I had never owned or used an oscillating tool until about 2 1/2 years ago when I removed some carpet and installed wood flooring and realized I needed to shorten the bottom end of casing around doors so that I could fit the flooring under the door casing to achieve a neat, clean look. By now, I've found numerous other uses for the tool. For example, I recently installed a recessed cabinet in a wall in a bathroom. I used my oscillating tool to cut through some 2x4 lumber that had to be removed to make room for the cabinet. Your tips are completely consistent with my experience.
An artist is someone who knows how their material behaves. Obviously, that is you. This is a valuable video and I agree with the commenter who said "you are a great teacher." There are thousands, maybe more, videos which are total junk. Yours is golden. Onward!
Thanks so much! I’m feeling more confident that, as a woman who loves to craft and try small woodworking projects, I can use this tool. Excellent tutorial!
I've been procrastinating on finishing a soffit over my kitchen cabinets I installed because there was a piece of molding in the way that has been there over 50 years and painted in etc. Felt it would really make a mess of my ceiling etc. After some research I bough my Dewalt with battery and watched this video that was so helpful and built my confidence to proceed. I'll be finishing my soffit today! It also touched on topics that are so useful, such as the nail removal, not messing up your sheet rock, and removing grout. Thanks for the help!
THANK YOU! I bought my first multi-tool a few days ago (I'll probably use it first today) and the FIRST THREE hings you showed are the first three things I'll need to do.
Thanks for sharing your knowledge. You’re a good teacher. It’s unfortunate that the tool manufacturers don’t produce this kind of informative content to help us use tools more effectively.
i’ve worked at a pawn shop dealing with tools for three years, but i never knew how to really use them beyond testing their basic functionality. i just got a multi tool for home projects, and this video is beyond helpful!!
Remember you can save a few $$$ by sharpening/renewing your blades with a triangle file. Just take your time. It really does work. Great video BTW. Thanks
Thank you John for sharing your experience and skills. My take away is that don’t be afraid to try new things after of course you see how the experts do these things. I appreciate you taking the time to train us neophytes!
Useful tips, thanks. One of my first applications with my multi tool was removing carpeting from the inside of a small cabin boat. I used the scraper blade with astonishingly fast results. I can strongly recommend having one in the arsenal.
As a trim carpenter my cordless XR is one of my most used tools. Absolutely love it. Pro Tip for those expensive ass blades. With the right file it is extremely easy to cut new teeth and reuse those blades. Especially if you are using them for rough work or demos.
Great explanations with great video close ups! I need to cut a small rotted section of an eve so I can replace it with an equivalent piece of plywood. Watching you easily cut through the 2" x 4" convinced me that the oscillating multi-tool would be the best tool for that job. Thanks very much!
Round blade is good during tongue and groove floor repair. When you are removing a damaged plank, round blade helps you avoid accidentally cutting into the neighboring planks.
I love my Oscillating tool, I would be with out it, once you get use to the vibration. But it done an amazing job on sanding my stairs. Great video, thank you for sharing 👍🏽💚
Just ordered one of these to help me remove old kitchen tile (saw this technique in another video). I learned so much from you in this video. Thanks for putting this out there are sharing your experience!
Tip: for a scraper blade, use a worn wood or bi-metal blade that you grind to a sharp edge on the grinding stone. In so doing, you should never need to buy a scraper blade again.
Yes! Regardless of the make or quality of the blade, they do wear out relatively quickly. Very easy to grind or file off the remaining teeth of an old blade and grind or file a chisel beveled edge to turn it into an excellent scraper. If your typically cutting soft materials like drywall or construction lumber, your wood blades can be easily rejuvenated by resharpening the teeth with a small jeweler's file or I have even cut new teeth with a small cut-off blade on a rotary Dremel tool. You can rejuvenate the teeth dozens of times before you lose a quarter inch of blade length.
I just purchased a multi-tool knowing that many of my friends use them a lot. I found your video very helpful, showed many different applications and you spoke slowly and clearly....very useful video and information for me, thanks for spending the time to put it together
I bought one of these tools a couple of years ago and until now, I could n't really see the value of it. Now, it makes sense, so thanks for that and I will be using it much more from now on
Thanks! The tips are great and the whole video is really informative and your demonstrations are really clear. I love the tip about pointing the cutting edge backward when storing.
Great video, thanks. I've found the scraper blade to be the perfect tool during a bathroom reno to break the seal between the vanity and the wall so I wouldn't damage the wall pulling the old vanity away. Also, loosening the caulked baseboard without damaging the drywall. In both cases the attachments came away cleanly with no tears or gouges in the drywall surface. Also, I'd suggest that homeowners using the tool occasionally buy the corded version, not the battery powered tool. Cheaper, and it will work just as well in 10 years. For someone in the trades or a heavy user the convenience of a battery version will probably make up for the cost and relatively short lifespan of batteries.
I agree, there are tradeoffs going with battery operated versions. I have both, and I'll grab the battery version for quick work. But, if I know I'll be using the tool all day. then the corded version may be a better choice.
I used my new De Walt multi tool for the first time today after watching your tips and tricks video and was amazed at the results. Easy to follow and just as easy to put into practice. Many thanks.
This is one of the best "tips" videos I've ever watched. Tips are practical, personal, different, applicable to many situations. Well done sir and thank you for all the effort.
Thanks for sharing. One of your points that I feel deserves serious emphasis is the challenge of heat build up. Heat is what kills the blades and fast. Your scribe the line first, bulk cut second method is one that I use, but I approach that in a more refined manner: Just because one can plunge cut doesn't mean that one must do so; plunging is just another feature of the tool that is most useful when space limitations force us to plunge. Instead, my experience shows that this tool needs to make cuts similarly to how a router is used in multiple shallow passes in order to clear the waste material from the kerf, otherwise the waste cannot get adequately cleared and heats up the blade, which then softens and dulls it. That may be why some of us get mixed results with that drywall blade; trying to plunge it just jams up the waste and creates major friction on the large faces of the blade. Instead, light back and forth passes will work well with its radiused edge to push the waste up and away to the surface of the sheetrock. Here's my tip for those who, like me often work on lath and plaster walls, which are very different from sheetrock: I cut lath and plaster with the carbide grit grout blade because it is very tough and the carbide grit cuts a kerf wider than the blade body. The wider kerf allows the high sand content waste to move out more easily and this prevents heat build up and the blades last many times longer.
Picking up that same Dewalt this week, really appreciate the tip of turning over the tool! Makes tons of sense but I likely would not have thought of it on my own. I've never owned one of these before, excited to see what it can do!
Thank you, that was a brilliant video. I learned a lot, as am about to buy one of these tools, now feel I'll get better use out of it, much appreciated video
This type of tool is one of my favorites. I find this excellent for removing siding on my house as it will go nicely between the boards and cut the nails though the blades do not hold up for long. I bought one that was suppose to outlast all others 20X but found it was no better than HF's but quite a bit more expensive. You mentioned some good tips. Thanks. I did notice you have to be careful when cutting nails for siding as it can heat up and start to smoke. Thanks again!
Yes, it's an excellent choice for clapboard siding repair. I'll also use a reciprocating saw for that purpose, but if the siding is old and fragile, the multi-tool works well.
I needed to remove dried Gorilla Glue from a metal surface that I did not want to damage. After trying so many things, the scraper blade on my oscillating tool worked good. Thanks for the useful tips!
Thank you! I just got one of these because I work with pallets and pallet wood. Sometimes I run into problem nails when removing individual boards but cant risk splitting with a pry bar.
Used a super worn out metal cutting blade, to remove mortar from bathroom tile that needed to be re-set. worked like a charm, better than any other option. Save your trash blades, sharpen a few on the bench grinder. Also you can use a triangle hand file to resharpen (wood) blades. (maybe metal if your triangle file is super legit.)
Great tips. Super instructor. As a retired US Army Officer, your method of instruction is just like how we trained our soldiers. Attention to details and safety best practices. Excellent!!! Thank you sur👍🏽
I like the round blade for depth control on drywall. Trouble is I often have to use the square blade to finish the corners neatly. I am an electrician and have a couple of the box shape cutters for cut in boxes. They are so fast. Thanks for your tips.
Had to cut off the bottom of a pocket door so that it would clear a newly tiled floor. Usually you'd pull off the casing and other trim to remove the door, cut it with a circular saw and reset it. We used a multitool, wood spacer and careful cutting to do the job.
After viewing numerous videos about multi tool, I wholehearted believe this is, by far, the most informative and helpful! Thanks a mil!
for a diy learner like me, this is brilliant. great teacher. 11 out of 10.
I had never owned or used an oscillating tool until about 2 1/2 years ago when I removed some carpet and installed wood flooring and realized I needed to shorten the bottom end of casing around doors so that I could fit the flooring under the door casing to achieve a neat, clean look. By now, I've found numerous other uses for the tool. For example, I recently installed a recessed cabinet in a wall in a bathroom. I used my oscillating tool to cut through some 2x4 lumber that had to be removed to make room for the cabinet. Your tips are completely consistent with my experience.
An artist is someone who knows how their material behaves. Obviously, that is you. This is a valuable video and I agree with the commenter who said "you are a great teacher." There are thousands, maybe more, videos which are total junk. Yours is golden. Onward!
Thank you for the kind words!
The trick on cutting a line first and then cutting deeper was awesome. Thanks, felt like my Dad teaching me something haha 👍🏻
Thanks so much! I’m feeling more confident that, as a woman who loves to craft and try small woodworking projects, I can use this tool. Excellent tutorial!
I've been procrastinating on finishing a soffit over my kitchen cabinets I installed because there was a piece of molding in the way that has been there over 50 years and painted in etc. Felt it would really make a mess of my ceiling etc. After some research I bough my Dewalt with battery and watched this video that was so helpful and built my confidence to proceed. I'll be finishing my soffit today! It also touched on topics that are so useful, such as the nail removal, not messing up your sheet rock, and removing grout. Thanks for the help!
THANK YOU!
I bought my first multi-tool a few days ago (I'll probably use it first today) and the FIRST THREE hings you showed are the first three things I'll need to do.
Thanks for sharing your knowledge. You’re a good teacher. It’s unfortunate that the tool manufacturers don’t produce this kind of informative content to help us use tools more effectively.
Thank you for the demonstration, it was very helpful
i’ve worked at a pawn shop dealing with tools for three years, but i never knew how to really use them beyond testing their basic functionality. i just got a multi tool for home projects, and this video is beyond helpful!!
This is great, I bought this tool to cut out some weathered framing on the bottom of a door way and these tips will make it even easier.
Remember you can save a few $$$ by sharpening/renewing your blades with a triangle file. Just take your time. It really does work. Great video BTW. Thanks
I mostly use a semicircular blade, but I use straight blades to.
Thank you John for sharing your experience and skills. My take away is that don’t be afraid to try new things after of course you see how the experts do these things. I appreciate you taking the time to train us neophytes!
I appreciate the video. These are things one wouldn't think about in the heat of the moment. I'll pay more attention in the future.
Useful tips, thanks. One of my first applications with my multi tool was removing carpeting from the inside of a small cabin boat. I used the scraper blade with astonishingly fast results. I can strongly recommend having one in the arsenal.
As a trim carpenter my cordless XR is one of my most used tools. Absolutely love it. Pro Tip for those expensive ass blades. With the right file it is extremely easy to cut new teeth and reuse those blades. Especially if you are using them for rough work or demos.
Great explanations with great video close ups! I need to cut a small rotted section of an eve so I can replace it with an equivalent piece of plywood. Watching you easily cut through the 2" x 4" convinced me that the oscillating multi-tool would be the best tool for that job. Thanks very much!
Round blade is good during tongue and groove floor repair. When you are removing a damaged plank, round blade helps you avoid accidentally cutting into the neighboring planks.
Oh wow!! I'm getting ready to do this and that is exactly the type of tip I needed. Thank you!!
My wife bought this multi-tool for me for some projects. Thanks for this video chocked full of great tips on using it successfully.
I love my Oscillating tool, I would be with out it, once you get use to the vibration. But it done an amazing job on sanding my stairs.
Great video, thank you for sharing 👍🏽💚
I had never seen so accurate review! Thanks
Great info. I’ve been doing things wrong. Thanks for the great tips.
Just ordered one of these to help me remove old kitchen tile (saw this technique in another video). I learned so much from you in this video. Thanks for putting this out there are sharing your experience!
Great advice, very much appreciated.
Thank you for taking the time to produce this video - really informative.
I just bought one of these to do some Reno work in my bathroom. Having never used this tool, I found your video very helpful. Thanks!
It’s a great tool. Bought it for myself f4om an infomercial I was watching on my birthday, 10 years ago. Used it so many times since.
I bought one to use for repairing water damage on window frames outside. I have never used one. Not so scary after watching this video.
Excellent tutorial! Thank you!
great for a DIY newbie like me!
thanks a lot!
Tip: for a scraper blade, use a worn wood or bi-metal blade that you grind to a sharp edge on the grinding stone. In so doing, you should never need to buy a scraper blade again.
I use old carbide blades for cutting metal, rather than reaching for a new one.
Yes! Regardless of the make or quality of the blade, they do wear out relatively quickly. Very easy to grind or file off the remaining teeth of an old blade and grind or file a chisel beveled edge to turn it into an excellent scraper. If your typically cutting soft materials like drywall or construction lumber, your wood blades can be easily rejuvenated by resharpening the teeth with a small jeweler's file or I have even cut new teeth with a small cut-off blade on a rotary Dremel tool. You can rejuvenate the teeth dozens of times before you lose a quarter inch of blade length.
@@chrisgraham2904 this is awesome! Thank you Chris!
"SeeJane Drill" on youtube shows how to grind off worn edge and with the right shaped file, cut new teeth.
Or just use a scraper blade for tasks which require a scraper blade.
I just purchased a multi-tool knowing that many of my friends use them a lot. I found your video very helpful, showed many different applications and you spoke slowly and clearly....very useful video and information for me, thanks for spending the time to put it together
Glad it was helpful!
Your tips are really helpful. Thanks a lot!
Excellent tutorial, thanks!
I bought one of these tools a couple of years ago and until now, I could n't really see the value of it. Now, it makes sense, so thanks for that and I will be using it much more from now on
Thanks for sharing your valuable knowledge and experience! Very helpful to us weekend warriors!
Great info from obviously skilled professional, and very nicely to the point. Thank you
Thanks so much. These tips were super handy!
A much appreciated video.
Thank you👍🏽
Thanks! The tips are great and the whole video is really informative and your demonstrations are really clear. I love the tip about pointing the cutting edge backward when storing.
Thank you for producing this show. I have learned in 20 minuets what would have taken me years of using the tool.
Love the tips, thank you!
This was such an informative video that I couldn’t just ‘like’ it ….. I have to comment and say thank you very much …..
Very well done. This video shows the difference between a master pro teaching you vs. an armature. Thank you I learned a lot. Well done.
I agree on that, tools last longer if handled the right way
Just what I was looking for. Thank you for sharing these most useful tips.
Great video, thanks.
I've found the scraper blade to be the perfect tool during a bathroom reno to break the seal between the vanity and the wall so I wouldn't damage the wall pulling the old vanity away. Also, loosening the caulked baseboard without damaging the drywall. In both cases the attachments came away cleanly with no tears or gouges in the drywall surface.
Also, I'd suggest that homeowners using the tool occasionally buy the corded version, not the battery powered tool. Cheaper, and it will work just as well in 10 years. For someone in the trades or a heavy user the convenience of a battery version will probably make up for the cost and relatively short lifespan of batteries.
I agree, there are tradeoffs going with battery operated versions. I have both, and I'll grab the battery version for quick work. But, if I know I'll be using the tool all day. then the corded version may be a better choice.
Thank you for these tips, just got my first multi tool and will be following your advice. Thanks again.
Thanks for sharing your skills, definitely educational, I’ve leaned some new tips thanks👍
I used my new De Walt multi tool for the first time today after watching your tips and tricks video and was amazed at the results. Easy to follow and just as easy to put into practice. Many thanks.
Great to hear!
Love it. Thanks. Just bought one yesterday. And your trucs are great.
Got my first multitool on order, so watching this masterclass video will save me from making rookie mistakes 👍
A great video for a complete novice like me. Very helpful thanks.
Great demo, thanks for the detail !
This is one of the best "tips" videos I've ever watched. Tips are practical, personal, different, applicable to many situations. Well done sir and thank you for all the effort.
Thanks for sharing.
One of your points that I feel deserves serious emphasis is the challenge of heat build up. Heat is what kills the blades and fast. Your scribe the line first, bulk cut second method is one that I use, but I approach that in a more refined manner: Just because one can plunge cut doesn't mean that one must do so; plunging is just another feature of the tool that is most useful when space limitations force us to plunge.
Instead, my experience shows that this tool needs to make cuts similarly to how a router is used in multiple shallow passes in order to clear the waste material from the kerf, otherwise the waste cannot get adequately cleared and heats up the blade, which then softens and dulls it. That may be why some of us get mixed results with that drywall blade; trying to plunge it just jams up the waste and creates major friction on the large faces of the blade. Instead, light back and forth passes will work well with its radiused edge to push the waste up and away to the surface of the sheetrock.
Here's my tip for those who, like me often work on lath and plaster walls, which are very different from sheetrock: I cut lath and plaster with the carbide grit grout blade because it is very tough and the carbide grit cuts a kerf wider than the blade body. The wider kerf allows the high sand content waste to move out more easily and this prevents heat build up and the blades last many times longer.
Yes, heat is a blade killer for all types of saws. Also true of drill bits.
Great tips for every projects. Thanks
Well done, awesome tutorial. Thank you sir.
Thanks for all of the great information...I just received mine and am glad to have these tips before getting started on cutting some drywall wall.
Picking up that same Dewalt this week, really appreciate the tip of turning over the tool! Makes tons of sense but I likely would not have thought of it on my own. I've never owned one of these before, excited to see what it can do!
Thank you, that was a brilliant video. I learned a lot, as am about to buy one of these tools, now feel I'll get better use out of it, much appreciated video
Well done. Very impressed by your experience.
Right on! Thanks for the tips. 👍
Great tips for my new Dewalt oscillating multitool!! Thanks!!!
Great video and learning resource.
Thank you
This type of tool is one of my favorites. I find this excellent for removing siding on my house as it will go nicely between the boards and cut the nails though the blades do not hold up for long. I bought one that was suppose to outlast all others 20X but found it was no better than HF's but quite a bit more expensive. You mentioned some good tips. Thanks. I did notice you have to be careful when cutting nails for siding as it can heat up and start to smoke. Thanks again!
Yes, it's an excellent choice for clapboard siding repair. I'll also use a reciprocating saw for that purpose, but if the siding is old and fragile, the multi-tool works well.
Very much appreciate your thoroughness, thanks!
Thanks for the tips. Doing my research before buying my first one for home shop use.
Really helpful tips. Thanks!
This is what I wish most instructional videos were like. As an introduction to the tool and its uses, I can't imagine a better start. Thanks for this.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Thanks for the great tips!
Great video! Very helpful! Thank You!
Recently bought one and is my go to tool for cutting, etc.
I've just bought a multitool and found your tips very helpful. Many thanks.
Really helpful video and nicely articulated! Thank you so much!! 👍👍👍😎🇨🇱
Excellent demonstration and discussion! Very useful!
Loved this! Thanks for not yelling. ❤️
Very good tips. I always have problem cutting sheetrock with the oscilante tool. Thank you for that tip
That's awesome how you explain the way things work. That helped me a lot. Thanks and please continue. I subscribed.
Thanks, great video! Buying one of these soon
Invaluable tips for a new beginner. Thanks so much.
Thanks for sharing, I am learning how to use the tool. Cheers.
I needed to remove dried Gorilla Glue from a metal surface that I did not want to damage. After trying so many things, the scraper blade on my oscillating tool worked good. Thanks for the useful tips!
Finally a usefull tip weather to get the expensive blades or not...And many more useful tips on the multi-tool. Top!
Indeed you are a very good teacher. Thanks!
great demonstrations. Thank you.
In England, mine also came with a depth gauge, that fits onto the multi tool, very useful when you are cutting through plasterboard etc.
Superb tutorial 👍👍! Thanks.
Thank you! I just got one of these because I work with pallets and pallet wood. Sometimes I run into problem nails when removing individual boards but cant risk splitting with a pry bar.
Great video! Thank you!
Used a super worn out metal cutting blade, to remove mortar from bathroom tile that needed to be re-set. worked like a charm, better than any other option. Save your trash blades, sharpen a few on the bench grinder. Also you can use a triangle hand file to resharpen (wood) blades. (maybe metal if your triangle file is super legit.)
Great video. I learned a lot. Thankyou 😊
Thank you!! Very informative!
Thanks a lot for the tips
Great tips. Super instructor. As a retired US Army Officer, your method of instruction is just like how we trained our soldiers. Attention to details and safety best practices. Excellent!!! Thank you sur👍🏽
Well, I was Navy, and attention to detail was a primary factor in boot camp as well!
I like the round blade for depth control on drywall. Trouble is I often have to use the square blade to finish the corners neatly. I am an electrician and have a couple of the box shape cutters for cut in boxes. They are so fast. Thanks for your tips.
Great video, I've been pushing my blades to hard.
Excellent video. Thanks !
Had to cut off the bottom of a pocket door so that it would clear a newly tiled floor. Usually you'd pull off the casing and other trim to remove the door, cut it with a circular saw and reset it. We used a multitool, wood spacer and careful cutting to do the job.
Great video mate, thanks & regards from London
Thank you for sharing your wisdom! It was very helpful.