Multi tool v jigsaw ...?

[RichardS]

Some zombie threads have at least some rationale for being revived ..... but others, like this one, are a mystery.

Richard

 

[LadyInBed]

Some zombie threads have at least some rationale for being revived ..... but others, like this one, are a mystery.

Richard

Let's develop it.
Is anyone as tight arsed as me and grind bits of old hacksaw blades to use in a jigsaw?

 

[Poignard]

Let's develop it.
Is anyone as tight arsed as me and grind bits of old hacksaw blades to use in a jigsaw?

For tight-arsedness, that would take some beating!

 

[Buck Turgidson]

no one's mentioned an angle grinder yet! Ive got a mini 12v cordless from Bosch. It's brilliant. Small enough to get into tight corners. Powerful enough to slice through anchor chain and will cut a dead straight line in anything on the boat.

 

[Stemar]

no one's mentioned an angle grinder yet! Ive got a mini 12v cordless from Bosch. It's brilliant. Small enough to get into tight corners. Powerful enough to slice through anchor chain and will cut a dead straight line in anything on the boat.

Another very useful tool, but for different uses. I've never seen anyone using one to cut wood. Heavy duty sanding, yes, but I reckon the risk of a wood cutting blade jamming with painful/A&E consequences is just too high

 

[Poignard]

Another very useful tool, but for different uses. I've never seen anyone using one to cut wood. Heavy duty sanding, yes, but I reckon the risk of a wood cutting blade jamming with painful/A&E consequences is just too high

... and the mess!

 

[coopec]

I've been fixing up my 40 year old boat for nine years and living onboard for three. I do work on her most weeks and the tool I use most often after the battery drill is my 8 years old Bosch multitool. It gets used mostly for hacking out fittings, cutting out straight shapes in wood or grp and grinding small areas of grp ready for glueing. It gets used occasionally for sanding and polishing too, and with a blunt blade for scraping off old glue and foam. What its no good at is cutting straight lines much longer than the widest blade. I have a battery jigsaw on board but can't cut a dead straight line with it, even using a guide. My handsaw makes a much better job, though a circular saw would make an even better job, but with rougher edges in my experience (wrong blade, probably). A router, even better still on a workbench with space for guides and fences.

I had one of thise Exacto style mini-circular saws. It did a good job of cutting ply (and ceramic tiles and metal when I had a house) but, like the circular saw and angle grinder, didn't make the cut when fitting out my toolkit to take on the boat.

If you want really neat cuts with a circular saw you need a blae with about x50 teeth and set the depth of the blade just enough to cut through the ply (or timber)

 

[coopec]

I've installed a deck hatch using Sikaflex and it is leaking. Obviously I'm going to have to remove it and install it properly.

Guess what tool I will use to remove it??

 

[PaulRainbow]

I've installed a deck hatch using Sikaflex and it is leaking. Obviously I'm going to have to remove it and install it properly.

Guess what tool I will use to remove it??

 

[PaulRainbow]

 

[coopec]

NO! (Have another go. Something starting with Mmmmmm)

 

[rogerthebodger]

Sorry Paul I must disagree as an adze is a traditional boat building tool

Native Alaskan boat builder

As used in Rye Shipyard- the Construction of Motor Fishing Vessels, Rye, Sussex, England, UK, 1944

 

[PaulRainbow]

Sorry Paul I must disagree as an adze is a traditional boat building tool

Native Alaskan boat builder

As used in Rye Shipyard- the Construction of Motor Fishing Vessels, Rye, Sussex, England, UK, 1944

You are correct Roger, that does indeed look like a more suitable tool for the job.

 

[TernVI]

Another very useful tool, but for different uses. I've never seen anyone using one to cut wood. Heavy duty sanding, yes, but I reckon the risk of a wood cutting blade jamming with painful/A&E consequences is just too high

I bought a mini Li-Ion grnder from Aldi or Lidl a while back, they were selling wood cutting blades for it. I bought some but haven't tried them. I feel that whatever discs are in it, this thing has more A&E potential than any mains angle grinder I've used.

 

[penberth3]

I bought a mini Li-Ion grnder from Aldi or Lidl a while back, they were selling wood cutting blades for it. I bought some but haven't tried them. I feel that whatever discs are in it, this thing has more A&E potential than any mains angle grinder I've used.

Agreed. It's the compact size, doing stupid things is so much easier!

 

[Topcat47]

I have three "japanese draw saws" one of which is a tenon saw. These are better than my trad carpenter's tenon and panel saws but not good for timbers over about 1/2".

 

[zoidberg]

I have - and have used - most handheld power tools in boat refurb and house rebuild. I have both corded and cordless examples of each, and I am well pleased to be able to choose.
I wouldn't be without the two multitools - especially 'working tight' when it is essential to stop in exactly the right place.

The bodies I have are quite cheap. The blades/tips are the best I can get. IMHO that matters.

 

[ghostlymoron]

Let's develop it.
Is anyone as tight arsed as me and grind bits of old hacksaw blades to use in a jigsaw?

I thought I was frugal but don't stoop that low. I've considered modifying a used blade to extend its life. They always wear out at the same place.