Multitool blades

[DAZB]

I bought a pack of 50 for £20 on ebay, all the same size but it is generally the size i use most of and have been doing a lot of work that needed them with customers jobs, my own rentals and also my own house renovation and i am about half way through the pack now after buying them in November. It is like anything, if you abuse it and try making it work too hard it will fail, but just go steady and let the blade do the work and they last much longer.

 

[morqthana]

I was asking my mate the builder this morning and he said they’re all sh'it if you abuse them and he just buys the cheapo packs of 20 from Amazon.

That's OK - I don't mind the cheap ones not lasting long (well, I mind the waste, but you know what I mean).

But I would very much mind ones costing near on £20 each not lasting long

"Mortar Buster"! I'm buying a job lot just on the strength of that name.

I recall back in the day using a T/C grout blade to try and cut a chase in plaster, and it was crap. So I've always used a worn wood blade since, but they don't last long. So I wonder if that blade could be a "Plaster Buster" too.

Did you ever try one?

 

[opps]

That's OK - I don't mind the cheap ones not lasting long (well, I mind the waste, but you know what I mean).

But I would very much mind ones costing near on £20 each not lasting long

I once paid about £18 for the Smart carbide blade (circa 2016) which said it would cut through screws. The correct tool would have been a reciprocating saw.

Possibly my bad for not moving the blade enough, but a third of the teeth disappeared within minutes. That said, it did cut through all 4 screws.

 

[^woody^]

Did you ever try one?

No, it turned out I never had the need to buy that specific blade for any job, as i had other options

 

[Elsa TLC]

Just got a bunch from Temu. They look the nuts.

 

[danlightbulb]

The multi-tool is the most incorrectly named tool on the planet. It does one thing. A drill is more multitool than a multitool is.

 

[Elsa TLC]

The multi-tool is the most incorrectly named tool on the planet. It does one thing. A drill is more multitool than a multitool is.

James O'Brian is better described as a multi tool

 

[morqthana]

And a comment like that shows that you are better described as all sorts of things which would get me banned if I did.

 

[opps]

The multi-tool is the most incorrectly named tool on the planet. It does one thing. A drill is more multitool than a multitool is.

To be fair, it cuts holes and can be used to sand, plus remove grout/etc

 

[morqthana]

And remove plaster casts more safely than the little circular saws

 

[opps]

And remove plaster casts more safely than the little circular saws

I have long suspected that Fein were approached by a medical company to invent a tool to safely remove plaster casts.

As is often the case, the inventor is funded by the firm but is allowed to retain the rights for non-medical use, eg Segway was born of the iBot wheelchair.

 

[morqthana]

I have long suspected that Fein were approached by a medical company to invent a tool to safely remove plaster casts.

This seems to indicate that it was their idea.

The first time I saw it that was on Tomorrow's World, in the last century, presented as a tool for removing plaster casts. The person demonstrating it touched the blade to his skin, and lo - no blood.

 

[opps]

The first time I saw an oscillating saw like that was on Tomorrow's World, in the last century, and it had been invented for removing plaster casts. The person demonstrating it touched the blade to his skin, and lo - no blood.

Don't do that if you have a Japanese blade in the saw though.

 

[opps]

This seems to indicate that it was their idea.

The first time I saw it that was on Tomorrow's World, in the last century, presented as a tool for removing plaster casts. The person demonstrating it touched the blade to his skin, and lo - no blood.

Turns out that it was first patented by Homer Stryker in 1945. Apparently, their (Stryker's) saws are still the go to in the medical industry.

US2427580A - Plaster cast cutter - Google Patents

The patent expired in 1964. Three years later Fein patented their own version.

 

[morqthana]

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