Has anyone used the quadsaw?

[UNG]

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

Tried one of these at Elex a few years ago attached to a mains drill when it was new to the market and wasn't that impressed with it for the cost and the ongoing blade costs

Watching that video the battery drilling machine they were using sounded like it was struggling and it didn't appear to be as quick as the manufacturers claim

At £300 and around £40 for a replacement blade set it is not a cheap piece of equipment and I don't see it being any quicker than a multitool and £40 buys a lot of multitool blades

 

[Simon47]

Watching the video, the first thing that struck me was that making a jig for marking out would help a lot. Line jig up on markings, draw round inside, nice rectangle marked out ready for cutting (whether with padsaw, multi-tool, or an old hacksaw blade wrapped in tape).
But I can see that if you are on a fixed price, and have five hundred to do, the quadsaw could well save a fair bit of time - at a cost of around 50p/hole cut to buy the tool. But it's years since I last fitted a dry lining box - and my last house has such brittle bricks that an SDS chisel would just smash them up, needed several hours working gently with a scutch to get a box sunk.

 

[Rockingit]

Watching the video, the first thing that struck me was that making a jig for marking out would help a lot. Line jig up on markings, draw round inside, nice rectangle marked out ready for cutting (whether with padsaw, multi-tool, or an old hacksaw blade wrapped in tape).
But I can see that if you are on a fixed price, and have five hundred to do, the quadsaw could well save a fair bit of time - at a cost of around 50p/hole cut to buy the tool. But it's years since I last fitted a dry lining box - and my last house has such brittle bricks that an SDS chisel would just smash them up, needed several hours working gently with a scutch to get a box sunk.

I've got one, can't remember make as I've had it for years. Plastic surround with a level bubble in the top, draw around the inside with a pencil - both insets for single and double boxes - works a treat. Doubt it cost me more than a fiver at the time.

 

[casperLennon]

I wasn’t impressed with the video. I thought it sounded like his drill was on hammer. I’m very tempted though. I’ve found one brand new for £200 so might try it.

 

[loz2754]

I've got one, can't remember make as I've had it for years. Plastic surround with a level bubble in the top, draw around the inside with a pencil - both insets for single and double boxes - works a treat. Doubt it cost me more than a fiver at the time.

I've had one of these. They're pretty simple but very useful.

 

[nicebutdim]

I've got one, can't remember make as I've had it for years. Plastic surround with a level bubble in the top, draw around the inside with a pencil - both insets for single and double boxes - works a treat. Doubt it cost me more than a fiver at the time.

Draper make those, although there may be others.

 

[casperLennon]

I've had one of these. They're pretty simple but very useful.

Should I buy it?

 

[loz2754]

Should I buy it?

I'm talking about the £5 template... sorry

 

[casperLennon]

Ha ha. Silly me. I ha e the template. Very good little tool

 

[Simon47]

I wasn’t impressed with the video. I thought it sounded like his drill was on hammer. I’m very tempted though. I’ve found one brand new for £200 so might try it.

The noise would be the oscillating aaction of the blades in the tool - they rock back and forth like the blade on a multi-tool.

 

[freddo]

Interesting video, I've seen videos before of this product and the results in the other videos did not look anywhere near as good as on this one. It seemed to work fairly well, but I was surprised at how much the drill sounded like it was struggling. You can buy a cheap version of this that is just a square blade for a multitool, apparently it makes an absolute mess of cutting a square hole.

 

[UNG]

But I can see that if you are on a fixed price, and have five hundred to do, the quadsaw could well save a fair bit of time - at a cost of around 50p/hole cut to buy the tool.

And how many holes do you expect one set of blades to cut

 

[Simon47]

In plasterboard, quite a lot - if they are half decent blades. But yes, if the blades aren't that good, it would soon add to the cost of each hole.
Even if the blades only did (say) 100 holes, that's still under £1/hole. I think if I had 500 to do I'd consider that a fair price for the saved effort. But then, if the blades only did 100 holes, I'd be complaining to the manufacturer as well.

 

[nicebutdim]

 

[casperLennon]

That was quite painful to watch and obviously sped up. I’ve use one before and they are useless