Oscillating tool blades

[King Nothing]

Just picked up a Milwaukee m18 oscillating tool. Looking for recommendations on blades. Lots of them on amazon etc but I’m worried they will be cheap ****. What’s everyone using on their oscillating tools?


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[Farmall450]

Whatever name brand I can get a good deal on.

Agreed on cheap ones blowing, but they all die sooner than later it seems, and are spendy.

 

[mc4life27]

Just picked up a Milwaukee m18 oscillating tool. Looking for recommendations on blades. Lots of them on amazon etc but I’m worried they will be cheap ****. What’s everyone using on their oscillating tools?


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From my experience the Bosch ones seem to last and the fein from HD seem to hold up well. But over all I feel like the don’t really last like a regular saw blade last. I’m sure because hear just builds up so much faster


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[davethorik]

From my experience the Bosch ones seem to last and the fein from HD seem to hold up well. But over all I feel like the don’t really last like a regular saw blade last. I’m sure because hear just builds up so much faster


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Maybe heat, or the fact the blade is only moving back and forth 1/4" so only a small amount of teeth do the cutting. Or maybe you're like me, every time you cut something there is a hidden nail or screw that wrecks the blade immediately. Lol

 

[seber]

Just stay away from plain carbon steel. Bi-metal is fine. Coated bi-metal is better. The plain steel blades that come with it will quickly become scraper blades.

 

[56Mark]

I am a cheap *** on a lot of stuff. I take the old blades and a pneumatic cut-off wheel and cut them back about a 1/2" and then buy a good hack saw blade and cut to the width of the oscillating blade and weld it with several little spot welds and grind them smooth. You can only do this once or twice, but it makes cheap blades that will last pretty good and will cut nails. I also saw a youtube video where they were grinding the edge flat and then taking a small triangle file and cutting new teeth in them; I have not tried that yet.

 

[MoonRise]

Bosch blades.

Use the appropriate blade for the task.

Do NOT use a plain steel blade made to cut wood to cut metal.

btw, Bosch (and Fein?) have carbide-tipped OMT blades. Some other brands have them too IIRC, but Bosch is my go-to for the OMT blades.

Of course, because the Bosch OMT that I got has the StarLock blade attachment method, I'm only able to get Bosch or Fein blades with the StarLock 'pattern'. Other than that, I do like the StarLock attachment that they came up with. It works well.

 

[budget76]

for wood i bought the cheap packs off Ebay. Maybe they don't have the same lifespan, but they cut well enough for me and are something like 1/10 the price of the ones at any local store. a nail usually kills them eventually. Bought a 10 pack of two different shapes and i'll never run out

haven't cut anything metal with the multitool.