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I was told that Toolstation was started by the brother of the guy that started Screwfix. They fell out so the Toolstation guy vowed to open a branch next to every Screwfix and undercut him.
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Is there a go to forum recommended oscillating multi tool? I need to chop through some floorboards.
Fein is the original and best, I have an early one and they've made some really worthwhile improvements but it's still decent. Personally I would probably just get a wired one.
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Get one with a quick-change head, the Allen key ones are annoying if you need to change blades and seem to come undone quite easily.
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I’m also in the market for a multi tool.
I watched a long and exhaustive YouTube review of cordless OMTs (fuck me what’s happened to my life‽ )
To save you the bother; the Fein is the best -along with the Festool which is basically the same tool.
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The reviewer said if you already have dewalt or makita 18v platform you’d need a really good reason not to buy a bare tool to go with your batteries and they do the job fine, both have tool free blade change - I can’t remember if the dewalt uses the cheaper blade mounting standard but the Makita does - the Fein standard is nice but pricey.I’m going to get the Makita - it’s about £120.
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Thanks @rj and @Airhead for the bondage advice - luckily it turns out Toolstation do 7.5kg bags of the stuff so I don't need to get a massive one.
I'm increasingly going to Toolstation because it's often cheaper than Screwfix for the same stuff and there's normally a queue in Screwfix when Toolstation next door is empty...
Is there a go to forum recommended oscillating multi tool? I need to chop through some floorboards.
I'm going to cut the ones due to be replaced with reclaimed boards so the quality of cut isn't hugely important, but I do want it to be an easy job and leave them in useable condition after because the floor sanding guy isn't coming till June 3rd.
All the reviews of cheap ones complain about them failing. I'm already in deep with the DeWalt 18v XR battery system so presuming I'm going to get good use out of one doing up a house I'm tempted to just get a DeWalt cordless...