Comments on: Screw, Scrape, and Sand With The ProjectMate http://toolmonger.com/2007/07/31/screw-scrape-and-sand-with-the-projectmate/ All tools. All the time. Your source for news, information, and reviews of hand tools, power tools, and tools of all kinds. Sun, 12 Oct 2008 04:47:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Stuey http://toolmonger.com/2007/07/31/screw-scrape-and-sand-with-the-projectmate/#comment-103565 Stuey Fri, 10 Aug 2007 05:31:56 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2007/07/31/screw-scrape-and-sand-with-the-projectmate/#comment-103565 If you're interested in this item, bear in mind that it's not a new release. I remembered that it dropped below the $30 price mark a few times on amazon and did a search on forums.slickdeals.net to confirm this. A search for "projectmate" at the slickdeals forum shows quite a few clearance mentions and extremely low amazon, Walmart, & HD price mentions. I definitely remember seeing these tool sets before I left upstate NY prior to fall 2006. However, I don't recall seeing them at any big box store too recently. Sometimes an item is clearanced and/or heavily discounted randomly and other times for good reasons. I believe that in this case, the historical pricing evident via slickdeals.net and other similar deals discussion boards is indicative of a bad product's poor sales. My advice if you don't care about a scraper: get a separate sander and a cordless screwdriver for less money. If you need a scraper, maybe a heat gun + scraper is a better alternative? If you’re interested in this item, bear in mind that it’s not a new release. I remembered that it dropped below the $30 price mark a few times on amazon and did a search on forums.slickdeals.net to confirm this.

A search for “projectmate” at the slickdeals forum shows quite a few clearance mentions and extremely low amazon, Walmart, & HD price mentions. I definitely remember seeing these tool sets before I left upstate NY prior to fall 2006. However, I don’t recall seeing them at any big box store too recently.

Sometimes an item is clearanced and/or heavily discounted randomly and other times for good reasons. I believe that in this case, the historical pricing evident via slickdeals.net and other similar deals discussion boards is indicative of a bad product’s poor sales.

My advice if you don’t care about a scraper: get a separate sander and a cordless screwdriver for less money. If you need a scraper, maybe a heat gun + scraper is a better alternative?

]]> By: David Culberson http://toolmonger.com/2007/07/31/screw-scrape-and-sand-with-the-projectmate/#comment-100125 David Culberson Wed, 01 Aug 2007 17:19:07 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2007/07/31/screw-scrape-and-sand-with-the-projectmate/#comment-100125 Having hand scraped an entire two-story wood-sided house, I can say that if the power scraper thing helps at all, it would be worth the cost of admission. A week of hand scraping does wonders for one's outlook on life. Returning to work is a vacation. In hindsight, even the $350 for the original Paint Shaver (which is now a $600 Paint Shaver "pro"?!) would've been a hell of a deal. Having hand scraped an entire two-story wood-sided house, I can say that if the power scraper thing helps at all, it would be worth the cost of admission. A week of hand scraping does wonders for one’s outlook on life. Returning to work is a vacation.

In hindsight, even the $350 for the original Paint Shaver (which is now a $600 Paint Shaver “pro”?!) would’ve been a hell of a deal.

]]> By: l_bilyk http://toolmonger.com/2007/07/31/screw-scrape-and-sand-with-the-projectmate/#comment-100115 l_bilyk Wed, 01 Aug 2007 16:57:54 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2007/07/31/screw-scrape-and-sand-with-the-projectmate/#comment-100115 Or you could just buy a drill, ROS and a hand scraper and be way better off These all-in-one tools are never a wise purchase because they don't do anything well Or you could just buy a drill, ROS and a hand scraper and be way better off
These all-in-one tools are never a wise purchase because they don’t do anything well

]]> By: Emil http://toolmonger.com/2007/07/31/screw-scrape-and-sand-with-the-projectmate/#comment-99963 Emil Wed, 01 Aug 2007 09:40:15 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2007/07/31/screw-scrape-and-sand-with-the-projectmate/#comment-99963 So, uh ... I don't get it, heh. It uses that 8.5 kRPM motor to do ... what to the claw-shaped blade? Vibrate it? Does that help, in scraping paint? If no, what does it do? I guess it's obvious I have no great experience in scraping paint, but I really didn't understand how this tool works, and checking the B&D site didn't make me any more informed. So, uh … I don’t get it, heh. It uses that 8.5 kRPM motor to do … what to the claw-shaped blade? Vibrate it? Does that help, in scraping paint? If no, what does it do?

I guess it’s obvious I have no great experience in scraping paint, but I really didn’t understand how this tool works, and checking the B&D site didn’t make me any more informed.

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