OT More on multifunction tool

[ehsjr]

Had my first "real" (not-test) use of the Harbor Freight multifunction
tool yesterday. My aluminum screen/storm door bit the dust (bad
hinge) and had to be removed. It was mounted (into wood) with 17
galvanized 3/4" #8 Phillips pan head screws. As you can probably
guess, some of the heads were rusted, and stripped when I tried to
unscrew them. I used the multifunction tool to cut slots in the
stripped screws, and used a flat blade screwdriver to remove them.
The tool was perfect for that job! I used the blade that came with
the tool, and got perfect slots for the screwdriver blade. And it
cut *fast*.

Ed

 

[ehsjr]

Metal-cutting blade?

...Jim Thompson

They just call it a saw blade.
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=65700

Maybe the Fein or Dremel has something they call a metal cutting blade
that is somehow different from a wood blade, but based on the teeth
per inch that, by the nature of the tool, must be a high number,
I'd guess that all brands of multifunction tools have saw blades
that are suitable for wood or metal or plastic or whatever else
they claim. There's no description beyond "saw blade" in the
instruction manual, nothing to tell you if it's hardened steel,
made from unobtanium or suitable for audio with or without monster
cables.

Ed