Bill Huber
09-25-2011, 7:10 PM
I am working on a project that I needed to remove a 1 3/16 x 1 3/16 x 3/4 chuck form a 2 x 2 square board. My fist attempt was with a chisel but that did not come out very good at all, I am just not good with a chisel. The next was to use a Forster bit and then finish it up with a chisel, not very good at all, the chisel thing again.
So now what?????
I am not really a multi-tool person, in fact when they first came out I thought they were somewhat of a joke. I then had one given to me and I do use it a lot for tight sanding the most. I have done some cutting of different things, not woodworking type things but I have come to the opinion, it is a nice tool to have.
So I tried the multi-tool and it worked great, did what I needed and did and excellent job of it. The cuts were square and flat, I did have to take out just a little in the corner with a chisel but that was not a big job at all I could handle that.
First cut, clamped a large block to the board and using a flat offset blade in the multi tool. hold the blade against the block to keep is square and then let the blade do the work without a lot of pressure on it.
208486
The next 2 cuts were done the same way with a block to keep the blade on the multi tool good a straight.
208487
The small block came right out with just a very small amount that had to be removed for the inside corner. All the edges are square and the bottom was flat and square.
208488
A little sanding, again with the multi-tool and it was just what I needed. This was all done on my test board so now I am all ready to do the real ones.
I guess the buttom line is the multi-tool does have a place in the woodworking shop.
So now what?????
I am not really a multi-tool person, in fact when they first came out I thought they were somewhat of a joke. I then had one given to me and I do use it a lot for tight sanding the most. I have done some cutting of different things, not woodworking type things but I have come to the opinion, it is a nice tool to have.
So I tried the multi-tool and it worked great, did what I needed and did and excellent job of it. The cuts were square and flat, I did have to take out just a little in the corner with a chisel but that was not a big job at all I could handle that.
First cut, clamped a large block to the board and using a flat offset blade in the multi tool. hold the blade against the block to keep is square and then let the blade do the work without a lot of pressure on it.
208486
The next 2 cuts were done the same way with a block to keep the blade on the multi tool good a straight.
208487
The small block came right out with just a very small amount that had to be removed for the inside corner. All the edges are square and the bottom was flat and square.
208488
A little sanding, again with the multi-tool and it was just what I needed. This was all done on my test board so now I am all ready to do the real ones.
I guess the buttom line is the multi-tool does have a place in the woodworking shop.