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Got the orange 19 dollar roto, as well as a $19.99 rectangular finish
sander, a $9 orbital sander a $10 angle grinder, a $5 DVM, a set of
needle files, and a $7 DC powered rotary kit with 60 pcs.

The $14.99 DC one I was looking at on the site was actually really
small in real life. It didn't look much bigger than an egg. The one in
the kit might be the same one, but it was $6.99, so who cares. When I
get around to rigging up a press, I'll probably go for the larger,
more powerful orange one. The body is more cylindrical on that one
too. There were at least three or four different roto's and kits in
the store. They said there's a bunch of stuff in there that isn't on
the site and vice-versa (they didn't have the 50 piece carbide, eighth
inch shaft, micro drill bit set in-store).

The look of the power tools and packaging is sort of frightening. They
remind me of the import tools you see in dollar stores and truck
stops, but those are usually just hand tools. This stuff goes all the
way up to >$1000 bench tools, and it's all about 10 or 20 percent of
what stuff normally costs. I'll probably leave it at places where I
might need it "once in a while".

I may put together a betting pool on which one of the tools will break
first. :)

-George

PS- I may not have time to open stuff tonight, but if any of the
roto's surprise me, I'll mention it here.

They also had a 9" laminator in there, but it wasn't priced and I
already had the guy going around finding stuff for me. There's a 12
and a 4 on the site for $47 and $20.

PSPS- You have to print a copy of the web price or online specials you
see, and take it with you to get that price.