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Where Fein MultiMaster AFTERMARKET Blades?

Bolster

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Where are you guys getting your aftermarket blades for your Fein Multimasters? Can you recommend a good seller of quality aftermarket blades?

I can find them on a google search easily. I'm looking for replies from people who have actually purchased aftermarket Fein blades and had good experiences.

(Nope, not HF, not Rockwell, not Dremel. I need blades to fit a Fein.)
 
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boiler7904

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No personal experience with replacement blades but I'll be paying attention to the thread since a Multimaster is on my shopping list for later this summer before I start a couple of closet remodeling projects.
 

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Bolster, you are a good guy, so I'll give it to you straight:
If you can afford a Fein, then you can afford the blades for it. You sound like a Rolls Royce customer who complains about the price of the parts for his car.

Now a poor guy like myself would just cheap out and get the Dremel unit. A very handy tool, I love it, and I get the blades wholesale.
 
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Bolster

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Major, you're a good forum friend, but if you think a guy's income is solid and secure in today's economy, you're not paying attention. Without getting into details, let's just say I have lots of nice tools that I'm lucky to be able to afford the maintenance on them just now.

I bought a Fein in an emergency, during flush times, during a house refurb when no other tool would work, and when Fein had the patent locked up. Several months later the patent expired (I had no idea it would). I'd never buy a Fein in today's market. They're just too darned expensive. Now I have this super quality tool (which I can't get my money out of, due to competition from Dremel, Rockwell, HF, etc), but I simply can't afford to feed it blades at $15-$20 apiece.
 

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I don't believe aftermarket blades exist. When Fein was all there was, there wasn't a big reason for aftermarket manufacturers to get into the mix - just not enough tools out there to justify the tooling costs.

I read a recent comparison (I think in Fine Woodworking or Fine Home Building) of the new entrants into the "multi-master" tool corral.

The biggest disappointment? There were about 5 or 6 players (Craftsman, Dremel, Rockwell were some I can remember) - they all had different methods of attaching the blade...

The rub for the rest of us is that even though there's competition now, since most of the competitors use different attachment methods, and it's still an arguably microscopic market tool-wise, I'll bet aftermarket blade manufacturers will stay away in droves.

I think it's possible that Fein's attachment method is still under patent, as that feature was added to the tool a few years ago, if I remember correctly. Personally, I think it was Fein's attempt to get the overall patent extended.

I've googled until my fingers are numb and I can't turn up that article. What I do remember from it was Fein still rules the roost - more attachments, better design, more robust, etc. However, there were other tools that cost far less than the Fein that will likely work just fine for the "average joe".

Most of the articles I did find referred to the "proprietary" attachment method for the blades - which means no aftermarket...

I would like to think that possibly competition will drive the price down, but Fein has a HUGE following in the industrial crowd that will likely allow the prices to stay where they are - similar to Festool.
 

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At $15-20 a blade, you might be better off buying a factory refurb Dremel for around the cost of 3 Fein blades. It will come with a couple assorted blades and the new blades are at/under $10 ea.

By the time you've bought 5 Fein blades, you spent $75-100. For $100, you can get the refurb Dremel ($60 on Amazon) and 4 spare blades (plus in a pinch you can get blades at Home Depot).

I love my Dremel Multimax, but I'm just trying to give practical advice here, not be a Dremel fanboy.
 
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Bolster

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At $15-20 a blade, you might be better off buying a factory refurb Dremel for around the cost of 3 Fein blades. It will come with a couple assorted blades and the new blades are at/under $10 ea. By the time you've bought 5 Fein blades, you spent $75-100....

But...I'm not buying Fein blades! :lol_hitti

Also, you just can't beat a corded tool for power.
 

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AFAIR the newer Fein uses a unique attachment which is patented by them (as mentioned by wbrian63). This will leave you with Fein blades which - by the way- do not have the best reputation quality-wise.

Other tools like Bosch / Dremel are compatible to the style of the old Fein blades and come with an adapter to attach the old Fein-style blade to their machines or the blades fit directly. Therefore the old Fein-style might be the only 'standard' used by other manufactureres. But of course everyone wants to try to sell their unique Craftsmann, HF/... attachement versions. Thus it might take a while until there is really a common understanding which style the copy-cats will use.

In the long run I'm shure you will see basically two versions of blades in the multi-tool world.

1. Fein new-style (used only by Fein)
2. Copy-cats standard, which is probably the old Fein-style.

For (2) I would recommend the Bosch blades, this is currently the only serious manufacturer on the market and he has the capability and know-how to produce attachements of high quality. From what I remember they are superior to Fein quality (note: I mean the blades, not the tool). (1) will leave no option to switch to another supplier.
 
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i have brought some of the blades from multiblade and so far no problems, still testing, and will buy from them again...


You can buy an adapter from ebay seller in england that lets you use bosch blades in the fein machine...
 

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Locally here in the Metro Detroit area, I have found the prices for Fein blades vary greatly. Recently, I purchased the "half round" multi purpose blade from an independent tool supply house for about $30.00. At first I thought, wow that's a little high, but I needed it so I picked it up. Well, I wanted to get a spare and the tool supply house was out. My wife picked one up for me at Woodcrafter. I looked at the receipt and they charged $69.99 for the same blade:shocking: Needless to say, that blade was quickly returned to Woodcrafter. I was surprised at the variance in price for the same blade. As with everything, buyer beware...
 

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What I have done to get the most out of my blades is just cut new teeth into the dull blades. You can do it with a grinder and thin metal cutting wheel or some metal snips. Now, this is only good where you don't need a very clean cut but it allows you to re-use the blades until they get too short to re-tooth. I have usually one good factory blade for clean cuts that I keep away from anything other than wood and a bunch of cut blades I made for durock, drywall, etc.
 
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I have never used this site but have seen it mentioned on Fine Homebuilding forum and others.

http://multiblades.com/index.html

Hope this helps

Kevin

Thanks. I'm giving them a try. Will report after I'm able to use them. Blades run around $12 each.

I notice they've invented a clever workaround to avoid the Fein patent issue, a square hole.

I like the idea of an adapter from Fein -> Bosch. Will look for that.
 
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My dad has a 20 yr old Fein, and it uses a round holed blade. The new Feins use a 'star' hole, and to use the old tool, with the new blade, there is an adapter required.... I just got him the adapter and a new blade, and looked at the aftermarket blades, ROKON is one, i think...and went with the Fein. that blade lasted almost 20 years of light use, cutting drywall and panel board.
I can get more information on the aftermarket blades... The company I bought the product from is Summit Tools in Burnaby, BC., you can have a look at their website, it's pretty bad, but in March, it will be better.
 

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Woodcraft sells aftermarket blades for the Fein. Not as much selection as Fein itself, but all the basic blades are there. They run about half the price as the Fein blades. www.woodcraft.com. Product line is called "Imperial."
 

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you could buy the Bosch blades - cheaper than Fein and "Swiss made" unlike the other cheaper blades...
 
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