What came in the mail today?

[drzaius]

1 hour ago, jussi said:

Great for quick cuts but a little bit harder to be precise

Oscillating tools are not precision instruments. Not in the hack'n'slash category of a sawzall, but not like a router or table saw. Using a guide block to keep the blade parallel & on the mark helps a lot.

My personal feeling about them is that they should be way, way down on the priority list for tools to buy. This is coming from a guy who paid over $400 for a Fein Multimaster. In the 10 years or so that I've had it, it probably doesn't have more than about 20 hours on it. There are few tasks that require an oscillating tool, most of what I see people using them for are much better done with other tools. But when you need it, you need it.

[Tpt life]

2 hours ago, jussi said:

What brand bits and screws do you use?

GRK

[jussi]

2 hours ago, drzaius said:

Oscillating tools are not precision instruments. Not in the hack'n'slash category of a sawzall, but not like a router or table saw. Using a guide block to keep the blade parallel & on the mark helps a lot.

My personal feeling about them is that they should be way, way down on the priority list for tools to buy. This is coming from a guy who paid over $400 for a Fein Multimaster. In the 10 years or so that I've had it, it probably doesn't have more than about 20 hours on it. There are few tasks that require an oscillating tool, most of what I see people using them for are much better done with other tools. But when you need it, you need it.

I don’t use it for fine woodworking. But even making openings for outlets is a little more difficult so far. It’s a little more jumpy when you do the initial cut at least compared to my Vecturo.  But it does make the cut a lot quicker. I should note the wall was plywood not drywall. 

[Mark J]

What I wish would go fully Torx are set screws.  Torx drivers are so much easier to seat than an allen wrench and it's universal, no metric and imperial to keep sorting out.  And the dad-blame set screws are allways underneath something in a deep dark corner.  

[wtnhighlander]

2 hours ago, drzaius said:

 But when you need it, you need it.

I found mine to be invaluable for cutting into a hardwood floor in order to re-fit an in-floor receptacle cover to be flush, instead of proud. Aside from that, almost nothing I have done with it couldn't be done as well some other way.

[drzaius]

24 minutes ago, wtnhighlander said:

I found mine to be invaluable for cutting into a hardwood floor in order to re-fit an in-floor receptacle cover to be flush, instead of proud. Aside from that, almost nothing I have done with it couldn't be done as well some other way.

Ya, unless you want to get a jamb saw, an oscillating tool is the way to go. that's why I got mine initially.

[Mick S]

I got two of these today from Hamilton Toolworks. One is for a friend for Christmas.

Both cocobolo. 

[Coop]

That’s sweet!

[treeslayer]

Very nice Mick, I’m sure they will get a lifetime of use

[jussi]

New parallel guide for tracksaw

[Tom King]

Got a little 120v pressure washer for the mechanic shop.  The big gas powered one is almost a production to drag out, it fights back using it, and the operator ends up soaking wet too.  This one seems like a toy by comparison, but I tried it out today, and it's a pleasure to use.  1400 psi, at 1.5 gpm.  I also got a foam cannon for washing vehicles, and house siding, but I'm not sure if this one will provide enough oomph for that.

I'm not brand loyal to many brands, but Mi-T-M is one of them, for pressure washing equipment.

It's heavier than it looks.

 

[Chestnut]

That looks like my kind of pressure washer. Small simple and effective. I'm going to add that to my list of tools that i might need some day.

With an induction motor i imagine that it's not all that noisy?

[treeslayer]

They are made about 7 miles from here and I don’t have one yet, HUGE factory, I’ve been there, and great folks that own it

[Tom King]

Today, off of another woodworking forums, a quality 10hp capable VFD, for about 15% of new price, that had not even been opened, and still has the warranty card (never out of the plastic wrapper).  I won't even unpackage it completely, until I decide what to do with it-either put the 10hp motor back on the compressor, or get a 10hp pump for the irrigation system on the point.

Yes, that little pressure washer is pretty quiet. A LOT quieter than the 13hp Honda on the other one.

 

[JohnG]

Christmas came early for me! First new woodworking related goodie for me in a while now. Still waiting on the second part of the shipment. 
 

[Mark J]

That box is so secret, I bet even you don't know what's inside. 

[JohnG]

6 minutes ago, Mark J said:

That box is so secret, I bet even you don't know what's inside. 

I do know, and it’s not actually a christmas present! There’s also someone else on this forum that knows, and it’s not something they sent me...

a closer peek-

[drzaius]

I bet it's the laundry drying rack on the lower right of the page

[JohnG]

Oh wait, that’s probably not the thing in the box that you want to see. Even closer peek-

Too close?

[Coop]

Too small to be a Wynn filter?

[JohnG]

3 minutes ago, Coop said:

Too small to be a Wynn filter?

That was the last woodworking related goodie I got, a couple months ago. 

[Coop]

Maybe an un-assembled dancers pole? 

That was probably a wild guess

[JohnG]

 

still waiting for the bar to arrive, but this thing makes my 20” 271 look like a toy!

[pkinneb]

10 hours ago, JohnG said:

still waiting for the bar to arrive, but this thing makes my 20” 271 look like a toy!

660?

[JohnG]

It’s an 084. Came with 36” bar and chain (bar got stuck in customs a bit longer for some reason, on the way).

I was ready to buy a new 661, but then came across this saw (actually, @Bmac found it).