I do a lot of retrofit windows and doors and have been exposed to a tool that looks like it may save a lot of time and $ in cutting out the interior sills on windows.
Does anyone have experience with the fein multimaster tool?
Thanks!
Don
I do a lot of retrofit windows and doors and have been exposed to a tool that looks like it may save a lot of time and $ in cutting out the interior sills on windows.
Does anyone have experience with the fein multimaster tool?
Thanks!
Don
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worth every penny
get the e-cut blade; pricy, but saves a lot of aggravation.
if you use the search feature here, you'll get a lot more on the multi-master
Do you think the e cut blade would be better then the circular shaped bi metal blade? I am running 3 to 4 ft. down a line on wood or sheetrock.
definitely- i find the e-cut easier to control, and it lasts longer, too.
I just used my Multi-Master Friday to patch an oak floor- cutting back the old floor to weave in the new. I used an e-cut, but I first scored the floor where i wanted to cut to give the blade something to guide on.
the longer you have the multi-master, the more uses you'll find for it.
I'm interested in this tool as well. I replace direct set glass, from time to time, and I'm told this tool will deglaze the insulated glass unit. I just quoted a job involving six fairly large pieces of glass and I may give it a whirl. Anyone else here use this for this purpose?
jocobe
I haven't tried it for what you want, but it does have a scraper blade thats pretty handy.
The multi master has a scraper that usually comes in the kit. I have used it on old glazing and it works good.
The e blades are stiffer than the half or full round blades (one in the kit) and easier to use, longer lasting till you hit metal or old cementuous plaster. There is a new 3 pack of supposedly tougher e-blades, a little narrower and a bit more coarse. It took me longer to dull the blade, and at 25 ea. a bit more economical. The finer cutting eblades were about 32 for the 1-1/4".
You can accurately cut into crown,base, casing whatever when wanting to not remove trim, but needing some of it outta the way. Can use it to alter the plastic on those damn slide in ranges that push the limit on your countertop.
I bought the diamond studded grout/plaster cutting blade when cutting old plaster returns around metal framed windows. Another high priced accessory, but works accurately, slow and no dust. If you're looking for quick, this isn't it. Cuts grout out around a tile so you can replace it w/o bashing the #### out of its neighbor.
Remodeling Contractor just outside the Glass City.
Quittin' Time
Edited 2/20/2005 4:52 pm ET by calvin
Experience, yes. Own it, yes. Love it, yes. Do everything, not quite. But it is a tool thats earned a spot on the shelving in the trailer. It solves more problems than it creates, the most prominent of which, for me, is flush cutting something right stinkin next to something else. Wood, DW, tile, whatever. Expensive blades, no worries. If I try to do what it does another way the blades are less than the labor of the other way.
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