Just got my Fein today. £152.50 brand new inc. postage from ebay shop. Good price. So far, very impressed. I'd never heard of it, until I joined this forum. Wish I'd had one years ago, it does a lot of awkward things, that doing any other way is a pain.
So far, its a success. However, I must say the manual is really poor. There is no real description about which tool to use for which job. I find that a great shame. It means I have to trial and error each blade. And already I have worn the adhesive removing blade, by trying it on some hard grout. Sure - shouldn't have used it for that - but nothing in the manual says I shouldn't. I just wanted to clean the end of a tile run on the floor, because they are having carpet laid upto the join. It was doing the job fine, but was worn on one side. Tried the carbide blade next the circular one. That seemed to cut - but slowly. Did the job, but not that speedily. Perhaps again, that's not the right attachment for that task. But removing the grout by using a hammer and bolster was damn hard work and risked chipping the tile edge - so it is still an improvement.
Used the blade to cut some old coving, I was installing some new stuff joining the old, in my own house. Difficult to cut into the existing using any kind of saw. However the Fein did a superb job. Also tried the scraper over some wood filler, took the top of it off beautifully.
So far - impressed. I think I just need to learn more about which blade does what.
Which is the HSS blade? Should that be in my TOP kit? I think its the wood/metal blade that is in there. Do I need to buy an HSS blade as an extra? And which blade is the grout removal blade? The carbide one - or is it the other funny circular one?
Paul
