Comments on: The AS160 Allsaw Cuts Masonry And More http://toolmonger.com/2008/02/21/the-as160-allsaw-cuts-masonry-and-more/ All tools. All the time. Your source for news, information, and reviews of hand tools, power tools, and tools of all kinds. Sat, 22 Nov 2008 20:19:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Bret http://toolmonger.com/2008/02/21/the-as160-allsaw-cuts-masonry-and-more/#comment-659247 Bret Thu, 13 Nov 2008 06:39:16 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2008/02/21/the-as160-allsaw-cuts-masonry-and-more/#comment-659247 I've used this a number of times.. Its fantastic if you have the old soft bricks, but forget it on modern hard baked bricks. On the soft bricks it goes through like butter - but remember the stuff it cuts out (1/4" cut) has to go somewhere and it spews fine grit like no tomorrow - at least its grit though, not powerfine brick dust. It has a bunch of different size blades and I've used it for cutting doorways into walls, chasing conduits and cutting powerpoint boxes. On hard brick it bounces like made and cuts very slowly - forget it, use a wet diamond saw instead. Also never force it, the blades can jam and wear the motor-fast - this is something that is worth renting rather than buying. I’ve used this a number of times.. Its fantastic if you have the old soft bricks, but forget it on modern hard baked bricks. On the soft bricks it goes through like butter - but remember the stuff it cuts out (1/4″ cut) has to go somewhere and it spews fine grit like no tomorrow - at least its grit though, not powerfine brick dust.

It has a bunch of different size blades and I’ve used it for cutting doorways into walls, chasing conduits and cutting powerpoint boxes.

On hard brick it bounces like made and cuts very slowly - forget it, use a wet diamond saw instead.

Also never force it, the blades can jam and wear the motor-fast - this is something that is worth renting rather than buying.

]]> By: Frank Hicinbothem http://toolmonger.com/2008/02/21/the-as160-allsaw-cuts-masonry-and-more/#comment-239852 Frank Hicinbothem Thu, 21 Feb 2008 20:30:31 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2008/02/21/the-as160-allsaw-cuts-masonry-and-more/#comment-239852 Very cool! I had to work down in a crawl space to cut out a piece of a stem wall for a bathroom mod a few months back. This would have been good for that. But for the price, the only way I'll ever see one is if it shows up at the tool rental shop. Very cool! I had to work down in a crawl space to cut out a piece of a stem wall for a bathroom mod a few months back. This would have been good for that. But for the price, the only way I’ll ever see one is if it shows up at the tool rental shop.

]]> By: BJC http://toolmonger.com/2008/02/21/the-as160-allsaw-cuts-masonry-and-more/#comment-239848 BJC Thu, 21 Feb 2008 20:27:03 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2008/02/21/the-as160-allsaw-cuts-masonry-and-more/#comment-239848 Is this thing just a more expensive version of the Fein Multimaster? Is this thing just a more expensive version of the Fein Multimaster?

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