I have come to the conclusion that any 'X in 1' tool is crap. It started long long ago with a drill motor set that also powered a jigsaw, circular saw, etc. and none worked - most were hazardous to fingers or other appendages. I mostly learned my lesson . . . until
Recently we wanted to do some small sheet metal enclosures and our shop is not blessed with a lot of spare space, so we purchased one of the 3-in-1 tabletop sheet metal combination machines. Shear, brake and slip rolls in one compact package. Lots of people market these, and they are probably all made within 100 yards of each other in China. Unfortunately, I figured that out after reading all the catalog data and getting the mistaken notion that some were better than others.
I already knew that Harbor Freight markets low cost, low end machines like this - I could go into their local store and see one for myself - and they didn't have a 'small' machine anyway... We wanted a 12" and settled on the one Baileigh Industries sold. Reading their slick color portfolio the concept of 'crap' never was an issue...
Until the small crate of scrap iron arrived that was supposed to be a metalworking machine. The freight cost $80 to get it to us, and would cost us at least another $80 to send it back so we'd be out $160 to send it back, or just the one-way freight plus the exorbitant cost of the crate of scrap iron that was supposed to be a metalworking machine if we kept it. How bad could it be? Unbelievable!
The basic design did not permit the shear or brake to work at all - Calling Baileigh 'technical support' was a joke - even sending pictures of how the parts of their alleged 'machine' could not possibly work as built elicited a response of 'gee whiz, I've never seen a machine like that before'... Honey, you sold it to me, it's in your catalog and it's your baby! No joy.
Giving up on their support we redesigned and re-machined the scrap a bit and got the pieces close enough together that the shear blades could make (poor) cuts in thin sheet metal, but the brake design was such that after bending a piece you could not remove it from the machine without completely disassembling it. It was almost like it was designed by someone who saw a picture of a similar machine and designed castings that looked the same but were non-functional. A pair of child's scissors and a sesame bagel would be more useful for metal forming.
So, I still have the contents of an expensive crate of scrap metal - a reinforcement of my experience that an 'x in 1' is crap and a resolution to NEVER, EVER buy anything from Baileigh Industries.
Utterly worthless as a tool, but a valuable lesson... And we now, thanks to patience and Craigslist, have an excellent American-made sheet metal shear, a very nice American-made finger brake and we will probably never need a slip roll.