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Fein MultiMaster question: (Lew?)
I cross-posted it as I look for my favourite experts in both groups.
I'll never do it again... promise. I have been asked to re and re an eight-foot T&G board (pine/spruce/hart-to-tell) from in behind some serious crown-moulding. The board is 10" wide 1-by. It is split vertically, hence the home-owners desire to replace it with a board salvaged from another part of the house. Removing the old board, up-to where it goes behind the crown-moulding isn't a problem... getting the rest out from behind the moulding, (a combination wood-trim and plaster 6" 45-degree spring angle contraption), is daunting. The proverbial can-o-worms is just waiting for me there. Here's my question: do I leave a stub of, say..16" then attach a block and whack it downward, hoping the nails will let go via the end-grain or do I try to sneak between two pieces of the assembled crown-moulding with a thin Multimaster blade and cut the board closer to the top, then to slide the new board into the slot. All I need is the 1 1/2" the little moulding allows me to hide the new seam. Will the Multimaster cut 1" thick soft-wood across the grain? The thin-ness of the blades appeal to me more so than the rough-and-tumble saws-all, or even a choice of ryoba or kataba (they don't plunge-cut worth a darn). Much appreciated. The home-owners are fabulous people. After shooting a laser-plane across one of the floors, I went under the house and drove in a bunch of wedges to elevate the deepest parts up to the laser-line and we decided to accept it as is... no build-ups. (It had been a while since I swung a 10-pound sledge over-head, but the physio has certainly paid off. God bless PT's. r |
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Fein MultiMaster question: (Lew?)
I'm not Lew, but...
(snip of above stuff...) Will the Multimaster cut 1" thick soft-wood across the grain? The thin-ness of the blades appeal to me more so than the rough-and-tumble saws-all, or even a choice of ryoba or kataba (they don't plunge-cut worth a darn). No problem there. The Multimaster will cut 1" oak across the grain, with the right blade, either as a plunge cut or an open, unconstrained cut. The blade to use is the blue-steel, slightly tapered one that's about 1.5" wide at the business end. Take it slow and watch heat build-up, and you'll be fine. Bring a couple, because if you hit a nail, it's trashed. 3 for $100 at retail shops, but worth every penny if you need it. "Chip" |
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Fein MultiMaster question: (Lew?)
"Robatoy" wrote in message ... I cross-posted it as I look for my favourite experts in both groups. I'll never do it again... promise. I have been asked to re and re an eight-foot T&G board (pine/spruce/hart-to-tell) from in behind some serious crown-moulding. The board is 10" wide 1-by. It is split vertically, hence the home-owners desire to replace it with a board salvaged from another part of the house. Removing the old board, up-to where it goes behind the crown-moulding isn't a problem... getting the rest out from behind the moulding, (a combination wood-trim and plaster 6" 45-degree spring angle contraption), is daunting. The proverbial can-o-worms is just waiting for me there. snipe.... Another approach to consider and one I've used on my niece's house rehab. I used a Makita right angle drill and a couple of cheap 3/4" Forstner bits to drill out the depth I needed behind some trim when I was installing the French door set I made. You would need 1" bits. I was going to just use a chisel and chop out the waste (like making a mortise) but then I realized I brought that drill with me and the "cheapo" bits. I did hit some trim nails and it did ruin the bits but a hand-held hacksaw blade made short work of them. Bob S. |
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