALL* blades for the tool have holes for mating to those nubs.