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Most useless power tool you own?
Each year, my nomination remains constant; a DeWALT 3-1/4" hand plane.
About the only use it's seen is to knock down protruding edges of studs when I'm framing a wall with less than perfectly straight studs. I'm unable to find a use for it in cabinet or furniture making. What power tool do you regret buying/receiving? David |
I think a google search of a few weeks ago will reveal the answers to this
same question. "David" wrote in message ... Each year, my nomination remains constant; a DeWALT 3-1/4" hand plane. About the only use it's seen is to knock down protruding edges of studs when I'm framing a wall with less than perfectly straight studs. I'm unable to find a use for it in cabinet or furniture making. What power tool do you regret buying/receiving? David |
I missed that one. Audience participation today will undoubtedly suffer.
David Leon wrote: I think a google search of a few weeks ago will reveal the answers to this same question. "David" wrote in message ... Each year, my nomination remains constant; a DeWALT 3-1/4" hand plane. About the only use it's seen is to knock down protruding edges of studs when I'm framing a wall with less than perfectly straight studs. I'm unable to find a use for it in cabinet or furniture making. What power tool do you regret buying/receiving? David |
Naw, my power plane is great. Of course, I only paid $3 for it at a garage
sale. If I paid $75, it would be close to the top of the list. |
I found a lot of chatter about Dremel; was that the thread you are
referring to? Sidenote: you can't search Google Groups for any date in 2005 unless you search all dates. Google's aware of the problem and as of late last night are still working to fix it. (Or so they promised me) David Leon wrote: I think a google search of a few weeks ago will reveal the answers to this same question. "David" wrote in message ... Each year, my nomination remains constant; a DeWALT 3-1/4" hand plane. About the only use it's seen is to knock down protruding edges of studs when I'm framing a wall with less than perfectly straight studs. I'm unable to find a use for it in cabinet or furniture making. What power tool do you regret buying/receiving? David |
Good point. I think I've gotten about three dollars usage from that
sucker. :) Don't remember what it cost, but it was not a bargain for me. David toller wrote: Naw, my power plane is great. Of course, I only paid $3 for it at a garage sale. If I paid $75, it would be close to the top of the list. |
I was just thinking about buying one of these to shave down some
sticking doors. What's so bad about them? Chuck |
David wrote: Each year, my nomination remains constant; a DeWALT 3-1/4" hand plane. About the only use it's seen is to knock down protruding edges of studs when I'm framing a wall with less than perfectly straight studs. I'm unable to find a use for it in cabinet or furniture making. You guys ever watch "BIG" on the Discovery Channel? They built a BIG electric guitar, 9x the size and used a 12" power planer at one point. |
Rotozip.
Cuts holes for outlet boxes in drywall, but only if you use metal boxes. Other than that I haven't found anything useful for this thing to do. |
IIRC the thread did include the Dremel and probably went back to before
Christmas. "David" wrote in message ... I found a lot of chatter about Dremel; was that the thread you are referring to? Sidenote: you can't search Google Groups for any date in 2005 unless you search all dates. Google's aware of the problem and as of late last night are still working to fix it. (Or so they promised me) David Leon wrote: I think a google search of a few weeks ago will reveal the answers to this same question. "David" wrote in message ... Each year, my nomination remains constant; a DeWALT 3-1/4" hand plane. About the only use it's seen is to knock down protruding edges of studs when I'm framing a wall with less than perfectly straight studs. I'm unable to find a use for it in cabinet or furniture making. What power tool do you regret buying/receiving? David |
Mine is the PC detail sander, and I predict it will be the winner (or looser).
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On 11 Jan 2005 10:48:43 -0800, Chuck wrote:
I was just thinking about buying one of these to shave down some sticking doors. What's so bad about them? Are you anywhere near Milwaukee or Madison? I'll give you a hell of a deal. |
Hi David:
Someone gave me a Ryobi detail sander about 5 years ago. I've used it once. Regards, John. |
A few years ago a friend gifted me with a Sears Craftsman detail sander, a
dinky little motorized tool that resembles my old Norelco triple-head shaver except with three little sandpaper pads, each about the size of a quarter, instead of the "rotary blades" the razor was equipped with. What a POS. I think the shaver had more horsepower, and I know it was more useful. In addition to having less torque than your average electric pencil sharpener, this "tool" was rendered even more worthless because one or more of the cheesy plastic pads upon which the sanding disks were mounted constantly popped off during use. Lee -- To e-mail, replace "bucketofspam" with "dleegordon" |
I have one of the planers. I hear this all the time, and I use mine for all
kinds of things. There was an article in FWW, PWW or one of the magazines a couple of issues ago that discussed flattening a large board. I was doing a large top to a dresser and was using hand planes. This article used the electric hand planer to take down high areas. I tried it and I admit, it worked very well. You can finesse it well (just like a belt sander) if you are careful. After the large areas are done, go back to the hand planes. Can't say that any of my tools are useless (except maybe the drill sharpener that I got at Homier). I haven't used my old right angle drill adapter more than once in 30 years (except about 3 wks ago) or my Fein or Sears detail sanders, but once in a while they have some uses, especially the Fein. When it does get used, nothing would do the job better. Dremmel tools are not used much, but they are the only solution at times. I don't use my wood lath much anymore since I have not built early american furniture in about 25 years, but I would not want to be without it. "Dave Hinz" wrote in message ... On 11 Jan 2005 10:48:43 -0800, Chuck wrote: I was just thinking about buying one of these to shave down some sticking doors. What's so bad about them? Are you anywhere near Milwaukee or Madison? I'll give you a hell of a deal. |
Beyond any doubt. Worst tool ever made by a reputable company.
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On Tue, 11 Jan 2005 21:15:30 GMT, toller wrote:
Beyond any doubt. Worst tool ever made by a reputable company. What, a newsreader that posts without including any context, you mean? |
I saw that episode. AAMOF, it's the ONLY episode of Big that I've seen.
I had no idea that there was such a large hand held planer . David wrote: David wrote: Each year, my nomination remains constant; a DeWALT 3-1/4" hand plane. About the only use it's seen is to knock down protruding edges of studs when I'm framing a wall with less than perfectly straight studs. I'm unable to find a use for it in cabinet or furniture making. You guys ever watch "BIG" on the Discovery Channel? They built a BIG electric guitar, 9x the size and used a 12" power planer at one point. |
"Ray" wrote in message oups.com... Rotozip. Cuts holes for outlet boxes in drywall, but only if you use metal boxes. Other than that I haven't found anything useful for this thing to do. And destroys the vapour barrier you've carefully sealed around electrical boxes |
Lee, I had to laugh when reading your post because I looked over that
very sander at Sears one day. I think each pad had about twelve flecks of grit apiece; they should last all of maybe 2 minutes? Rubbing a well-calloused finger over the workpiece might be more effective. David Lee Gordon wrote: A few years ago a friend gifted me with a Sears Craftsman detail sander, a dinky little motorized tool that resembles my old Norelco triple-head shaver except with three little sandpaper pads, each about the size of a quarter, instead of the "rotary blades" the razor was equipped with. What a POS. I think the shaver had more horsepower, and I know it was more useful. In addition to having less torque than your average electric pencil sharpener, this "tool" was rendered even more worthless because one or more of the cheesy plastic pads upon which the sanding disks were mounted constantly popped off during use. Lee |
On Tue, 11 Jan 2005 09:49:11 -0800, David wrote:
I found a lot of chatter about Dremel; was that the thread you are referring to? Sidenote: you can't search Google Groups for any date in 2005 unless you search all dates. Google's aware of the problem and as of late last night are still working to fix it. (Or so they promised me) David Leon wrote: I think a google search of a few weeks ago will reveal the answers to this same question. I think it was the "FESS UP" one?? mac Please remove splinters before emailing |
"David" wrote in message ... What power tool do you regret buying/receiving? Black and Decker "Mouse" Detail Sander. |
gets my vote
"ToolMiser" wrote in message ... Mine is the PC detail sander, and I predict it will be the winner (or looser). |
A craftsman sheet sander (1972 vintage purchased new). It made so much
noise and sanded so poorly, I just put it away. I just ordered a PC speedboc to make up for that mistake. Bob |
"David" wrote in message ... Each year, my nomination remains constant; a DeWALT 3-1/4" hand plane. About the only use it's seen is to knock down protruding edges of studs when I'm framing a wall with less than perfectly straight studs. I'm unable to find a use for it in cabinet or furniture making. What power tool do you regret buying/receiving? David For my 40th birthday a friend gave me a hammer with a power cord. That thing never did work right. In fact, it never ran at all. I changed the fuses, tried grounded outlets, everything. It's been sitting there for more than 20 years now. Do you think it might be 220v? Bob |
"David" wrote in message ... Each year, my nomination remains constant; a DeWALT 3-1/4" hand plane. About the only use it's seen is to knock down protruding edges of studs when I'm framing a wall with less than perfectly straight studs. I'm unable to find a use for it in cabinet or furniture making. What power tool do you regret buying/receiving? David Laser level |
A Roto Zip
"David" wrote in message ... Each year, my nomination remains constant; a DeWALT 3-1/4" hand plane. About the only use it's seen is to knock down protruding edges of studs when I'm framing a wall with less than perfectly straight studs. I'm unable to find a use for it in cabinet or furniture making. What power tool do you regret buying/receiving? David |
On Tue, 11 Jan 2005 17:40:08 -0600, "Bob Schmall"
wrote: "David" wrote in message ... Each year, my nomination remains constant; a DeWALT 3-1/4" hand plane. About the only use it's seen is to knock down protruding edges of studs when I'm framing a wall with less than perfectly straight studs. I'm unable to find a use for it in cabinet or furniture making. What power tool do you regret buying/receiving? David For my 40th birthday a friend gave me a hammer with a power cord. That thing never did work right. In fact, it never ran at all. I changed the fuses, tried grounded outlets, everything. It's been sitting there for more than 20 years now. Do you think it might be 220v? Bob Bob: It's a Polish Power Hammer. You ain't never gonna be able to use it, cause you're German. Pawlowski prolly has the manual. (watson - who already knows that the Poles invented whiskey so the Irish wouldn't take over the world - so don't bother) {don't tell me them Pollaks ain't smart - I married one - er...wait a minute} watson - who just checked with his own personal Pollak and she says that she knows a lot of Pollak jokes - but only one Irish one - and she married it - ...sigh tjwatson1ATcomcastDOTnet (real email) http://home.comcast.net/~tjwatson1 (webpage) |
I believe the rotozip is designed with one purpose in mind: Breaking the
little bits it uses. I broke all 3 or 4 of the bits that came with mine the first time I tried to use it. I've used the thing to collect dust ever sense. "TaskMule" wrote in message ... "Ray" wrote in message oups.com... Rotozip. Cuts holes for outlet boxes in drywall, but only if you use metal boxes. Other than that I haven't found anything useful for this thing to do. And destroys the vapour barrier you've carefully sealed around electrical boxes |
"David" wrote in message ... Each year, my nomination remains constant; a DeWALT 3-1/4" hand plane. About the only use it's seen is to knock down protruding edges of studs when I'm framing a wall with less than perfectly straight studs. I'm unable to find a use for it in cabinet or furniture making. What power tool do you regret buying/receiving? David Many years ago the Sears mail order house was the only game in town for power tools. First purchased was a Craftsman 3/8 power drill. Chuck broke on first use. Mail ordered and paid for (too young and didn't know any better then) another Craftsman chuck replacement and also broke on first use. Craftsman RAS collecting dust in garage, used perhaps 10 times and motor bearing went out - replaced by chop and table saw. Craftsman belt sander - belt wonders all over the place, what a POS. |
220v & 3 phase
Joe Bob Schmall wrote: "David" wrote in message ... Each year, my nomination remains constant; a DeWALT 3-1/4" hand plane. About the only use it's seen is to knock down protruding edges of studs when I'm framing a wall with less than perfectly straight studs. I'm unable to find a use for it in cabinet or furniture making. What power tool do you regret buying/receiving? David For my 40th birthday a friend gave me a hammer with a power cord. That thing never did work right. In fact, it never ran at all. I changed the fuses, tried grounded outlets, everything. It's been sitting there for more than 20 years now. Do you think it might be 220v? Bob |
On Wed, 12 Jan 2005 01:10:43 GMT, Joe_Stein
wrote: 220v & 3 phase Joe Iz dat one a dem zen koan things? tjwatson1ATcomcastDOTnet (real email) http://home.comcast.net/~tjwatson1 (webpage) |
I think that was a general thread. This one is limited to power tools.
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On Tue, 11 Jan 2005 08:52:57 -0800, David wrote:
Each year, my nomination remains constant; a DeWALT 3-1/4" hand plane. About the only use it's seen is to knock down protruding edges of studs when I'm framing a wall with less than perfectly straight studs. I'm unable to find a use for it in cabinet or furniture making. What power tool do you regret buying/receiving? David Benchtop tools. I had a bench band saw and a bench table saw. Both under powered and a poor match for my long term needs. dga |
Australopithecus scobis wrote:
On Tue, 11 Jan 2005 17:40:08 -0600, Bob Schmall wrote: What power tool do you regret buying/receiving? X-acto rotary tool. Came out when Dremel was just hitting the market. Has a 1/16" collet with runout of 1/8"... All of my older plug-in electric drills. Ever since the rechargeable ones have become decent the old plug in ones are a pain and not worth the trouble.... |
On Tue, 11 Jan 2005 17:40:08 -0600, "Bob Schmall"
wrote: | |"David" wrote in message ... | Each year, my nomination remains constant; a DeWALT 3-1/4" hand plane. | About the only use it's seen is to knock down protruding edges of studs | when I'm framing a wall with less than perfectly straight studs. I'm | unable to find a use for it in cabinet or furniture making. | | What power tool do you regret buying/receiving? | | David | |For my 40th birthday a friend gave me a hammer with a power cord. That thing |never did work right. In fact, it never ran at all. I changed the fuses, |tried grounded outlets, everything. It's been sitting there for more than 20 |years now. Do you think it might be 220v? Maybe. The heavy-duty ones were. To meet current code, you need to replace that old cord with a new four-wire one and a dedicated 30A circuit. I was given something similar, but it was an electric screwdriver. Nice screwdriver... with a 120V cord coming out of the handle. Worked okay on short screws, but longer ones caused the cord to twist so much that you had to keep backing up toward the outlet as you drove the screw. The other problem was that the handle was PVC and if you turned it too fast, static charge built up on it and caused the sawdust on the shop floor to explode. I glued on a piece of aluminum foil and grounded it to a cold water pipe and that fixed that. You can never be too careful around power tools. |
On Tue, 11 Jan 2005 17:40:08 -0600, "Bob Schmall"
wrote: "David" wrote in message ... Each year, my nomination remains constant; a DeWALT 3-1/4" hand plane. About the only use it's seen is to knock down protruding edges of studs when I'm framing a wall with less than perfectly straight studs. I'm unable to find a use for it in cabinet or furniture making. What power tool do you regret buying/receiving? David For my 40th birthday a friend gave me a hammer with a power cord. That thing never did work right. In fact, it never ran at all. I changed the fuses, tried grounded outlets, everything. It's been sitting there for more than 20 years now. Do you think it might be 220v? Bob Jeez! Everyone knows electric hammers are three-phase. You've probably blown the start capacitor tinkering with it. --RC "Sometimes history doesn't repeat itself. It just yells 'can't you remember anything I've told you?' and lets fly with a club. -- John W. Cambell Jr. |
Has to be the PC 4X24 belt sander.
Nice tool , good power, works good if you can handle it. Need arms like gorilla to work with it. |
"Dave Hinz" wrote in message ... On Tue, 11 Jan 2005 21:15:30 GMT, toller wrote: Beyond any doubt. Worst tool ever made by a reputable company. What, a newsreader that posts without including any context, you mean? You did not see the text? Maybe you should get a new news reader. |
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