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Spoon
Reviewed in the United States on April 25, 2015
Here is what I did that made the artisan accents work pretty well. Ditch the Fastcap mortisetool and instead, buy a mortise chisel like what is used in a power mortise cutter. Take out the drill of that chisel and now you have a tool and accents that will work well together. The mortise chisel that is made for those power mortise cutters is much stronger so it holds up better. I used the 5/16 accents along with a 5/16 mortise chisel minus the drill part, and all went according to plan. Prefect fit! Just had to use a slight bit of glue to hold in the accents. Chisel could still be used in the power mortise cutter too.
MyExperienceIs
Reviewed in the United States on February 12, 2014
Cheap, cheap, cheap. Great idea but lousy execution.On the other hand, maybe there isn't much you can do with something like this.
S. Engel
Reviewed in the United States on October 16, 2012
I thought this tool worked very well. I have seen reviews where people complained about the chisel but I've had no problems. The chisel was square and sharp upon arrival. That being said, care does need to be taken not to drop or bang it around because to sharpen it would be difficult (but for the price I'd just buy a new one.) I've installed around 100 of the accents (all in walnut) and the chisel still works well. The only thing I have to complain about is that there were no instructions. I'm still not sure if the accents are supposed to stay installed on their own but I've not been able to get them to, so I use a dab of super glue gel and lightly tap into place with a hammer and they seem to stay very secure from there. I made a jig to keep the chisel square to the edge. Overall I am extremely happy with the results. Pins in about 1/100th the time to make and cut from scratch.
James R. Coplin
Reviewed in the United States on October 9, 2011
I would give it a negative if I could. I was extremely excited to try out this product as I am installing a whole room of craftsman style trim, two sets of bookcases that span the room, and a fireplace surround. The prospect of hand chiseling all the inlays for these pegs was giving me pause. The whole room is in white oak and literally the first square I went to make ruined the tool. I had drilled out the wood to minimize the work and I was only marking the square. I lightly tapped the tool and noticed the marks were rectangular. The tines on the tool had splayed outward with the slight tap. Absolute junk. That being said, the insets themselves are nice and if you have a ton to do, it beats making a couple hundred by hand. They look a little "plasticy" but a light brushing with some steel wool knocks the shine down wonderfully