Has anyone used the quadsaw?

[casperLennon]

No offence taken.
doing price work where I am has to be quick to make the most money. No targets set only by myself. Also the job has to be right and good otherwise it doesn’t get signed off, which obviously means no money

 

[pirate]

Ok, if you find a padsaw slow and hard work, maybe another career?
I believe Lurpak are looking for hot-knife wielders!

 

[casperLennon]

A multitool or possibly the quadsaw is a lot faster and definitely not as much hard work

 

[pirate]

I hear what you are saying, and I guess it's all a matter of personal preference. I don't work in your sector and have plenty of time, so it's just a question of what makes less mess for me.
I'm sure if you have 20 sockets to fit, or 50 or 100, then that makes a huge difference time-wise. Also, you maybe don't have folks living in the projects, so noise and dust is less of a factor.
It's an interesting topic though, and well worth the debate. If I am fitting an extra socket for someone, setting up the quadsaw would take the same time as padsawing, so I wouldn't bother, but maybe for 5? or more...

 

[casperLennon]

I’m working on a 500 bed student halls. It’s a new building site. So it’s lots and lots and lots of boxes. I certainly wouldn’t buy it for a few. But there is 1000s to cut out. I’d like to try before I buy but I doubt that’s possible. In your situation it would not be worth buying one

 

[littlespark]

padsaw here... just replace it frequently.
My last one was blunt, and i'd snapped off the first inch of the pointy end.
Bought a new one, like chalk and cheese.

 

[casperLennon]

Definitely personal preference

 

[Dartlec]

I think either GSH or eFixx did a test on this a little while back - it was faster, but at a price was the general conclusion I think.

I've seen much cheaper versions on amazon, but doubt they'd last more than a few uses.

 

[casperLennon]

Forgetting the price, what did the test say?
I’ve watched a couple of videos but I think they was obviously just trying to sell it

 

[Dartlec]

Definitely less work - though I wouldn't call it so much a thorough 'test'.

 

[casperLennon]

Thanks for that. I’ll watch it tomorrow

 

[FatAlan]

nope. all these so-called labour saving tools for box cutting fall down when it comes to cutting into anything harder than thermalite. no substitute for hammer and chisel or rotary stop SDS with chisel. at home yesterday i cut out and fixed 5 boxes in hard brick in less than 1 hour. stitch drilled then SDS with a chisel bit. one of those fancy cutters would have been binned within 5 minutes.

Agree. Have also started using multi-tool with masonry blade to get cleaner edge through the softer plaster.

 

[pirate]

Just a side-note...muti-tool blades are quite expensive, but Saxton do some very good diamond tipped blades that last very well...I'm sure many of you have tried them, but for those who haven't it's worth a punt.
https://www.saxtonblades.co.uk/fein-multimaster-bosch-makita-compatible-blades/diamond-coated-blades

 

[telectrix]

save worn multiblades. roughly cut some new teeth with a 1.0mm disc in grinder witjhblade secured in a vice. then use on plaster.

 

[littlespark]

save worn multiblades. roughly cut some new teeth with a 1.0mm disc in grinder witjhblade secured in a vice. then use on plaster.

And he thinks Jocks are mean with money