Very cool cordless workshop

[JB987]

Ran across this cool cordless workshop. Appears it has been around for at least 4 years, has some good reviews (currently out of stock at Amazon , and it was pricey though). Still very clever engineering...and an inspiration for designing compact, multitasking things, tools...even robots, right?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AvV1gmghOEk

[EDesbiens]

Wow! That's cool :) But pricey :(

[wgardner]

$500, available in the US here (https://cel-usa.com/products/Power8#.VcewLflVgSV).

[JB987]

Has anybody actually used or seen this in an FRC situation?

[Scott Kozutsky]

The drill press flexes visibly even on just the wood in the demonstration. For $500 they must have cut a lot of corners to make this product and it kinda shows. I'd be surprised if it held up cutting aluminum let alone steel. Besides for a group workshop you want enough tools for everyone, not one cleverly implemented multitool that can only be used by one or two peoples at a time.

[mlantry]

Wish I had money lying around...

[theawesome1730]

With a drill press, having variable speed is important. Soft things like wood and plastic are okay at high speeds, but if you were to cut steel on that you'd want it significantly slower. Even cheap dedicated drill presses have variable speed. Very cool concept, now if only someone can incorporate a milling machine and a lathe...

[AustinNordman]

Judging from the video and reviews, it appears that this is pretty cheaply constructed. I think you would be much better off just buying the tools separately for around the same price. Separate tools might take up a bit more space, but they will be much higher quality.

[Sperkowsky]

looks like a cool concept to me but it also looks like its built like crap. Can someone make this same thing out of aluminum

[bigbeezy]

If only someone built one right. Would be perfect in the pit. Oh well...

[asid61]

Really cool for a home workshop, but for FRC I would use dedicated tools instead. Too many people working to use a configurable multitool.
But still- wow. That thing is amazingly engineered! Too bad it's wimpy.

[PAR_WIG1350]

Looks ideal for casual model building. Not so much for robots. Reminds me of some of the more clever road cases where the case itself adds functionality to the item it stores. A similar approach could work well for a pit or robot cart.

[Foster]

It looks like the perfect homeowner kind of setup. Light woodworking in a small space. Not up to building a robot.

It would be nice to see someone do some advanced engineering and make it a little better.