Chicago Electric Power Tools 80 Piece Rotary Tool Kit by Generic Brand

I dint even want to give This thing a star. Its trash. I bought it to do some rough carving on wood (im using a block of briar) Lets start with the brass clasp piece (goes in the chuck and holds the bit) Broke as soon as the round routing bit touched the wood. Ok so maybe thus device isnt meant to be used on wood? Tthis broken piece makes the bit tip wobble. *imagine crafting something with a wobbly tool) . I mean so wobbly that when running it looks like 2 tips instead of one. Really sucks cause I tried the other bits and they simply will not chew this wood. (Im making a tobacco pipe BTW and have used Dremel brand rotary tools for this purpose without a problem) Thus tool shuts itself off after about 45 seconds of work. (Its not because of pressure. I simply held it upright and turned it on) Its cheap junk. Im actually looking for a "made in china/korea stamp". Iin the end I gave the block of wood to my parrot and let him beak it fir a day then went back with a standard razor blade and used his chew marks to shape the pipe. This rotary tool is cheap junk. Now about the seller: delivery was swift, packaging was great. Good seller but crappy tool. Oh yeah.. one of the other routing bits rolled off the table. Guess what..... the tip broke off. Dont buy this item. Put together $20 more and buy a better quality tool. You get only what you pay for. I was cheap so I ended up with cheap junk. In no way is it the sellers fault. Its just that I expected this tool to chew into wood since others mention using it on glass and stone. Buyer beware. Its junk.

This is STRICTLY a light-duty tool! Even the instructions mention something like 'apply the tool lightly', etc.I had to laugh when I saw how small it is...only 5" long, including collet. It is more suited to be held like a pen than it is to be gripped, like a Dremel.As another reviewer wrote, this is available elsewhere for $9.99. At that price, it is a good deal. If you don't have a branch of that company nearby, this is the next best way to get one, sent to you.Even the instruction booklet is tiny, with tiny printing. A set of good eyes is required to read it.My rotary tool came in a blister pack. That was my first clue as to the quality.The company that sent it DID do a good job of packing, and DID send it quickly.For an inexpensive little tool, it does well for small jobs...for other work, a Dremel or other 'full size' unit is best.

Bought this size because i needed something to help work on my pellet rifles. I ordered it on a Saturday and got it on Christmas Eve so I was a amazed how fast i got it. The only thing wrong was when the chuck, when I placed the tools in it it had a lot of unevenness so that it let the tools come loose if you bear ed down to hard. I figured out that quickly so I adjusted how I held it and thus used it. Since then it works outstandingly,and makes quick work of the the things I use it for. It is a great price for a tool like this,other than that hick-up it's great so don't let this hinder you in your choice.

I thought for around ten dollars this would be worth a try for some light duty sanding and polishing, rather than spending considerably more for a comparable Dremel tool. Unfortunately, this tool is completely underpowered and unable to even polish lightly without bogging down or stalling completely.If it hadn't been in one of those impossible to open plastic packages that takes forever to get open I would have sent it back. The various attachments are OK -- not worth ten bucks but I'll use them with the Dremel I will end up buying after all, and toss the power head in the trash.

i used it to cut and buff a very small piece of plastic

For the price this unit works great.No more having to wait for a battery to charge.No more trying to finish the project quickly before the battery runs out.No more having to pay 80 freaking dollars for a name brand Dremel.The RPM is pretty fast and not adjustable, but if you apply a lot of pressure it will spin slower.the add on kit is pretty impressive. A lot of stone tips, metal tips and also sandpaper ones.

Average. The bits run out pretty quickly. Pretty low power so it'll take more time to do certain jobs, but this is a really inexpensive product so you get what you pay for. All in all, its good for the price.

I've had a Chicago Electric drill like this for about three years. I paid around $10 for it originally and it finally just stopped. This one is exactly like it and seems to operate just as well. I use it for small crafty-type things like sanding wood or edges of glass and tile.