Oscillating Multi-Tool Tips And Tricks
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 9 มิ.ย. 2024
- The multitool has become a tool we can't live without. Carpenters, drywallers, electricians, and plumbers all have one on their truck and DIY folks have them too. In this video I'll share and demonstrate some of my techniques to get more accurate and cleaner cuts in a variety of materials and show some common uses for the oscillating multitool.
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After viewing numerous videos about multi tool, I wholehearted believe this is, by far, the most informative and helpful! Thanks a mil!
for a diy learner like me, this is brilliant. great teacher. 11 out of 10.
Thanks so much! I’m feeling more confident that, as a woman who loves to craft and try small woodworking projects, I can use this tool. Excellent tutorial!
I had never owned or used an oscillating tool until about 2 1/2 years ago when I removed some carpet and installed wood flooring and realized I needed to shorten the bottom end of casing around doors so that I could fit the flooring under the door casing to achieve a neat, clean look. By now, I've found numerous other uses for the tool. For example, I recently installed a recessed cabinet in a wall in a bathroom. I used my oscillating tool to cut through some 2x4 lumber that had to be removed to make room for the cabinet. Your tips are completely consistent with my experience.
The trick on cutting a line first and then cutting deeper was awesome. Thanks, felt like my Dad teaching me something haha 👍🏻
Thanks for sharing your knowledge. You’re a good teacher. It’s unfortunate that the tool manufacturers don’t produce this kind of informative content to help us use tools more effectively.
An artist is someone who knows how their material behaves. Obviously, that is you. This is a valuable video and I agree with the commenter who said "you are a great teacher." There are thousands, maybe more, videos which are total junk. Yours is golden. Onward!
Thank you for the kind words!
This is one of the best "tips" videos I've ever watched. Tips are practical, personal, different, applicable to many situations. Well done sir and thank you for all the effort.
I've been procrastinating on finishing a soffit over my kitchen cabinets I installed because there was a piece of molding in the way that has been there over 50 years and painted in etc. Felt it would really make a mess of my ceiling etc. After some research I bough my Dewalt with battery and watched this video that was so helpful and built my confidence to proceed. I'll be finishing my soffit today! It also touched on topics that are so useful, such as the nail removal, not messing up your sheet rock, and removing grout. Thanks for the help!
Remember you can save a few $$$ by sharpening/renewing your blades with a triangle file. Just take your time. It really does work. Great video BTW. Thanks
I mostly use a semicircular blade, but I use straight blades to.
My wife bought this multi-tool for me for some projects. Thanks for this video chocked full of great tips on using it successfully.
THANK YOU!
I bought my first multi-tool a few days ago (I'll probably use it first today) and the FIRST THREE hings you showed are the first three things I'll need to do.
As a trim carpenter my cordless XR is one of my most used tools. Absolutely love it. Pro Tip for those expensive ass blades. With the right file it is extremely easy to cut new teeth and reuse those blades. Especially if you are using them for rough work or demos.
i’ve worked at a pawn shop dealing with tools for three years, but i never knew how to really use them beyond testing their basic functionality. i just got a multi tool for home projects, and this video is beyond helpful!!
Thank you for producing this show. I have learned in 20 minuets what would have taken me years of using the tool.
Just bought my first mulit tool. And your tips are very good. I am currenting building a house, and my rotozip for plug outlets is very unstable. I think that this technique you showed will help me get cleaner cuts.. Thanks.
Just what I was looking for. Thank you for sharing these most useful tips.
Great explanations with great video close ups! I need to cut a small rotted section of an eve so I can replace it with an equivalent piece of plywood. Watching you easily cut through the 2" x 4" convinced me that the oscillating multi-tool would be the best tool for that job. Thanks very much!
I appreciate the video. These are things one wouldn't think about in the heat of the moment. I'll pay more attention in the future.
Thank you for the demonstration, it was very helpful
I just bought one of these to do some Reno work in my bathroom. Having never used this tool, I found your video very helpful. Thanks!
It’s a great tool. Bought it for myself f4om an infomercial I was watching on my birthday, 10 years ago. Used it so many times since.
I bought one to use for repairing water damage on window frames outside. I have never used one. Not so scary after watching this video.
Great camera work! Also, I like your detailed instructions and reasoning with pros and cons. I'm a retired professional engineer and appreciate your attention to detail and thorough instruction. I just subscribed to your channel.
Awesome, thank you!
This is what I wish most instructional videos were like. As an introduction to the tool and its uses, I can't imagine a better start. Thanks for this.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Thank you John for sharing your experience and skills. My take away is that don’t be afraid to try new things after of course you see how the experts do these things. I appreciate you taking the time to train us neophytes!
Round blade is good during tongue and groove floor repair. When you are removing a damaged plank, round blade helps you avoid accidentally cutting into the neighboring planks.
Oh wow!! I'm getting ready to do this and that is exactly the type of tip I needed. Thank you!!
Great tips. Super instructor. As a retired US Army Officer, your method of instruction is just like how we trained our soldiers. Attention to details and safety best practices. Excellent!!! Thank you sur👍🏽
Well, I was Navy, and attention to detail was a primary factor in boot camp as well!
Picking up that same Dewalt this week, really appreciate the tip of turning over the tool! Makes tons of sense but I likely would not have thought of it on my own. I've never owned one of these before, excited to see what it can do!
Useful tips, thanks. One of my first applications with my multi tool was removing carpeting from the inside of a small cabin boat. I used the scraper blade with astonishingly fast results. I can strongly recommend having one in the arsenal.
Great video. I learned a lot. Thankyou 😊
This is great, I bought this tool to cut out some weathered framing on the bottom of a door way and these tips will make it even easier.
Finally a usefull tip weather to get the expensive blades or not...And many more useful tips on the multi-tool. Top!
Thank you for these tips, just got my first multi tool and will be following your advice. Thanks again.
Very well done. This video shows the difference between a master pro teaching you vs. an armature. Thank you I learned a lot. Well done.
Loved this! Thanks for not yelling. ❤️
Thanks! The tips are great and the whole video is really informative and your demonstrations are really clear. I love the tip about pointing the cutting edge backward when storing.
Got my first multitool on order, so watching this masterclass video will save me from making rookie mistakes 👍
This was such an informative video that I couldn’t just ‘like’ it ….. I have to comment and say thank you very much …..
Nice demonstration.
Great info. I’ve been doing things wrong. Thanks for the great tips.
Just bought one because I couldn't resist buying it from watching TH-cam videos. Now at least I'll use it better, whenever. Tks, from Ireland. I know if I use it once or twice it will be worth it, I'm not a complete fool.
They become a necessary tool in short order!
The big half moon cutting blade is useful when cutting pipe under the kitchen for plumbing. Any angle cuts often. I always wonder why they include a scraper tool, take an old dull cutting bland to the disc sander first and then attach it to the tool and polish it with finer grit. Scraper invented.
I had never seen so accurate review! Thanks
Thanks for sharing, I am learning how to use the tool. Cheers.
Thank you, that was a brilliant video. I learned a lot, as am about to buy one of these tools, now feel I'll get better use out of it, much appreciated video
I have just bought a multi tool. Thanks for all the great tips.
I bought one of these tools a couple of years ago and until now, I could n't really see the value of it. Now, it makes sense, so thanks for that and I will be using it much more from now on
This video was tremendously helpful from start to end. I can wrapp it up by saying "Teach a man how to fish ........"
Great video, thanks.
I've found the scraper blade to be the perfect tool during a bathroom reno to break the seal between the vanity and the wall so I wouldn't damage the wall pulling the old vanity away. Also, loosening the caulked baseboard without damaging the drywall. In both cases the attachments came away cleanly with no tears or gouges in the drywall surface.
Also, I'd suggest that homeowners using the tool occasionally buy the corded version, not the battery powered tool. Cheaper, and it will work just as well in 10 years. For someone in the trades or a heavy user the convenience of a battery version will probably make up for the cost and relatively short lifespan of batteries.
I agree, there are tradeoffs going with battery operated versions. I have both, and I'll grab the battery version for quick work. But, if I know I'll be using the tool all day. then the corded version may be a better choice.
I've just bought a multitool and found your tips very helpful. Many thanks.
Tip: for a scraper blade, use a worn wood or bi-metal blade that you grind to a sharp edge on the grinding stone. In so doing, you should never need to buy a scraper blade again.
I use old carbide blades for cutting metal, rather than reaching for a new one.
Yes! Regardless of the make or quality of the blade, they do wear out relatively quickly. Very easy to grind or file off the remaining teeth of an old blade and grind or file a chisel beveled edge to turn it into an excellent scraper. If your typically cutting soft materials like drywall or construction lumber, your wood blades can be easily rejuvenated by resharpening the teeth with a small jeweler's file or I have even cut new teeth with a small cut-off blade on a rotary Dremel tool. You can rejuvenate the teeth dozens of times before you lose a quarter inch of blade length.
@@chrisgraham2904 this is awesome! Thank you Chris!
"SeeJane Drill" on youtube shows how to grind off worn edge and with the right shaped file, cut new teeth.
Or just use a scraper blade for tasks which require a scraper blade.
I love my Oscillating tool, I would be with out it, once you get use to the vibration. But it done an amazing job on sanding my stairs.
Great video, thank you for sharing 👍🏽💚
Thanks for all of the great information...I just received mine and am glad to have these tips before getting started on cutting some drywall wall.
Great info from obviously skilled professional, and very nicely to the point. Thank you
A great video for a complete novice like me. Very helpful thanks.
I agree on that, tools last longer if handled the right way
Just ordered one of these to help me remove old kitchen tile (saw this technique in another video). I learned so much from you in this video. Thanks for putting this out there are sharing your experience!
"bugger up" - my Dad's favourite expression!!
Thank you for taking the time to produce this video - really informative.
great for a DIY newbie like me!
thanks a lot!
Thanks for sharing.
One of your points that I feel deserves serious emphasis is the challenge of heat build up. Heat is what kills the blades and fast. Your scribe the line first, bulk cut second method is one that I use, but I approach that in a more refined manner: Just because one can plunge cut doesn't mean that one must do so; plunging is just another feature of the tool that is most useful when space limitations force us to plunge.
Instead, my experience shows that this tool needs to make cuts similarly to how a router is used in multiple shallow passes in order to clear the waste material from the kerf, otherwise the waste cannot get adequately cleared and heats up the blade, which then softens and dulls it. That may be why some of us get mixed results with that drywall blade; trying to plunge it just jams up the waste and creates major friction on the large faces of the blade. Instead, light back and forth passes will work well with its radiused edge to push the waste up and away to the surface of the sheetrock.
Here's my tip for those who, like me often work on lath and plaster walls, which are very different from sheetrock: I cut lath and plaster with the carbide grit grout blade because it is very tough and the carbide grit cuts a kerf wider than the blade body. The wider kerf allows the high sand content waste to move out more easily and this prevents heat build up and the blades last many times longer.
Yes, heat is a blade killer for all types of saws. Also true of drill bits.
I just purchased a multi-tool knowing that many of my friends use them a lot. I found your video very helpful, showed many different applications and you spoke slowly and clearly....very useful video and information for me, thanks for spending the time to put it together
Glad it was helpful!
Thanks for the tips. Doing my research before buying my first one for home shop use.
Love it. Thanks. Just bought one yesterday. And your trucs are great.
Just got this tool. Used on 3 jobs. Very versatile and great tool. Thanks for video and great tips 👍 👌 .
I used my new De Walt multi tool for the first time today after watching your tips and tricks video and was amazed at the results. Easy to follow and just as easy to put into practice. Many thanks.
Great to hear!
Very good tips. I always have problem cutting sheetrock with the oscilante tool. Thank you for that tip
I’m in need of this particular tool, I’m going to purchase one of them tomorrow in fact and found your video to be a good introduction and quite informative. Thanks for taking the time to film this video, it has certainly been helpful to me.
Excellent tutorial! Thank you!
Great advice, very much appreciated.
Invaluable tips for a new beginner. Thanks so much.
Thanks for sharing your valuable knowledge and experience! Very helpful to us weekend warriors!
Very much appreciate your thoroughness, thanks!
Your tips are really helpful. Thanks a lot!
Great video, I've been pushing my blades to hard.
Excellent tutorial, thanks!
Best multitool video on TH-cam!
Thanks for sharing your skills, definitely educational, I’ve leaned some new tips thanks👍
Great video. Great tips. I would add just this: if you need to cut a nail, a bi-metal blade is fine, if you absolutely can't avoid cutting a screw, be absolutely sure to change to a dedicated metal cutting blade. Then cut as you described. Going at a screw with a wood or bi-metal blade can ruin the blade instantly. This tip applies to reciprocating saw blades as well. The best thing you can do is remove the screw entirely, or use an angle grinder to cut the screw instead.
Yes, a lot of people don't realize that some screws are made with a harder, more brittle metal than nails. Drywall screws are a good example. They will ruin blades in short order, so I'll usually try to reverse then out or snap them off from the side with a hammer.
Thanks so much. These tips were super handy!
Indeed you are a very good teacher. Thanks!
A much appreciated video.
Thank you👍🏽
Thanks for the tips shown in this video. I have a reciprocating saw that I've never used--so far.
Your tips for it's use are great, and since I'm pretty much a DIU, I'm sure some job will come up where it will come in handy.
Reciprocating saws are great. I'm a DIYer and they are great for demolition or just cutting up debris for easy disposal. I also used it with a 12 inch blade to cut free my vertical door jambs holding my two sets of Peach Tree French doors when we did the basement remodel. Funny, I also have a power tool that is still in the original box and I have not even taken out of the box. It's a very nice HITACHI compound slide saw that I bought nearly 20 years ago for $600!!! I ended up having the hardwood floor installer also cut and install all the baseboards and doorway trim. LOL
I use old blades to quickly and easily scrape up glue when removing glue down flooring. Works like a charm.
Don't throw out those old blades. They are extremely useful when repurposed.
Recently bought one and is my go to tool for cutting, etc.
Well done. Very impressed by your experience.
Great tips for every projects. Thanks
Great demo, thanks for the detail !
Great tips for my new Dewalt oscillating multitool!! Thanks!!!
Half- round blade for sheetrock works best.
Great video so many tips and tricks and very well produced - The DIY crowd needs experts like you many thanks…
This was an awesome video of how to use this tool you brought out the best of the tool by using it very slow and taking your time to make the cuts more neater I appreciate you sharing this video with all of us out here in TH-cam land. I look forward to seeing other videos that you put out past and present. 👍🏿👌🏿👊🏿
Glad you enjoyed it!
Well done, awesome tutorial. Thank you sir.
No nonsense video. Thanks.
Good info~! I have a Rockwell multi-tool that (sadly) doesn't get a lot of use, so my experience with it is minimal. Your shared tips will be very helpful whenever the need arises for me to break it out.
Thanks~!!
That's awesome how you explain the way things work. That helped me a lot. Thanks and please continue. I subscribed.
Good video, all tips seem obvious as you're going through, but collectively well worth it . I luv the use of the English idiom "Bugger up ", not heard it used by American's unless they have some UK connection..
Excellent demonstration and discussion! Very useful!
Excellent instruction: clear, concise, and ai learned a lot. Thx!
Right on! Thanks for the tips. 👍
Love the tips, thank you!