Fein MM Profile Sanding Kit- Used It?
KenHill3
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OK, so do any of you have have/use this?
Or is it a silly waste like the old PC one?
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Never used it, but I have used, several times and to great advantage, the "Minicut" kit with the adapter for small blades. You can do some fairly detailed work with the narrow Minicut saw blades.
I've used it, put it down, and ended up wrapping the sand paper around a scrap of wood. I like the MM for a lot of things, including the trangular sanding pads. But I think the profile sander is a waste of time. I collect various shapes of wood scraps, cutoffs and such I find on jobsites, and toss them in my sandpaper bin for just this purpost. Some things just cant be improved upon and I think detail sanding is one of them.
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I totally agree, but I just use the profiles instead of
wood scraps. They work great as sanding blocks.
I totally agree, but I just use the profiles instead of wood scraps.
Hmm... never thought about that. Good idear!
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Edited 10/10/2009 1:37 pm by Ted W.
Looks good, but what would Fein set me back for that one. $500, $600? Oh $400?!
What a steal.
Looks good, but what would Fein set me back for that one. $500, $600? Oh $400?! What a steal.
I think the profile sanding kit runs about $60 by itself. The Fein kit with all the extras, including the profile set, runs about $400 retail. ~ Ted W ~
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I used it to prep a whole houses worth of crown before painting. The big convex profile was key. I thought the sanding would take days, it took hours with the MM. Now if I could figure out a way to keep the paper from clogging when sanding between coats. I've also got a drawer full of dull E-cut blades, would love to have them sharpened or find a use for them. I was thinking about bolting wire brush heads to them???
I've used it for sanding handrail fittings but mostly it sits in the box. I would use it again if I had a lot of poorly sized fittings to match. For most jobs a scrap of sandpaper on a contour block works about the same.
The triangular pad on the MM is very good.
The trangular pad on the dremel m-max bites.
One things for sure, you have to dial down the speed or you will smoke the sand paper.
Yeah, I actually do like the triangular pad, and yes, dial it down or you pad or surface will burn. Looks like the verdict is 'not so much' for the most part.
Edited 10/10/2009 11:33 am by kenhill3
Yes I have it
Yes it takes patience to use it
yes it is still more efficient than hand sanding window muntins even if it is frustrating
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I'm just finishing install of an stain grade oak stair case. I forgot to throw in my profile hand sanding kit, but had the box in my multi master I had never opened/used. (I needed to sand a bunch of cove. )Got the sanding kit out, put the sandpaper on, and it saved my butt. I put the other sanding triangle on to sand between the balasters, top and bottom, and voila. Can't say enough about it, in general. The sanding kit was A-. ( A pain to put the paper on, but it works fine.)
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Are the profile pads on the Fein kit made with soft or hard material (rubber)?Seems that it would make a difference because the pad will 'swing' on the oscillation arc.
Edited 10/13/2009 2:04 pm by kenhill3
The profile backing pieces are hard plastic. They clip right into the base which gets attached to the stem as the others do, (the star opening on mine). The paper gets clipped onto the profile. My kit had a packet of 3 grits with 3 pieces ea, 80,120, and 180. BTW, I hear people talk about this tool as tho it should JUST be a sander, or just be a cutting replacement, or just a drywall tool, etc. I find it has become the most used tool I have on repairs and remodel work. Never the same, but always needed!! One person was talking about the price of the tool as a sander. Yes, that's a lot for just a sander. But thankfully, it a LOT more than just a sander.
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I'm guessing that it was originally just a profile sander, and then someone cobbled up a blade on the thing. The rest, as they say, is history.
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Have to laugh at that comment. I just gave away a Ryobi triangle detain sander that I have had sitting around for probably 10 years. Never really used it and had a friend that was doing a bunch of detail sanding. Shape and size it is a twin for the Fein and clones.
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Yeah, the Fein device itself is nothing special. It's all in the blade.
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When I first encountered the Fein ocillating tool, early 80's, it was being sold to auto glass shops as a windshield cut out tool. It had a curved/hooked blade that sliced its way through the butyl glazing. I don't think it was then called a 'Multimaster'. And I don't know if it had the (wood) blades available then as we have now.Fein is known as the world's oldest power tool manufacturer, starting in 1897.1980s
FEIN invents power tools with high-speed oscillating action, such as a sheet-metal saw and a special electric cutter.1986
The FEIN SANDER completes the family of oscillating tools. A revolutionary invention which guarantees efficient and effective removal action from several directions on practically all materials. 1994-1997
Introduction of a range of FEIN accessories for the oscillating sander and special cutter turning them into not only unique but multi-purpose tools. Enabling them to be universally used for all kinds of extremely detailed sanding and cutting, polishing, scraping and much more on practically any material.View Image
I wonder how many unused Ryobi triangle sanders there are stuck away.
I have one setting in it's box unused since about the same, 10 years back.
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Try sticking an MM blade on it.
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Your earlier post got me to thinking along those lines.
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