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This thing cut the aluminum screen like scissors cut paper. I got one for Christmas - 2008. Would never have bought it, but. Holds a charge very well - I have not even plugged in the charger yet. I've used it a few times on cardboard getting ready for recycling. Last month (6 months later) I screened in a porch with aluminum screen. Perhaps I will have to find it someday. I think it is in the garage.
Got this tool for my father for fathers day.He loves it and was very excited about it.
I bought this to cut up hundreds of yards of carpet and padding. It worked just great. Also cut through some plastic packaging, etc. It has been quite durable and done exactly what I needed it to do.
The Skil is not a fast miniature circular blade like I had expected, but don't let the slower speed fool you. The blade design allow cutting even close to pins. I originally bought this to cut up boxes for recycling and the multi-cutter does a great job with that. The fabric I was using was a heavier cotton with a crinkle texture. Bottom Line: Skip the B&D Electric Scissors and buy the Skil multi-cutter. This cutter cuts open plastic packaging, reduces all but the very thickest cardboard boxes to easily recycled hunks, trims the bottoms of vinyl vertical blinds evenly and without rough cut marks as are left by the Black and Decker scissorsBlack & Decker SZ360 3.6-Volt Ni-Cad Cordless Power Scissors.One reviewer expressed disatisfaction with their use of the multi-cutter on fabric, so I had figured they wouldn't work well for that. The Skil cutter powered through the material like a hot knife through butter and was easy to maneuver around both inside curves and outside curvers.
Then I'll have one for around-the-house tasks and one dedicated to fabric cutting for sewing. I already owned Black and Decker Electric Scissors and found them too limited although they are advertised to cut many of the same materials that the Skil Multi-Cutter Skil 2352-01 3.6-Volt Lithium-Ion Multi-Cutter is advertised for. So, now I'm ordering a second multi-cutter. Well, today I thought, "Why not." and was overjoyed to discover they excel in cutting out cloth. It has always been a pain to cut with regular scissors and the Black and Decker electric scissors wouldn't cut 3 inches without stopping from fabric stuck between the blades (where it would then eat up the edge of the fabric). The Lithium-Ion battery means they are ready to go when I am, not always needing charging like the Black and Decker scissors, which are Ni-Cad. It is truly worth the cost difference.
knife through butter. The motor kept running but the blade stopped cold. Skil 2352-01 3.6-Volt Lithium-Ion Multi-CutterI bought this tool anticipating some work with indoor/outdoor carpet, as task I learned for which it was well-suited. The only minor problem I have encouterd is that when cutting sheet metal bent at 90-degrees, the long "nose" would not let me get as close to the seam as I would have liked.In short, I may not use it every day (although sometime I walk around looking for something to cut). I, of course, had to pay $8.85 for shipping/insurance, thus wiping out any benefit in buying from Amazon as opposed to one of our local "big boxes" which accepts defective merchandise for 90 days. Then I got another tool that came in one of those d@@m sealed plastic clam-shells. The battery was fully charged, and when I pulled the trigger the blade would turn UNTIL it encountered the edge of the material (tried light cardboard, tin, plastic clam-shell, etc).
I contacted Amazon and they were very courteous but reminded me that for a a full refund or exchange I would have needed to do this in the first 30 days. Then I had to make some gutter repairs, and it cut though light sheet metal like a hot (warm). (Yes, I checked the manual and made sure the screw that attaches the blade was tightly in, and it was). The Skil let me open it in about 10 (safe) second.The blade rotates with a lot of torque and at relatively slow speed which enhances cutting power and control. but I am delighted it's part of my tool colection as it has and will make certain jobs much easier and more precise.UPDATE, 3/15/09: Went to use the tool yesterday on material I had cut before and it would not work. Contacted Skil customer service and they said they had never had a problem with one, told me to ship it back to them, and they'd repair it and send it back. I'll update this when I hear from Skil.
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