Was very impressed with the auto filter cleaner. That is going the extra mile that the unit will vibrate its filters clean so your suction doesn't drop off as the bag fills up. Great stuff.
@@WestSideConnection5 no, this system is quite different. It uses electro magnets to shake the dust out. Most other industrial vacuums use blows of airflow. Which impacts temporarily the suction.
Bought these two years back Tom and never looked back. Increases productivity by 500%. It is by fare the best machine we have ever bought and with the xxx guarantee it's bulletproof. If you are a " Registered Electrical Contractor" And take on a lot of rewires you need to buy this machine. We suggest the 240 V version as it has in 1900 W motor and better for pushing the three blades. The 110 V version is only 1700 W. However you may need this if working on construction sites. The vac is by fare the best on the market in every aspect, self cleaning, power take off, hepa, just amazing. Well done Metabo
Im an electrician and at my job we use the hilti wall chaser with dual blades, what i've noticed with other brands is that you will have to let the machine work and can't put too much pressure on it. The hilti chaser eats up everything at very high speeds.
It’s a game changer, I used it to cut the boxes in too. As you’ve said in the video, you get a nice consistency in depth and making good afterwards is a doddle. I like the varied content of your vlog 👍🏻
I borrowed one of these recently and was seriously impressed, even with empty rooms, sheeting up doorways etc the dust from a grinder is always horrendous.
In order to help with the strains on the arms you can start at the top of the chase and go down using the machines weight. Depending on who high you go you might need to do the top part still pushing up but is should certainly help. Such a machine with an M rated Hoover is a must I you do a lot of chasing. Often you can rent such a tool aswell for specific jobs.
An impressive tool, expensive but well worth it. Why weren’t they available when I was on the tools? Some more demonstrations of the latest power tools would be much appreciated
You'll find it very useful on commercial jobs Tom. That thing will eat concrete breeze blocks like a knife through butter! Metabo is popular in Australia and New Zealand but less so here, personally I'm a Makita fan.
With that amount of dust extraction, I'd personally look to be wearing something like one of those basic 3m ffp2 masks instead of the whole external filter job. Less bulky and easier to put on, but plenty for the amount of dust it puts out. Plus that dust extractor might well end the whole "sparks don't clean up" sterelotype when you're on site with the other trades 😉
Couldn't do without mine. Have probably done about 15 full rewires so far and only just replaced the triple blade, not because it was worn out but because a couple of the segments came off. I cut in all of my boxes with it, even singles. The making good afterwards is easy and well worth doing. All of my boxes are perfectly flat with solid fixings so an hour of making good on a full rewire is more than made up for. The dust extractor has performed fantastic, never needed to replace the filters, I just give them a good bang out occasionally and it is good to go.
I've got twin blade atlas copco, needs two people (one on hoover!) Found it easier to chase from the top down, not bottom up. Less resistance on blades...
My erbauer one works by pulling it down. Better that way I think as the weight of the chaser does most of the work. Backed up by my trusty old Henry… greedy bastard!
Take it from another electrician. You're arm's wil thank you if you juse gravity instead of fighting it. Just keep it on the wall. And hold it straight. Wait of the machine wil do de rest.
It's a good and fair point about the aesthetics too. It certainly gives the customer a feelgood factor of the quality of work being done. Something that gets overlooked too often.
This video made my day. Useless to say how happy I was to see you're using the same tool I have for chasing. Indeed , this Metabo is a proper wall sucker :))
That filter cleaning is a requirement for the "M" rating the machine has. M stands for medium-hazardous-dust, like you get from cutting wood or walls (the "high" rating would be for mould and other ugly stuff), It should also notify you when the pipe is clogged, usually by some annoying beeping. I got the Bosh hoover and I also really like it but I haven't yet decided which wall chaser to buy, house rewiring is going to start soon :D
Watched quite a few videos by many well known TH-camr electricians but yours is the best mate. You showed everything including that bag which is a bit of a head scratcher as it’s open ended.
A primative 'track saw' arrangement with an 'anti kick-back' lock would not only steer the chaser but would take the strain out of it even if not reducing the effort. Think wardrobe rail with a flexing runner that only goes forward.
I would love a tracked wall chaser with plunge function. That would remove the insane cloud of dust when first putting the blades into the wall. Have you ever seen it?
The filter banging thing and the bag is a relatively new regulation for construction site vacuums to reduce dust exposure , Festool vacuums do it as well, they're called "M Class" vacuums.
Fantastic bit of kit. Just thinking out loud though...... if you started at the top and let gravity aid the motion would that not be easier on the arms?!
Hi Thomas, its a small point but that black bag is for wet collection/slurry. I'm not sure if the plastic might reduce suction a bit over time vs the fleece... Ive found it a bit tricky past yr to find suppliers for the fleece bags but would imagine youd get a good few 'tip outs' and reuse from the black bag. Few work arounds for cutting the fleece bags to reuse - but I just replace them each time. Enjoy its def a game changer!
The fleece bags are for wood dust with the filter cleaning function switched off. You can only have the filter cleaning in when using the black bags or empty container. 👍
@@cyberdogg5 ahh. Well, the plot thickens 😂 you def can have the filter on but it leaves dust which I've always brushed out when tipping the bag. So scratch that about finding the fleece bags and I'm off to look for plastic instead 😉🤞👍
Welcome to the club Tom. We got ours earlier on this year and what A absolute weapon. Just make sure you are all over the ppe Keep up the great content 👍
quick tip to make using the set-up easier. . . wrap different colour tape around one of the flexes. Makes it easier to tell them apart when your trying to move what you think is the chaser flex around, and it's actually the hoover flex. Something Metabo could do to improve the design would be to use a different colour flex so users can tell them apart at a glance.
The best chaser I've ever used was about 30yrs old, it had a massive blade, it made a 25mm wide groove completely removing all the brickwork leaving a nice clean channel and it would cut as fast as a single pass with a 115mm grinder, absolutely amazing, can't seem to find another anywhere now though!
I can't believe you have only just started using a wall chaser, I bought an Eabauer one from screwfix for £99, and use it with a Bosch class M dust extractor with auto filter cleaner , the wall chaser works very well, considering the price, personally, the price of the well known brands doesn't warrent it, mine has a double wheel, with a flat chisel to break out the middle, breaks off easily, connected to the dust extractor, no dust at all.
Impressive to get such neat chase lines & no dust. But those sharp edged joins between old & new plaster reduce the area of bonding & increase the likelihood of shrinkage cracks.
Metabo are now the world leader in power tools. Their 18v battery powered range is years ahead of any of the leading brands. My nephew is one of their managers in Australia, I’ll send him this video. Another great video Tom 👍🏼👍🏼
They're actually one of the worst, sorry to break the news to you. The hoover and disks are good in this video, that is the truth, the rest is trash...
dust extractor vacuums are a must have for every contractor yes there pricey to buy and can be quite expensive to run but you look professional and they save time cleaning up and best of all because less dust its better for everybody. i have a dust cyclone as well which cuts down on replacements bags well worth investing in if your doing lots of work and filling up bags quickly. i personally recondmend the numatic dust extractors as parts and bags are readly avalible at a resnable price. i wanted a 10m hose and i got one from my local vacuum cleaner shop for £28. i did have a festool machine and the replacement 3.5m hose was £80 which i though was excessive.
Not only is it very nice to no longer have to do about twenty minutes of cleaning the room after wall chasing (and still not get it all since it is floating around for some time) but also if the customer pops in after you have left they will appreciate how clean the room is. Can’t put a price on that.
Can definitely see the appeal - I did the chasing in our 1930's renovation and the bricks are just untrue. One of the neighbours actually stopped by and asked how we were enjoying the bricks - just rock solid. Took an absolute age and created an insane amount of dust - that thing has to be a no brainer for somebody doing a lot of that work
I don't do enough rewires to warrant such a purchase Tom. However, after using a grinder (cringe I know) and looking like I've been tangoed I may very well consider this. Keep up the excellent content!
9:05 full face shield with a hood is an epic addition to doing that sort of close to face grinding work, when you’re in full ppe for long periods of time comfort starts to really come into it, safety glass with a full respirator and ear muffs just becomes irritating 😠
Great video Tom. I have had this wall chaser and dust extractor for about a year now, and have used in lived-in property's, absolutely different level of wall chaser, it's so clean and quick compared to 2 disc and sds. A must have for anyone who carries out alot of chasing.
If you used a cyclone in line with your vacuum, maybe your filters and the vacuum would stay very clean, not sure if this would work with brick dust, but this system works extremely well with wood dust.
Congradulations for the great video. I built a house in Mexico about 4 years ago and this definitely would’ve helped. I still plan on getting one cause I know I will come in handy in Mexicos brick homes. Maybe not that expensive one although of all the ones I've seen out there, Metabo looks like the better of them all. All the others look cheaply made. Thanks.
I did the same thing first time using it. All the ppe, mask, goggles, ear defenders etc....didn't make a spec of dust. Customer looked at me like I'm a paranoid idiot....that hoover soon weighs a tonne if you don't clean it out or swap bags though.
I have the very same kit. Top tip is to turn the chaser upside down and let the weight of the machine push down along the wall. It makes it 10 times easier and id also just empty and reuse the bags to keep cost down.
I have a makita dust extraction Hoover and wall chaser(and I’m very happy with how it keeps the dust down), but it uses a twin blade. I wonder would the triple blade fit into my machine?? Do you have a link to the blade? Do they have a standard centre hole diameter?🤔
@ 4:31 could you get a better grip by positioning the unit upside down on the floor? Push button on the right and nut wrench on the left, instead of what's shown in the video push button on the bottom and nut wrench on the top? @6:02 Would it be easier to run the cutter down the wall instead of up the wall?
I've been using the old model Metabo chaser for years now and find it much easier to start the cut from the top and use the weigth of the machiene going down. The strain on your hands is far less and and much quicker. That new triple blade is a god send I will buy two of them now!
Bought the Metabo chaser with a triple blade for some pipework to sink into the wall. Used a Henry tho and he wasn't fully up to the job was a lot better than not using a hoover but you do need the M class extractor.
I have had a wall chaser for years, and found the only people that were impressed were plasterers. However that chaser has now expired so I will be trying one of these next.
@@Anon-y-mouse I hold it upside down and go down the wall and with the metabo mfe 40 and the metabo vacuum m classe it produces very little dust . In plastered walls and new red bricks.
I’ve got it 6 months ago I won big extension so just went for it. Was lived in extension so didn’t want mess and been watching Nick Buddy videos on it and made me buy it 😂😂
At the end of the video when Tom was saying his goodbyes and tapping the blades with his hand 🤚 I thought we where going to see how good the 3 blades where at chopping fingers off 🤦♂️
I am using the cheapest saw with 4 blades- working fine for 30cm with Standard vacuum. Upgraded to very expensive vacuum with automatic filter cleaning: works like in your Video. I always go from the top down.
I had this tool to chase out my house. It was incredible and re-sold with very little loss. Blades last forever and extraction is extremely good. Bag does start to get holes in quite quickly where you clamp it and instructions were poor but very self explanatory. When you do a chase double width you do get a little more dust but marginal in comparison. I cut out boxed with it too. Once you work out where the blade sits relative to the runners it's easy to do a few lines to run lines and do a box no issue.
I prefer the dust masks with an integrated visor, much more comfortable for long periods and better if you wear glasses. The best ones have a seperate battery powered air pump....
I’ve hummed and ahhhed about getting a Metabo for a while now ,after the last occupied rewire and coughing like a consumptive for days despite full filter mask/vacuum and having to spend a day cleaning up it has to be the way forward .I think at the moment demand is outstripping supply.
I get the feeling that you like it. 😃 I’ve invented this device every time I’ve ever done any chasing, mostly because the dust drives my wife completely mad, and no matter how much I try and seal the room I’m working in, the dust always ends up all,over the house. It as a DIYer with a full time career I’ve never had the inclination or motivation to spend the time prototyping and no doubt finding the tech of the day not,up to the job. Why it’s taken until now for the big manufactures to get around to creating the device I can only speculate, I mean it’s hard;y rocket science
I've got the predecessor to that chaser, the MFE 30. I think it's slightly more compact and less powerful (I don't believe you can fit the triple blade to it?). At the time Metabo didn't have the self cleaning vacuum so I ended up buying a big Numatic (big version of a henry) but I find it blocks up frequently (even with a bag). I have built a little cyclone filter but not had chase to fully test it in anger (I don't do any house wiring anymore)
How wide a chase will it do. Seems like you may need to do 3 chases for 5 cables coming dow to a switch say and needed larger capping. Or an I missing a trick Tom
Hi there great video. Can i ask you something? would you wall chase a studded wall and do you remove the old cables in a total rewire? thank you in advance
Great tool! So many uses. So well designed. Can you rent them? Might be the best way to use it, no up front investment and no storage space taken up. Get it just when you need it. Curious as to how much of a survey do you do on walls prior to cutting in? I'm not used to working on solid brick, most residential walls here in US are stud walls, sheet rock covered (or lathe and plaster if older) with existing wiring and plumbing within them. I always scan with a stud finder or a Wall-a-bot first to avoid cutting the wrong thing. How do you do that on Brick?
how much dust when you first start the chase? I assume it relies on suction using the wall to aid suction. That first rotate in will be messy? or is the suction on the vac so good that this is not an issue?
Dustless chasing changed my life. Even a small henry will do the job if its a few small chases. Its all anout having a tool with a shroud and hose that fits properly
I want this tool although I don't have any walls that need chasing.
Build a wall in your back garden then run chases through it until it falls down
Or find an abandoned building and just go at it to your heart's content ☺
Chase the floor!
Best tool I own by far
I was about to comment that you swear by yours on your rewire videos. 👍🏻
Nagy is late to the party 😅
Will the matabo triple blade system fit the dewalt chaser ? Anyone try it?
You’ve had your matabo for a while now nick?
@@bertiebassett1972 I think mark allison (on TH-cam) tried/uses the triple blade in another chaser.
How often do you replace the triple blade nick?
Was very impressed with the auto filter cleaner. That is going the extra mile that the unit will vibrate its filters clean so your suction doesn't drop off as the bag fills up. Great stuff.
Most industrial vacums have that feature
If you’ve never seen a self cleaning filter it must seem like magic to you…
@@WestSideConnection5 no, this system is quite different. It uses electro magnets to shake the dust out. Most other industrial vacuums use blows of airflow. Which impacts temporarily the suction.
@@williamwallace410 never seen an industrial vac that doesn't vibrate the filter.
The lack of dust has to be the main thing in my mind. All the dust just gets everywere
There is an impressive lack of dust in that room.
@@tlangdon12 and the rest of the house. 👍
Ive got one , there is a little dust
@@Calippo11 A little I can live with Not seeing the other side of the room I cant. But thanks for letting me know. 👍
Bought these two years back Tom and never looked back. Increases productivity by 500%. It is by fare the best machine we have ever bought and with the xxx guarantee it's bulletproof. If you are a " Registered Electrical Contractor" And take on a lot of rewires you need to buy this machine. We suggest the 240 V version as it has in 1900 W motor and better for pushing the three blades. The 110 V version is only 1700 W. However you may need this if working on construction sites. The vac is by fare the best on the market in every aspect, self cleaning, power take off, hepa, just amazing. Well done Metabo
Impressive bit of kit - a great addition Tom, and thanks for your feedback
Great to see you have caught up to Nick
Im an electrician and at my job we use the hilti wall chaser with dual blades, what i've noticed with other brands is that you will have to let the machine work and can't put too much pressure on it. The hilti chaser eats up everything at very high speeds.
It’s a game changer, I used it to cut the boxes in too. As you’ve said in the video, you get a nice consistency in depth and making good afterwards is a doddle. I like the varied content of your vlog 👍🏻
the flexi conduit king has been using the metabo for a few years, great bit of kit. great vid (Y)
Had one of these for about 12 months now. Can imagine and wouldn’t want to go without it now, that’s for sure!! Happy chasing
Does the chaser everstruggle on hard walls.
Do you have the three blades
I borrowed one of these recently and was seriously impressed, even with empty rooms, sheeting up doorways etc the dust from a grinder is always horrendous.
Looks amazing. Get a cyclone attachment for that and you'll hardly need to replace the filters or bags in the main unit.
Genius! nice one
Glad to see someone actually say it’s a beast to handle. Especially if you have to use it all day on a total rewire.
In order to help with the strains on the arms you can start at the top of the chase and go down using the machines weight. Depending on who high you go you might need to do the top part still pushing up but is should certainly help. Such a machine with an M rated Hoover is a must I you do a lot of chasing. Often you can rent such a tool aswell for specific jobs.
An impressive tool, expensive but well worth it. Why weren’t they available when I was on the tools? Some more demonstrations of the latest power tools would be much appreciated
You'll find it very useful on commercial jobs Tom. That thing will eat concrete breeze blocks like a knife through butter!
Metabo is popular in Australia and New Zealand but less so here, personally I'm a Makita fan.
With that amount of dust extraction, I'd personally look to be wearing something like one of those basic 3m ffp2 masks instead of the whole external filter job. Less bulky and easier to put on, but plenty for the amount of dust it puts out.
Plus that dust extractor might well end the whole "sparks don't clean up" sterelotype when you're on site with the other trades 😉
Couldn't do without mine. Have probably done about 15 full rewires so far and only just replaced the triple blade, not because it was worn out but because a couple of the segments came off. I cut in all of my boxes with it, even singles. The making good afterwards is easy and well worth doing. All of my boxes are perfectly flat with solid fixings so an hour of making good on a full rewire is more than made up for.
The dust extractor has performed fantastic, never needed to replace the filters, I just give them a good bang out occasionally and it is good to go.
I've got twin blade atlas copco, needs two people (one on hoover!) Found it easier to chase from the top down, not bottom up. Less resistance on blades...
I see the Metabo is designed to be pushed, shame you can't flick a switch and use it in pull mode.
@@nw5835 yes, using gravity to help would be so much better than trying to go against it.
Just turn it upside down
My erbauer one works by pulling it down. Better that way I think as the weight of the chaser does most of the work. Backed up by my trusty old Henry… greedy bastard!
Take it from another electrician.
You're arm's wil thank you if you juse gravity instead of fighting it. Just keep it on the wall. And hold it straight. Wait of the machine wil do de rest.
It's a good and fair point about the aesthetics too. It certainly gives the customer a feelgood factor of the quality of work being done. Something that gets overlooked too often.
Greatest chases ever, invested about a year ago and the best thing I have ever done
Totally agree with you on that one mate!
Betty Crocker must spend a fortune with you
‘It arrived in the mail… ‘ did it fit through the letter box 😂😂 .
Nice review , definitely worth it if you doing domestic rewire day in day out.
This video made my day. Useless to say how happy I was to see you're using the same tool I have for chasing. Indeed , this Metabo is a proper wall sucker :))
That filter cleaning is a requirement for the "M" rating the machine has. M stands for medium-hazardous-dust, like you get from cutting wood or walls (the "high" rating would be for mould and other ugly stuff), It should also notify you when the pipe is clogged, usually by some annoying beeping. I got the Bosh hoover and I also really like it but I haven't yet decided which wall chaser to buy, house rewiring is going to start soon :D
That’s no an M class set up at all
@@dominicmackrill5953 if not, why does the vacuum than have the big "M" Sticker on its side?
The filter cleaning is definitely NOT an M class requirement. There are plenty of M vacs without it
Watched quite a few videos by many well known TH-camr electricians but yours is the best mate. You showed everything including that bag which is a bit of a head scratcher as it’s open ended.
A primative 'track saw' arrangement with an 'anti kick-back' lock would not only steer the chaser but would take the strain out of it even if not reducing the effort. Think wardrobe rail with a flexing runner that only goes forward.
I would love a tracked wall chaser with plunge function. That would remove the insane cloud of dust when first putting the blades into the wall.
Have you ever seen it?
The filter banging thing and the bag is a relatively new regulation for construction site vacuums to reduce dust exposure , Festool vacuums do it as well, they're called "M Class" vacuums.
It’s a monster , absolutely brilliant piece of kit
Fantastic bit of kit. Just thinking out loud though...... if you started at the top and let gravity aid the motion would that not be easier on the arms?!
Hi Thomas, its a small point but that black bag is for wet collection/slurry. I'm not sure if the plastic might reduce suction a bit over time vs the fleece...
Ive found it a bit tricky past yr to find suppliers for the fleece bags but would imagine youd get a good few 'tip outs' and reuse from the black bag.
Few work arounds for cutting the fleece bags to reuse - but I just replace them each time.
Enjoy its def a game changer!
The fleece bags are for wood dust with the filter cleaning function switched off. You can only have the filter cleaning in when using the black bags or empty container. 👍
@@cyberdogg5 ahh. Well, the plot thickens 😂 you def can have the filter on but it leaves dust which I've always brushed out when tipping the bag.
So scratch that about finding the fleece bags and I'm off to look for plastic instead 😉🤞👍
Welcome to the club Tom. We got ours earlier on this year and what A absolute weapon. Just make sure you are all over the ppe
Keep up the great content 👍
Thanks pal! and will do !
Had one of these for a couple of years now, buy the fleece bags! Expensive but I promise you won’t regret it.
quick tip to make using the set-up easier. . . wrap different colour tape around one of the flexes. Makes it easier to tell them apart when your trying to move what you think is the chaser flex around, and it's actually the hoover flex.
Something Metabo could do to improve the design would be to use a different colour flex so users can tell them apart at a glance.
? you connect chaser flex to the hoover so its only one to unplugged from the wall socket.
That chaser is the BEST I’ve ever seen
Nice combo, you’ll find it easier with the optional handle, you can wrap the cord and hose around it.
The best chaser I've ever used was about 30yrs old, it had a massive blade, it made a 25mm wide groove completely removing all the brickwork leaving a nice clean channel and it would cut as fast as a single pass with a 115mm grinder, absolutely amazing, can't seem to find another anywhere now though!
Excellent tool. Impressive power and clean cut. Amazing purchase.
Couldn't agree more!
I can't believe you have only just started using a wall chaser, I bought an Eabauer one from screwfix for £99, and use it with a Bosch class M dust extractor with auto filter cleaner , the wall chaser works very well, considering the price, personally, the price of the well known brands doesn't warrent it, mine has a double wheel, with a flat chisel to break out the middle, breaks off easily, connected to the dust extractor, no dust at all.
I have the metabo twin twisted slot set up on my erbauer, but otherwise same set up.
and that is pretty damn good. We're going to be needing something like this before too long for our house. Awesome.
I'm not an electrician but am tempted to get one of these as a plaything. Not sure my neighbours would appreciate it though.
Impressive to get such neat chase lines & no dust. But those sharp edged joins between old & new plaster reduce the area of bonding & increase the likelihood of shrinkage cracks.
I've been thinking about this .... really wondering how such cracks could be avoided.
Greetings from Ireland! Thanks a million for sharing your knowledge and going to the bother of making a great video. Tom
Metabo are now the world leader in power tools. Their 18v battery powered range is years ahead of any of the leading brands. My nephew is one of their managers in Australia, I’ll send him this video.
Another great video Tom 👍🏼👍🏼
Cracking video!
Hmm, your nephew, could you be a little biased in your opinion … 😉
Haha they don't lead the world in any categories
They're actually one of the worst, sorry to break the news to you. The hoover and disks are good in this video, that is the truth, the rest is trash...
It’s a wicked machine. Worth every cent
dust extractor vacuums are a must have for every contractor yes there pricey to buy and can be quite expensive to run but you look professional and they save time cleaning up and best of all because less dust its better for everybody. i have a dust cyclone as well which cuts down on replacements bags well worth investing in if your doing lots of work and filling up bags quickly. i personally recondmend the numatic dust extractors as parts and bags are readly avalible at a resnable price. i wanted a 10m hose and i got one from my local vacuum cleaner shop for £28. i did have a festool machine and the replacement 3.5m hose was £80 which i though was excessive.
The last time I was this early Tom had a proper moustache.
Not only is it very nice to no longer have to do about twenty minutes of cleaning the room after wall chasing (and still not get it all since it is floating around for some time) but also if the customer pops in after you have left they will appreciate how clean the room is. Can’t put a price on that.
Can definitely see the appeal - I did the chasing in our 1930's renovation and the bricks are just untrue. One of the neighbours actually stopped by and asked how we were enjoying the bricks - just rock solid.
Took an absolute age and created an insane amount of dust - that thing has to be a no brainer for somebody doing a lot of that work
I did a lot of rewires back in the day and as you say the bricks were unbelievably hard - I would have loved such a machine
Bloody good bit of kit 🤘😎🤘
Nice piece of kit. Amazed at how little dust there is.
I don't do enough rewires to warrant such a purchase Tom. However, after using a grinder (cringe I know) and looking like I've been tangoed I may very well consider this. Keep up the excellent content!
Multi tool with masonry blade & then sds after is a less messy alternative if only have a few chases to do. Takes a little longer though ofc
Im starting a partial rewire next week. So tempted to get a wall chaser and dust extractor now since ive seen those triple blade beasts.
9:05 full face shield with a hood is an epic addition to doing that sort of close to face grinding work, when you’re in full ppe for long periods of time comfort starts to really come into it, safety glass with a full respirator and ear muffs just becomes irritating 😠
thank you for that review. that's a super machine. can this be ordered on amazon
Great video Tom. I have had this wall chaser and dust extractor for about a year now, and have used in lived-in property's, absolutely different level of wall chaser, it's so clean and quick compared to 2 disc and sds. A must have for anyone who carries out alot of chasing.
How does it handle brick walls ?
If you used a cyclone in line with your vacuum, maybe your filters and the vacuum would stay very clean, not sure if this would work with brick dust, but this system works extremely well with wood dust.
Do you have a link to one of these systems? Thanks
The finer the dust, the less effective the cyclone. There really is not point with the bagless vacs anyway. So you just end up with worse suction.
Congradulations for the great video. I built a house in Mexico about 4 years ago and this definitely would’ve helped. I still plan on getting one cause I know I will come in handy in Mexicos brick homes. Maybe not that expensive one although of all the ones I've seen out there, Metabo looks like the better of them all. All the others look cheaply made. Thanks.
I did the same thing first time using it. All the ppe, mask, goggles, ear defenders etc....didn't make a spec of dust. Customer looked at me like I'm a paranoid idiot....that hoover soon weighs a tonne if you don't clean it out or swap bags though.
Yeah for just that last cut he made you'd have the equivalent of 4 solid bricks weighing down the bag.
Great kit saves a lot of mess 👍👀👀⚡️🥶
I have the very same kit. Top tip is to turn the chaser upside down and let the weight of the machine push down along the wall. It makes it 10 times easier and id also just empty and reuse the bags to keep cost down.
I have a makita dust extraction Hoover and wall chaser(and I’m very happy with how it keeps the dust down), but it uses a twin blade. I wonder would the triple blade fit into my machine?? Do you have a link to the blade? Do they have a standard centre hole diameter?🤔
Money Well Spent ! How much time did you save using this new tool over the older set up ?
Nic Bundy showed us this kit about a year ago.
Yep remember the vid more like two years I think 🤔
Catching up with the Kopex King! 🤣🤣
@ 4:31 could you get a better grip by positioning the unit upside down on the floor? Push button on the right and nut wrench on the left, instead of what's shown in the video push button on the bottom and nut wrench on the top?
@6:02 Would it be easier to run the cutter down the wall instead of up the wall?
2nd point; the MFE 40 spins the other way. If you want to go down... the handle has to be on top. Good luck with that..
Mate they should of paid you for this review. Honestly perfect
I've been using the old model Metabo chaser for years now and find it much easier to start the cut from the top and use the weigth of the machiene going down. The strain on your hands is far less and and much quicker. That new triple blade is a god send I will buy two of them now!
The MFE40 is designed to be pushed, it doesn’t work being pulled due to the rotation of the discs.
@@cyberdogg5 You invert the direction and the machine and you "push" downwards, that is, you let the weight of the machine do the work.
Bought the Metabo chaser with a triple blade for some pipework to sink into the wall. Used a Henry tho and he wasn't fully up to the job was a lot better than not using a hoover but you do need the M class extractor.
Looks like a great piece of kit
I can dig it, hired one a few days ago to do chases in a bedroom renovation, they are heavy bastards.
From Perth, WA, Australia.
I have had a wall chaser for years, and found the only people that were impressed were plasterers. However that chaser has now expired so I will be trying one of these next.
I am an electrician in belgium. The trick is to use it from top to bottom. Gravity helps a lot.
@@Anon-y-mouse I hold it upside down and go down the wall and with the metabo mfe 40 and the metabo vacuum m classe it produces very little dust . In plastered walls and new red bricks.
@@Anon-y-mouse That's because the MFE 40 spins the other way compared to most other wall chasers.
I’ve got it 6 months ago I won big extension so just went for it. Was lived in extension so didn’t want mess and been watching Nick Buddy videos on it and made me buy it 😂😂
At the end of the video when Tom was saying his goodbyes and tapping the blades with his hand 🤚 I thought we where going to see how good the 3 blades where at chopping fingers off 🤦♂️
Honestly for what you're getting I don't think it's a bad price. Definitely will pay for itself with the time you save
That's a really good deal, if that included the extractor?
I am using the cheapest saw with 4 blades- working fine for 30cm with Standard vacuum.
Upgraded to very expensive vacuum with automatic filter cleaning: works like in your Video.
I always go from the top down.
I had this tool to chase out my house. It was incredible and re-sold with very little loss. Blades last forever and extraction is extremely good. Bag does start to get holes in quite quickly where you clamp it and instructions were poor but very self explanatory.
When you do a chase double width you do get a little more dust but marginal in comparison.
I cut out boxed with it too. Once you work out where the blade sits relative to the runners it's easy to do a few lines to run lines and do a box no issue.
Ok; why doesn't the UK just use round boxes like we do in NL? We just use hollow core drill 82mm with 100% dust extraction and done.
I prefer the dust masks with an integrated visor, much more comfortable for long periods and better if you wear glasses. The best ones have a seperate battery powered air pump....
Regular glasses break the seal on full face masks. Or do you have special glasses for inside the mask?
That is awesome...a really nice result!
I’ve hummed and ahhhed about getting a Metabo for a while now ,after the last occupied rewire and coughing like a consumptive for days despite full filter mask/vacuum and having to spend a day cleaning up it has to be the way forward .I think at the moment demand is outstripping supply.
I get the feeling that you like it. 😃
I’ve invented this device every time I’ve ever done any chasing, mostly because the dust drives my wife completely mad, and no matter how much I try and seal the room I’m working in, the dust always ends up all,over the house. It as a DIYer with a full time career I’ve never had the inclination or motivation to spend the time prototyping and no doubt finding the tech of the day not,up to the job. Why it’s taken until now for the big manufactures to get around to creating the device I can only speculate, I mean it’s hard;y rocket science
Can’t beat Class M dust extraction for this sort of work. Still on the old Metabo chaser and Festool CTM 26 but the 4o is the dogs danglies!
wonder if you set up a track to help with the weight of the chaser maybe motorised?
maybe use a hand winch ?
I've got the predecessor to that chaser, the MFE 30. I think it's slightly more compact and less powerful (I don't believe you can fit the triple blade to it?). At the time Metabo didn't have the self cleaning vacuum so I ended up buying a big Numatic (big version of a henry) but I find it blocks up frequently (even with a bag). I have built a little cyclone filter but not had chase to fully test it in anger (I don't do any house wiring anymore)
The Mfe 30 is more manageable paired with a Bosch Gas25 dust extractor.No dust.
It's a vacuum, hoover is a brand name good advertising for them, I enjoy watching your channel from a heating engineer
How wide a chase will it do.
Seems like you may need to do 3 chases for 5 cables coming dow to a switch say and needed larger capping. Or an I missing a trick Tom
35mm, but that's not with the triple blade.
Hi there great video. Can i ask you something? would you wall chase a studded wall and do you remove the old cables in a total rewire? thank you in advance
His boxes sit beautifully
Great tool! So many uses. So well designed. Can you rent them? Might be the best way to use it, no up front investment and no storage space taken up. Get it just when you need it. Curious as to how much of a survey do you do on walls prior to cutting in? I'm not used to working on solid brick, most residential walls here in US are stud walls, sheet rock covered (or lathe and plaster if older) with existing wiring and plumbing within them. I always scan with a stud finder or a Wall-a-bot first to avoid cutting the wrong thing. How do you do that on Brick?
You can scan brick wall just the same. My Bosch D-Tect 120 even finds empty PVC conduits in the wall.
Nice work with that monster!
Thank you! Cheers!
I use the hoover as a carpenter. Have it about 3 years and have given it hell. I have never used the bag, i just empty it into a standard black bag.
That looks like a good bit of kit.
how much dust when you first start the chase? I assume it relies on suction using the wall to aid suction. That first rotate in will be messy? or is the suction on the vac so good that this is not an issue?
Dustless chasing changed my life.
Even a small henry will do the job if its a few small chases. Its all anout having a tool with a shroud and hose that fits properly
Great advert for Hoover I'm sure that Metabo would prefer you called a vacuum .
Which model is that Tom Can’t see the info on the post
Great bit of kit 👍 I don't do much chasing these days, but I would buy one if I did. The dust extraction alone is worth the price.
Triple blade great idea. Avoiding the chisel / sds a bonus in old houses with loose plaster!