Below 265 SQ/FT DRIVESITFAR IS GETTING ORGANIZED in his 9x15 portion of 2 car garage. DIY’s & COOL VI

[Nobody-named-Olli]

Drives, my normal recommendation with carbide blades is to use cutting paste/wax as coolant when cutting metal/ screws. Most of your carbide blades seem to be for nails embedded in wood from what I can make out in the pictures, except for the one still in its package. Generally speaking, everything that says wood & metal or wood & nails is pretty much the lowest tier of available blades. You might have better luck with that blade that is still packaged & cutting paste/wax as coolant.

My go-to carbide blades are the Bosch: https://www.boschtools.com/us/en/starlock®-oscillating-multi-tool-carbide-plunge-cut-blades-43933-ocs-ac/

I do not know right now if these blades are compatible with your generation of Fein multitool or if an adapter is going to be needed. Let me know if you want me to find out/ look into it more closely.

Slow (tool set to 3 or 4 tops!) and as much movement while cutting as you can + the cutting paste/ wax.

That should do the trick. The cutting paste/wax can soil the siding, so keep a rag handy.

I would not recommend that diamond disc on the angle grinder for this, that is unless it is one of those “cuts all” site universal/demo diamond blades.

Kind regards,
Olli

 

[drivesitfar]

Ollie thanks for your very detailed and educational post. I really appreciate the information and I’ll definitely keep this in mind next time.

I didn’t see Ollie’s post before I attacked the siding prep today and there are good minutes and not so good snd more than a few swear words and a fall from a precarious position to remind me I’m not 30 any more.

I ended up using my fien Multy tool with the Diablo nail embedded blade and I’m guessing if it was cedar siding I might have started a fire. There were only 4 screws and sometimes I push the blade hard and sometimes I just let it grind away. I thought the diamond blade on my grinder was a bad idea so no go on that one.

I did manage to get the screws and old unnecessary tar paper out of my way so I can slide up a new piece of siding when I get to that point.

Instead of hammering in 1x4’s for backing with construction glue I had some tap cons that worked great after drilling holes with my new sds plus Diablo 3/16th bit on my Milwaukee plug in roto hammer drill.

I got both sides of the stairs prepped for new hardie plank siding and Azek trim now.

 

[Denwood]

Woody: thanks as always for checking in on my doings and for posting a few good words too.

Maybe I didn’t explain myself correctly but I already own 2 Fein Multy tools and maybe a 18v Ryobi too. The issue is finding a great metal and especially screw cutting blade. Diablo seems to make decent ones for nails and wood but I can burn thru blades quickly trying to cut a few screws.

Anybody have suggestions please post them here and I’ll buy a few and give them a test. I think my diamond blade on my Dewalt 4.5 grinder would work but since screws are behind siding I’m not sure of kickbacks if I can’t see screw.

It’s hot here (96) today so watered lawn and light duty stuff for this old guy cause it will be under 80 tomorrow.

Enjoy your day

Ah, so well equipped

I always a have a pile of blades on hand, but the best for metal are carbide blades, designed for metal cutting, like this: https://diablotools.com/products/DOS125CF The bi-metal blades seem to wear out in less than one cut...

From your pic though, you already have these...

 

[Prospecter]

You got 'er done. That's what counts. I love Tapcons for this sort of application. I also love the old Milwaukee USA corded power tools.

 

[drivesitfar]

Woody: I walked into HD and checked out their sale Diablo blades display and picked up a couple more packs of their nail embedded wood Multy tool blades which seem to work the best. I’m going to check to see if Ollie’s Bosch blades will fit one of my Multy tools and see if his method with greasing and slow cutting works better. I swear that these blades could cause a fire if you’re not careful so all of you bee careful.
I was going to buy a Diablo hardie plank (cement board) 7.25 blade for my skill saw and found a 5 Incher that should fit my Ryobi 18v saw so I can cut up the 10 or 12 foot boards in the parking lot to just throw in my Honda and have less chance of breaking a long piece on my trailer.

P: thanks and I agree All the plug in Milwaukee power tools I own work great and I just never found deals on their 18v tools which probably means they work great too. Still a bit of work to do with siding and trim install but I’m making progress.

Did I mention my bride likes to eat well and she’s a great cook so obviously I benefited these last 40 years with her around. Today it was 3 scrambled eggs and a couple waffles with lots of fresh fruit. I’m good til dinner.

I’m having a couple issues with electrical mostly outlets tripping so I need to do a little modification and replacing almost 20-40 year old outlets. I upgraded about 90% of the wiring from old knob and tube when we moved in 40 years ago and I’ve changed out all the outlets and switches at least once and in most cases twice to modern ones. That said the 40 ish old service panel has some old breakers in it that probably could use and upgrade. I like simple good working ones and some of the new gfci breakers look like maybe they might be a problem later. Anybody have favorite dependable breakers to recommend? The big box stores have some great, good and cheap choices but I think I’ll head to the local electric supply store to get a bit better quality. Platt is the one in our area unless someone knows of another?

BTW we still love this waffle maker we bought about a year or so ago for I think around $50.

Have a great weekend!!

 

[drivesitfar]

I’ve owned Ryobi 18v tools for maybe 20+ years and dewalt 18v for maybe close to 10 and I’m still learning about them.

The small hardie plank 5 inch blade I was going to put in one of my Ryobi 18v skill saws didn’t work cause hole is about 3/4 inch and Ryobi blades usually have a hole about half that size. I thought maybe finding a washer to fill the gap might work but closest I found was a copper lock nut but I would have had to dig out a grinder (I have mine in storage at the minute) so I installed without anything and it might have worked for a few cuts but remembered I also have a dewalt skill saw. The dewalt blade is a bit bigger than the Ryobi blades (6.5 to 5.5) and hardie blade is 5 inch but dewalt uses the same size hole. Even though it doesn’t look correct I think it will work nicely for the few siding cuts I need to make. While I had the old Ryobi blade off I installed a Diablo blade with a few more teeth so I can cut azek trim if I don’t want to pull out a miter saw.

I found the electrical issue before tearing into the service panel to check and or replace old breakers (still looking to do this in future). I had installed a gfci on the inside outlet where I pulled wire to outside one that wasn’t working (pushed the little button in and good to go to power up outside gfci). It’s not easily seen so I did turn on and off all breakers a couple times before I figured it out. I also changed out an old outlet and put in a new waterproof gfci and cover and I’ve got a couple more to do this summer.

My bride is making French toast so we won’t starve and also scrambled eggs do we get our portion of protein too.

 

[drivesitfar]

We tried a different nursery for our tomatoes plants this year and the cherry size sun golds are pathetic but the big heirlooms are Jurassic World size. Anyway same gardener and just different varieties that can make all the difference. These two separate planters had their plants planted within days of each other. Soil and types of plants can make all the difference cause both have been getting plenty of sun and water.

Heading to the first of a few dump runs now that the deck restoration is nearing its end. Lots of to do’s and honey-do’s to do still and maybe guest on list now is building a new gate. I need to figure out a good way to install a couple 6x6’s next to our garage.

 

[M.Brane]

Don't write off the cherries just yet. When we've planted them they eventually try to consume all available space, and keep sending up volunteers long after you've ripped them out.

Deck is looking fantastic.

You have concrete there. I would fab up some square tube support posts, and fasten 'em down with anchors. Then you can attach whatever gate you choose.