Customer Reviews

Dremel 6300-03 120-Volt Multi-Max Oscillating Kit

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Got the tool for Christmas. Needed it for undercutting baseboard as well as cut aluminum from my front door frame to fit in my new front-door threshold. As some of the other folks in these reviews, the tool wood-cutting bit kept on coming loose. I was afraid of tightening it too much, but after it came loose again-and-again after about 5 minutes of use I decided to tighten it until could feel the motor turning. This time it did not come loose as easily but I am not sure how long it will handle this - so far so good. It does however still come loose when I hit a hard spot, like when I encounter a nail or when it touched the cement floor when cutting the baseboard or if you force it - let the tool do the work.

If you want a tool that you can force and use for hours on end, you need to consider another, and needless to say a considerably more expensive tool. It is good value for money, and if you - like me - undercut lots of baseboard manually with a jam saw before you got this tool, you will find this tool a great time-saver and an absolute pleasure to use.

Just as side note I have only used the wood and wood-metal bits and have not used it to cut pipes, grout, etc, just used it to cut a small notch out of an aluminum door frame and the baseboards. I did use it to trim the edge of a custom-cut laminate flooring piece as I was too lazy to use the circular saw and it burns the wood but it did manage to trim 1mm off of it none the less.

Pros: Lightweight, relatively inexpensive, easy to use, great time-saver over manually cutting door-jams.
Cons: Thick (solid-wood) stair jams (not sure what this is called, the wood trim on either side of my stairs that run all the way down the stairs and meet the concrete floor where I installed the laminate flooring and had to undercut the wood trim to slide the laminate underneath, about 2in thick solid wood) took a while to cut and burns the wood with smoke pouring out of the wood (probably other oscillating tools will do the same), the heat that comes from the tool after about 5 minutes of continuous cutting is excessive, the bit that comes loose again-and-again is my biggest concern as now that I tighten it real good (until I can feel the motor turning) am not sure how long it will last before something strips or breaks but since it still holds have to give it the benefit of the doubt, the casing it comes in is very cheap, the custom bits are expensive (like the sander).

The air vents are positioned right where you place your hands, so for the first few minutes the tool is usable, but after that, i.e., for use on anything but the most trivial of jobs the tool gets so hot that you have to move your hand(s) to the back of the tool, away from the power head, and becase of the leverage problem, you will probably find yourself using TWO hand hands to attempt to control the blade.

If your only purpose is to cut the bottom of a casing from time to time or some other trivial task, this inexpensive alternative to the fein is acceptable (although, that said, the Rockwell is getting better reviews in this tool class).

But, if you are thinking to add this to your shop as a 'real tool', forget it, you will only be disappointed.

In addition to the heat problem, the blades are of questionalble quality. I note that the scraper blade actually BROKE after less than 15 minutes of continuous operation.

Oh, nearly forgot to mention that regardless of how tight I cranked the cutting blade down, it kept coming loose. Really. No doubt because I was working the tool pretty hard, but ... when was the last time ANY tool let go of a blade. Unforgivable.

I purchased this item a few weeks ago with the purpose of using it for two things, plunge cutting drywall for removal of sections all ready in place instead of using a blade (using the half moon blade for Drywall and wood). Also removing some grout (1/8 blade, purchased from another source), and in both cases it has worked without issue.

When plunge cutting drywall it actually works quickly and like stated with low dust kick-up, when going down a line it does take about 5 minutes to do a 8ft wall, but doing a outlet box takes just a minute. If have ever used a Roto-Zip it is a dust pig, this is not, but also a Roto-Zip I must say is more powerful and wild at times because it wants to rip through everything.

I do agree with others that the venting on the machine is in a poor location, you do want to hold it at the top for control, instead of the actual hand grip area, but depnding on angle and different attachments this may be a issue no matter where the venting is because of wanting to place your hand for best control at that time.

Overall it does what I wanted it for... low low dust compared to other power tools.

I got a Dremel to get the grout of our shower floor. Floor has the 1" X 1" tiles and the grout lines are about 1/8 " wide. It did the job but it still took quite a while to do. Not as easy as I thought it would be. I did have to buy a 2nd grout blade a the first one wore down after about 2/3rds of the way. Had to keep rotating the blade to use sides of it that weren't worn down. Overall, it did a good job. No problems with the blade slipping.

I bought this recently because of my previous experience with the Fein Multi-Master. I used the Dremel to cut dry wall and for cutting back door jambs to install flooring. Also used it for light sanding. The tool worked very well and did what I needed to get done without a lot of fuss. For the non-professional (me) this tool is adequate. The Fein tool is a better made product and is certainly a better choice for the professional. I simply could not justify the price for my use and bought the Dremel instead.

It took awhile after buying to get around to using this tool, but once I tried it out I found this to be the most handy tool for special cutting needs. My largest project has been grout removal and it works great. I did find the tool heating up in my hand and I think that comes from the way you have to hold the front end and at the same time covering the motor venting. I like the feel in my hand, the variable speed control, the power it provides along with control for accuracy. I have also tried it on wood door jambs for tiling and flooring fit as well as cutting wall electrical boxes. I would recommend to any of my friends for DIY work.

Purchased a few weeks ago to repair a broken tile. Price point is nice and the store display showed a picture of a Rasp attachment for removing thinset. The store did not have the Rasp available for sale, so I bought the tool thinking I could order it on line. WORNG! Does not exist from what I can see. You have to buy hook and loop Diamond Paper at $30 for 3 sheets. They attach to the triangle sanding block. I have not purchased the paper. I used the Scraper blade to knock down the thinset grooves and the Grout Tool, which has a Rasp type edge, to grind down and finish the project. The tool is ok for this little job but you have to be creative. The irratating thing about the purchase is the Attachmnet DECEPTION of the advertising. Don't lead me to belive you have an attachment you know you don't make. Rockwell has a tool with more HP and I think it offers a Rasp.

This is one of several tools introduced recently to compete with the Fein Multimaster (I presume their patent exclusivity just ran out). I had owned one of the Fein Multimasters, and can say it was an incredible tool (I sold it when I thought I had no more use for it). I owned it for a few years and sold it for over half what I paid for it.

I bought one of these Dremel units because I need to make several head-on cuts into plywood that had been installed as a subsurface for a solid surface countertop. I had to make the cuts under and behind the kitchen sink in order to install a faucet. I had used my Multimaster enough to know it was the tool for the job, but I thought the Dremel (which costs under half as much), would do the trick. I was wrong.

Using the Dremel Multi-max for this application was frustrating and almost terrifying. First, it is underpowered compared to the Multimaster, so it doesn't cut nearly as quickly or well. Second, it vibrates WILDLY. It was all I could do to hold onto it so it didn't slip out of my hand and fall onto my face while running. Third, it gets incredibly hot, making it even harder to hold. Fourth, the blade kept coming loose, no matter how hard I tightened it with the provided allen wrench.

To even get it to work at all for my faucet project, I had to drill a series of holes to "perforate" the plywood. Without doing this, the Multi-max simply would NOT make the cut. And I know very, very well from my experience with the Fein Multimaster that it would have done the job quickly and easily.

This tool does not compare in any way to the Fein Multimaster it was based on. It is cheap, and, in my experienced opinion, very dangerous. Power tools can always be dangerous, but cheap power tools are usually more dangerous than quality ones. This Dremel Multi-max is a hazard, and I would not have one in my home. I would NEVER try to use one again, and I returned mine instantly. If I have need of a tool like this again, I will buy another Multimaster. (Heck, just the quick-change blade mechanism on the Fein Multimaster, which is very solid, is enough to make the switch worthwhile, even if the Multi-max was equivalent in every other way.)

The entire time I owned my Fein Multimaster, I resented its cost and the cost of its blades and attachments (which have gotten a little cheaper). Now I respect it for the finely-crafted tool it was. It never failed me, and never made me feel as though I couldn't hold onto it. I don't know about the other Multimaster knock-offs (Bosch and Ridgid both make one, as does Rockwell), but I can tell you not to buy this poorly-crafted, dangerous piece of junk Dremel is selling. I own, use, and like several Dremel tools. But this is not one of them. USE THIS TOOL AT YOUR OWN RISK!!

(I am an experienced do-it-yourselfer who has completely remodeled three homes. I am very experienced with tools and remodeling.)

I purchased this tool for my husband for Christmas. Right after that we started a remodeling project in our house. I can't count the number of times he used the Dremel with great results. He has all the different attachments and I believe he used all of them. He thinks it's a wonderful addition for his tool box.

I always wanted the rockwell multi-tool same thing as the dremel multi-max, but when i saw that dremel finally came out with it iv trusted dremel for many tools before and the 2 year warranty was an extra, the famous dremel speed setting was an extra also. The speed control allows you to have good control and outcome on any project, corded is constant power, unlike battery losing power.
I bought for my father for ofcourse fathers day and not only was he happy but the bathroom project has been no sweat and easy now.
My best friend also got it and we used it on an elctrical installation project and actually cut though a 2x4 which does not say it can do but let me tell you, it did the job. highly recommended, definitely stealing it from my dads shelf once in a while. great buy since this kit from amazon was the only one that had such many accessories.
Andres-- satisfied