power tool for clipping off case molding
nailer01
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I was once on a job where there was a pro tile crew. They had a tool to clip off the bottom of case moldings to facilitate laying new tile . It was electric. The blade did not have any teeth. You could touch it to your hand or fingers and it would not cut you, but yet it cut through the wood of the case mould.
Does anyone out there know what that tool is called??
thanxs,, Mark, nailer 01
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I'm curious, too. The floor guys at our job used the tooth blade type today....never knew about a toothless one. Sounds very strange to me.
Yeah, I'm serious, it wass like a smooth disc that vibrated. It would cut the wood but not anything else. I would be interested in the toothed type also. Got a job to do. Dont wwant to have to do it by hand.
thanx man
OOOOOOOk.....now I get it...the Fein they talk of is a great useful for other things tool. Good Luck.
1. Fein Multimaster. 2. Jamb saw (various brands). Hope you're not a carpenter.
DG/Builder
As mentioned the Fein Multimaster
Also Bosch made a small saw worked on the same pricipal as a recip saw just smaller, and had a blade that was offset to one side to get it flush with the floor.
Don't know of a "toothless" blade that will cut wood but both the Fein and Bosch have many different blades for cutting all sorts of materials.
Mike
" I reject your reality and substitute my own"
Adam Savage---Mythbusters
I got a Multimaster a couple of months back for two specific jobs; now I can't believe I've ever been able to live without it.
Forrest - Multimaster fan
Stop... stop... you're breaking down my impulse control... I'll be ordering a Multimaster shortly if I don't stop reading this thread.
You gotta get one.
Once you have it, you'll find all kinds of uses for it.
Today I used it to cut through the caulk along some exterior door casing, so I wouldn't break the cement shingles when I pulled out the door.
Worked like a charm.
The Crain undercut saw cuts much faster and straighter. Also, a little cheaper.
But the Crain is only good for one thing. I use my MM for all kinds of jobs.
the only drawback I can think of for the MM is the cost of the accessories.
Maybe faster but I'll wager not nearly as versatile. Most multi pupose tools usually suck at everything. This one is the exception. We have used it for a large number of things. Sanding, clearing out old grout, flush cutting with no chipping, mortising and inlaying slate tiles into a pine floor.
Yeah man, i understand but to justify the cost of the tool. I just don't do enough of it . You need to post your bio. Don't know what you do. Tile guy?
Mark, nailer01
I run my own small construction business, I am a self confessed tool junkie! If there is an easier or better way I want the tool.
The area of Ontario we work in is the summer home to many well known celebrities. Goldie Hawn, Kurt Russell, Martin Short, many NHL players. I understand that even Woodrow Wilson had a cottage here on Lake Joseph. He is quoted as saying on his deathbed "I can here the wind in the pines at Lake Muskoka." I just read that in the local paper today.
Almost all of our customers are high end custom jobs. Since most of them do not live here year round (one in the U.K. another in New Zealand, some in the States but most from around the Toronto area) they like to have one guy to call for all of their maintenance and building needs. Most are also long term customers (up to 10 years). Hence the need for all of the different tools.
I currently have a customer that wants me to build him a reversible knotty pine chess and backgammon board for the new screened porch we are building.
We try to keep as much work in house as we can as it makes it easier to control quality and scheduling.
I have a small crew of four and try to take on only one project at a time. Lately each is running from four to six months.
With all of the different types of things we are called upon to do we have managed to accumulate a broad range of tools.
The initial reason I bought the Fein tool was a job that required us to refinish the interior of a manufactured log cottage. The logs looked like V joint boards. It was easy to sand the flats but the V s? That was when I hit on the idea of the Fein tool with the triangle sander attachment. I figured that the time saved in labour would more than pay for the tool so I ended up building it into the cost of the job.
I hope that answers your question.
Sound like you have an interesting operation. Much in common with mine. 10/4 on the tool junkie. Thanks for your reply.
Mark
If you only buy one tool this year, make it the Fein MM. No kidding, you will find more ways to use it than we can come up with. It seems every job I need to pull it out. A definite Must Have.
"I am the master of my fate, I am the captain of my soul." Invictus, by Henley.
Gotta confess... I just got a PLS1 laser measuring tool. I am so tired of dragging the metal end of my tape over people's furniture and floors while I estimate their jobs. So... $300 poorer, $300 happier, and maybe February will bring another splurge. Or March. Plus, I know from using them that those Fein attachments are waaayyyy expensive.
How accurate is that measuring tool? Could it be used to measure lengths of crown?
I've thought a bit about one of those, just for the convenience of being able to get accurate measurements on a long piece of moulding.
I've just used the PLS a few times, just had it a week. It is so incredibly handy for measuring over rough terrain and in places where pulling out a surveyor's tape would be a pain. No critical measuring yet, but I have heard that people are using them for that. My main goal is to use it estimating and for longer measurements that are hard to do alone with a tape. The only downside I can report at the moment is that you can't see the dot in bright light, so outdoors on a sunny day will be tricky. Indoors this thing will be 100% usable. As far as I know it's a Leica unit rebranded for PLS, it says made in Austria on it.
I use mine almost exclusively as a saw. As long as you don't try to cut thru nails with them, the blades actually last a fairly long time.
Does PLS still make the laser measuring tool? I checked their website a few months back and couldn't find it. Bought the Stanley $100 version instead. Although it's been ok, it isn't as accurate or consistent as I would like. I'll be checking the PLS booth at JLC in March, if they still have the laser, I might just spring for one.
"I am the master of my fate, I am the captain of my soul." Invictus, by Henley.
Drink the Kool Aid Dave. It's Fein...Andy
"Never try to teach a pig to sing. It wastes your time and annoys the pig." Robert A. Heinlein
"Get off your dead #### and on your dying feet." Mom
Isn't that the way it always goes---How, How , How I say did I ever do this before without losing my sanity.Now if I can just convince my wife that I need _____ for the sake of my sanity.Mike" I reject your reality and substitute my own"
Adam Savage---Mythbusters
Sounds like the saw the doc used to cut me out of a full leg cast. Vibrated and cut thru the plaster, but didn't cut skin when touched. Maybe what the Fein MM was based on.
"I am the master of my fate, I am the captain of my soul." Invictus, by Henley.
I think there's an exact model of our favorite Fein Multimaster, but the medical version has a stainless steel body. Probably $700 from the medical supply house !
Greg
It wouldn't be right if it didn't cost a fortune. The cordless screw guns they use in surgery also look like they cost thousands. I wonder if there's a radio/charger that goes with those?
Thanks to all for the input. I will look into the Fein Multimaster. I have a hand jamb saw, but to lazy and got some tight spots where it won't work.
Once again, you guys came through.
Mark
You're more right than ya think. Its the multimasters big bro, and its called the supercut, and yeah, about 7 bills it is. Great tool."A bore is a man who, when you ask him how he is, tells you." -Bert Taylor
I've been known to put a 10" blade in the sawzall, and go to town. Just cut a block the thickness you need to remove, and run the blade along the top of the block. If you're good with the trigger, it works like a charm.
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dude
took your suggestion. Could not afford the power tools that were all mentioned in the thread. Took my millwaukie tiger saw, 10" blade and did the job.... Cut a block on the table saw to equal my rock, tile and ( I saw this from the pro crew that I mentioned in the first message) a piece of cardbord. Equaled 1-1/8". Ran the blade on top. Job done. Picked up the rock tonight and will lay mon yanna.
I guess i was thinking the power tool would be alot less $$. Like a roto zip type thing. Thanks to you all. I don't do enough tile to spit on. Just my own in this case.
Thanks for the interest in the thread.
Mark
They probably used an angle grinder with a thin metal-cutting wheel minus the guard. It cuts real fast but it smokes a lot. Do this if you already have a grinder and don't want to buy another tool. The right tool for the job is an undercut saw and is around 300 new. But it takes a carbide-tooth saw blade.