I am doing renovations in my condo. Like many vintage places, paint was layered on paint since 1929. I am in the process of stripping the many many layers of paint off the woodwork. I purchased the Rockwell Sonicrafter for the mouldings and to remove the paint which is not removed by normal scrapers. I received it today and reviewed the warnings. There really are not instructions included. I first gave the scraper a try. Although it scraped well, because of the design of the attachment, I had to tighten the attachement 3 times in 10 minutes. It kept coming loose. I had to tighten it so tight that I was afraid the I would soon strip the bolt. It still came loose.
Next I tried the finger sander on some molding. The sandpaper fits on the finger attachment using something similar to velcro. This was secure. I used the finger sander for just over 2 minutes on various moulding surfaces and began to smell something. I looked and the top part of the finger sander attachment had melted. It was then that I decided that the Sonicrafter would not work for me and arranged to return it.
As I stated, the tool itself feels like it is solidly built. The design for securing attachments and the attachments themselves are what have the major flaws. Do not purchase for anything but light work.Get more detail about Rockwell RK5102K Sonicrafter Deluxe 72-Piece Kit.
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