Milwaukee Multi Tool

Working on a floor project and finally adding one to my arsenal.
Found this at home depot.
Think it’s a pretty good deal compared to where I looked locally.
Know the 1.5 AH battery is small but also comes with charger, bag, steel blade for wood, sanding pad, snad paper and adaptor.
Anyhow, just thought I’d share

https://www.homedepot.com/p/Milwaukee-M18-18-Volt-Lithium-Ion-Cordless-Oscillating-Multi-Tool-Kit-with-one-1-5-Ah-Battery-Charger-2626-21CP/309844463?cm_mmc=ecc-_-THD_ORDER_CONFIRMATION_BOSS_STH-_-V1_M1_CC-_-Product_URL&ecc_ord=WM23954476

It’s a great tool. I have the brushless Fuel version of the same tool and it absolutely eats anything you put in front of it when using the correct blade for the application. My first use with it was also installing a floor, and from there I continue to find more and more uses. I’ve cut tin, flooring of all sorts, siding, shingles, duct work, nails and screws, wood trim, and even a tree branch when I was up on a cabin roof and didn’t feel like crawling down. I definitely recommend wearing ear protection. Mine really screams at a high pitch that would damage hearing in a short time.

Oh yeah! Those Oscillators are worth their weight in gold. I run the Ryobi 1+ 18V system and added one of these to my arsenal last year. Was constantly borrowing my Dad’s, figured it was time.

Blades aren’t cheap, though.

Terrific tool. Another tool I didn’t know how much I needed until I had one. Used it with a ceramic blade to remove tile grout without damaging tile. The control is fantastic.

Yep, wear your hearing protection. Tools getting louder seems to be a trend.

Grouse

Ok, now you guys are making me want one. 😂

Yep great tool I have the fuel version as well. Needed extra battery so bought the 2 battery starter kit last year and picked the oscillating tool as my free item

I dids forget to mention this one’s not brushless.
Almost every milwaukee tool I have is brushless but I couldn’t see turning this offer down.

Anyone find good blades that don’t cost $15 each?

Best ones I’ve found so far were imperial brand I believe, they sell em at siwek lumber over nordeast

Deuces wrote:

Anyone find good blades that don’t cost $15 each?

Best ones I’ve found so far were imperial brand I believe, they sell em at siwek lumber over nordeast

There’s some good videos on YouTube of people sharpening there blades and reusing them to save some money

Coletrain27 wrote:

<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>Mr.Beads wrote:</div>
Anyone find good blades that don’t cost $15 each?

Best ones I’ve found so far were imperial brand I believe, they sell em at siwek lumber over nordeast

There’s some good videos on YouTube of people sharpening there blades and reusing them to save some money

Good to know. I have no interest in spending time sharpening blades tho. Time is money!

These tools are a great addition to the tool chest and I will likely upgrade my cheap corded one to the M18 version. There is a brushless version (model 2836) but that one is $229 for the bare tool but probably worth it. My first use was also a flooring project and it worked great for that.

That is really cheap. I picked up the 12v one because the bare tool is like $60. The Yellow one I have at work is nicer to use. The quick blade change is good if you use it every day like I do at work. Even nice to just turn the blade around to store it but there is a price difference. They are wonderful tools for murdering sheetrock.

I’ve been waiting for the Fuel M18 Oscillator and will now wait for them to go on sale.
My corded one works just fine until then.

My M18 Fuel Brad nailer, router, and jigsaw will by arriving tomorrow.

I use the multi tool almost daily,I have not used the Milwaukee,but of those I have used the dewalt corded version has been my best,followed by the 20 volt dewalt,my crew goes through one or two a year.
The one thing I can say is the dremel carbide blades are better than any other we have tried,dewalt actually has some of the worst blades,the imperial arent bad,but We use the dremel carbide almost exclusively.
I did pick up some diablo carbide the other day but havent used yet,but have really like all other type of diablo blades,both have universal designs now that will give you 1/2″ more depth(nice when cutting through framing!!

Deuces wrote:

Anyone find good blades that don’t cost $15 each?

Best ones I’ve found so far were imperial brand I believe, they sell em at siwek lumber over nordeast

Try Imperial Blade. You can find bulk packs on Amazon for decent prices. Imperial was just acquired by Milwaukee tool and are made in the USA so they aren’t just some random manufacturer.

One of those tools that I hardly use, but when I do I’m sure glad I jumped on it when it was on sale. it’s saved me a lot of headache on those rare occasions you need it. I bought a big multi-pack of Rigid brand blades like 2 years ago that I’ve used almost all the way up now. They seemed kinda meh but I haven’t bought anything else yet to compare to. Now that you mention it I should go get some new blades…

For sanding I’ll take any kind of sander every time. For cutting weird, hard to reach bolts, or putting small notches precisely in trim, metal parts, etc these are great.