Hi Scott, I am also in NZ. I also follow Finish Carpentry in the US, and the other day he was lounging on his couch and his wife told him to do something. He said "I can't. I want to watch this video." You may already know this, but suddenly I heard the video say"Scott Brown here!" He was watching one of your videos. I don't know if you already know about this. I wondered what would happen, maybe the internet would short circuit, if you watched his video whilst he was watching yours. Love your channel by the way.
Cutting a 45 in baseboard using a rafter square and the multitool absolutely blew my mind. Almost certainly the most applicable piece of information I've gathered from this channel as just a DIYer. Amazing.
Same. If this guy focused more on construction and renovation techniques he would easily have 2 million subscribers. Versus trying to produce cool dramatic videos of him trying to be a "hip" and "dope" young man.
...Currently rebuilding a bathroom in a 1948, transitional plaster, plasterboard, masonry and steel mesh mix walls.. Watching Scott work with the multitool midway through the rebuild I realized I needed to buy one for myself. The time required for a Slow and Steady cuts is easily off-set by the time saved fixing the mess made by other operations. Long-Live the Multitool.
I normally skip the adds, but you noted that Square Space are paying your bills right now, so it costs me nothing to sit through the full add time! Thanks for keeping the vids coming Scott.
I'm so sick of Milwaukee. If you want to know why just ask someone who has bought any of their tools in the last couple years. Or you don't have to ask the people who have had to try and file warranty claims, you can probably just open up your window and hear their screams of rage. I wish I could recommend a good alternative. Honestly these days power tools are just one more consumable on the list of big companies' budgets. Nothing is made to last anymore. If you work in an industry that you need to choose a brand, go ahead and buy Milwaukee. They're generally better than the other brands except Makita (who has their own problems at least in the US). Just lube up because you're gonna get fucked. Expect to buy the same product a few times in your first 5 years.
@@indalcecio I’ve had really good luck with all my Milwaukee stuff and the couple of warranties I’ve had. But to be fair my stuff doesn’t get really heavy usage.
I always thought air wedges were a gimmick until I finally bought one, they are hands down one of the most underrated tools especially if you have to do a lot of work by yourself.
First seen and used those air wedges several years ago. They were included with vehicle lock out kits. The kits included a plastic wedge, a length of some clear plastic with sandpaper for grasping locking mechanism, steel flexible rod for manipulating door handles, and the air bag. Never thought of using it as a second hand…good idea
@@flyingjackcarpentry9394 Air wedges vary in quailty, I usually go for Winbag or Hedgehog ones.Sometimes I'll use a piece of old hessian back carpet on them to protect the wedge.
All great tools to have, whether doing reno's or just in general, and the multitool is a godsend!!!! Cheers from locked down Sydney to locked down Auckland!!!!
Chin up Scott, we know how you feel in the UK, we had it all last year, it does come to an end mate, trust me, when you do finally get to ‘play’ with your tools again it makes it more fun!
As a 73 year old carpenter/joiner I was told during my apprenticeship in the 1960's that a carpenter used sawn timber i.e. roofing floor joists and studding whilst a joiner worked with planed timber i.e. skirting, architrave ,,doors, kitchen cupboards.
I understand how good they are in certain situations but I still absolutely hate them. The noise cuts right through me. The blades are expensive and shit. The vibrations have given me the beginnings of WFS. If I'm getting the multitool out the van I know I have something awkward and shit to do. But yes, they are handy. It's just my least favourite power tool.
Have to agree. Surprisingly handy tool. We just got one where I work and I've already needed it for two things I never knew I would in just this week: cutting out a stump at work, and car (under)body work on my free time. Ours is a Hikoki which came with a selection of blades, and including a selection of blades is a good way of giving an indication of the possibilities the tool has. There were many more than I expected, and I'm confident that's not all of it. Downside is, the blades are expensive, but that is fine for a problem solver.
Awesome. I finally switched to the Fein cordless, and it manages vibrations so much better than my old tool, its become something I’m always happy to reach for rather than ‘oh no I need to use the multi tool’ - which was where I was for years before, accepting the usefulness but hating it. Fein. All the way, Fein. The blades are pricey but good too.
i have an old neighbor who was a carpenter and he used an old pair of horseshoe nail pullers for nail pulling those things are about 16inches long and provide some really good leverage on nails. in the USA there's a roadside assistance company called AAA i was talking to one of their guys and they use those air bag tools to actually help them to unlock car doors by placing it in between the door and the pillar and pump it up to create a gap to slide a tool in to hit the door lock button
On my (not) Knipex end nips I dulled the cutting edge on one side, then painted that side so I know which is which. This lets you get a better grip on stubborn small nails without cutting through them. I’d also add a nail set to the list for setting broken nails below the surface. Whenever possible I pull trim nails through from the back as popping the head up from the face often takes a chunk of wood with it.
I used heat gun and painter's tool to remove old paint from timber. It's so much quicker than the scraper and produces less paint chips. Just have to set the temperature right so it loosens the paint but not scorch the timber
Yup, I use a heat gun and the scraper. Been stripping old Kauri boards lately and it is the only way to get the paint off. Sanding is no good as the original material on the wood turns to gum. Painters tool for the profiles.
@@elusivemite as long as you keep the temperature low enough (under 500C, the fume point of lead) you might blow some dust around, but you won't be creating fumes that need a special respirator.
Agree on this list, even if not all were "unexpected". The winner of the unexpectedly-critical list is def the tungsten carbide scraper. Unglamourous. Indispensable.
I bought the new Makita multitool in no small part because of this channel making me realise that it was the best on the market. I was put off by how weird it looked and didn't really want to be forced to switch to Starlock. But my god.... this tool is incredible. I'm never going back to OIS blades or a multitool with no anti vibration in it.
I only have one recommendation regarding that moisture reader. That is to always put in the prongs cross to the grain as the reader uses resistance to determine the level of moisture. if you put them in running with the grain it will therefore alter the shown level as the resitance will be less, signal travels faster and so on.Give it a try, it might be only a small differnce but it is there ;()
I got an air wedge tool based on your previous videos. It’s magic. Thanks for the content. And keep smiling during your lockdown. It’s the right thing to do.
I tell my clients that my honesty most used tool in my trailer is the vacuum. When your in someone else’s house making a mess it’s extremely important to minimise that as much as possible. It helps my brain to concentrate on the task at hand being tidy & more importantly almost always guarantees that the client will recommend you to family & friends because of the respect you have shown to their biggest investment - home. That actually brings up another suggestion for any renovator….floor coverings/protection is also a MUST. Wether it be cloth dropsheets, RamBoard, stick down carpet film, roll of black plastic or even disposable draping film over furniture & doorways. All have their different uses & impact ratings for different scenarios but all extremely useful.
PAINT SCRAPER is awesome, removes glue squeeze out, flatten builders filler real smooth, clean paint off glass, used sideways cut glass, deburr pipe, the list is endless. It's the carbide blade that scrapes at 90 degrees to the pull of your arm, it's easy to go from feather light finesse to full power with the tool following suit. By far the best money maker is for painting muntin (US), glazing bar (UK), sash bar, the strips of wood holding panes of glass in a window. I just paint these freehand, no cutting in , no masking, the paint goes on very quickly, when the paints tacky I glide the scraper with a new blade around to remove the paint on glass.
Your video editing is getting almost as good as your carpentry. Really liking it! Slightly envious of you and your partners talents... but a very good inspiration to me.
My pincers are 300mm Wiha pincers, they’re the one basic hand tool that took me years to find one I like. I’ve tried all the cheaper brands including Irwin and Kingchrome and none were nice to use and they all broke prematurely. The best to date were the cheap Trojan brand from Bunnings but even they needed regular repairs. These Wiha pincers are beautiful to use and tougher than nails (literally, luckily😝). Love them. Oscillating multitool is a daily use tool for a multitude of jobs, couldn’t possibly live without it these days. Cheap blades off eBay are 1/10 the price of the hardware store and last just as well, sometimes better. That little air wedge thing looks fantastic, I just ordered a couple. Thanks! I would love to have space to carry a big vacuum on my ute but I’m limited to a tiny handheld one, it sees use once a week or so but I’d love to carry a proper vacuum. I can’t think of a single time in the last 6 years I could’ve used a moisture meter but on the electronic devices front I can think of a multitude of times a thermal camera would’ve come in handy to find a leaking roof or badly installed insulation etc. That paint scraper looks handy, we don’t reuse a great deal of materials but it does happen from time to time and I might just have to get a scraper like that for occasional use. Nice. The right angle drill attachment is a nifty device, not something I personally would use a great deal but certainly it would come in handy at least monthly if not bi-weekly. I’ve known about them for a long time but never quite bothered getting one. Perhaps one day I will. I’m dying to get a Dewalt jobsite table saw like yours but they aren’t cheap and I really don’t have anywhere to store one on my ute either. I’m on a knife edge at the moment, on my left is my already overloaded ute and on my right is the prospect of buying a van similar to yours to deck out and carry just a few extra tools - track saw, vacuum and table saw would instantly all be right at the top of the shopping list!
I hate towing trailers, I towed tool trailers for several years and it gets old FAST. Any work vehicle I own needs to be self contained to keep me in a good mood.
Those air wedges are also my favorite tool for prying open a car door enough to get a slim Jim inside without damaging the paint. I used to lock my keys in the car more often than I care to admit.
@@bachaddict Yeah 😅 Luckily our local tow guy is a family friend so he would come get me out of a bind and roast me for doing it again, as any good friend would.
I bought one specifically for opening a door even though it says it’s not to be used for such purposes. Rules are meant to be broken. I keep mine in the toolbox in the bed of my truck in case I lock my keys in the truck. And a section of rebar wire for fishing keys or pushing buttons
I was recently measuring down from the top of a fridge beside the cabinet beside the fridge, and my measure tip got wedged between the fridge and the cabinet. With it jammed in, it would not roll out, and I could not push enough to give me some space. The air wedge to the rescue. A couple up top, a few squeezes, and voila, the tape came out. (mind you, I tried to use them to lift a piano the other day to get something under the wheels, I think I need a couple more air wedges)
Heat gun together with the scraper is a dream for older paint, just heat it a bit so it softens up and it comes off so much easier than with just the scraper. Saves a lot of energy and makes the work more enjoyable. Absolutely true about the dust there!
Thanks Scott, I actually learned to use air wedge to hang doors from you. I was renoing myself and having difficulty hanging that heavy bedroom door made from the structual Triboard they used for building the house, I am only 65kg and lifting that 40kg door was already a bit of challenge after a long day. That air wedge really saved my day.
I'm just a lowly DIY guy renovating a tired house and the top three tools that have transformed how I work is the compound sliding saw, multi-tool and home-made track for my old Ryobi circular saw. The multi-tool in particular is so versatile and should be the power tool you buy after a circular saw and a couple of cordless drills. I also uses nippers to pull out nails that you can't get to with a hammer.
The tip about air wedges is brilliant. I bought 2 after watching your first video with them and they have proven useful throughout my DIY renovations. I'm about to replace and rehang all the doors and jambs, both Internal and external in my 1940's home. Almost all the jambs will have to be custom made on site to fit the odd sizing of the original hardwood frames. I've been watching your videos to prep myself, It's going to be one hell of an experience, hopefully not too costly.
Ha ! Eastern rosellas in NZ (see - 7:03 - 7:05) I wasn't aware they'd been introduced. Wife and I found a thriving population of green & golden bell frogs (Litoria aurea) at the Waitangi Treaty Grounds a little while back - they are an endangered frog here in Australia - but seem to be thriving in NZ.
The moisture one always blows me away. Just laid 900m2 of roof on a townhouse development (after 3 weeks of lockdown), frames were soaking when we started off. Week later and guys are gyprocking away, wish we had your Kiwi standards here in Aus.
I had a patio roof built earlier this year. the carpenters could just not manage to cut the posts with an even shadow line rebate at the bottom of the post above that paving. So I used my neighbours multi tool to cut that rebate square and evenly to the paving line. What an amazing tool, it is now on my must get tool list.
If you ever run out of content ideas while in lock down I’m sure all your subscribers would listen to you instructing how to make coffee. Lol. Not joking.
From the state of the comments when it comes to coffee I think it's more like: your subscribers would happily critique and advise on their opinion on how coffee should be made.
I concur. All these live in the van and get used regularly. The linbide scrapers are a great tool. Do a lot of window renovation and there a must have Though I came across a tool I never knew existed. Metabo Lf724 Paint shaver. Takes a bit of practice to use but saves a lot of time and hurt on the wrists
Hey Scott I install window coverings for a living and when I started my boss showed me DTL061Z that right angled driver and not a day goes by that I do not use it, just amazing for one handed operation!
Another thing that's an absolute must-have alongside a moisture meter is a *pinless* moisture meter, for when you've got the gib on and wallpapered/painted and you don't want to poke a dozen holes in it to track down a potential leak. The fancy ones are quite expensive but you can get a decent Klein Tools one for USD 20-30 that's good enough for tracking down damper-than-they-should-be locations in your wall.
I used to have to fix the lights at that tennis club. One of the worst jobs ever… working at heights on a shitty little scissor lift is something I don’t enjoy. Your video brings back memories…
Or choose a vacuum that has an exhaust port the same size as the inlet, and you can use it as a blower (or those that don't have a removable blower/motor, such as some of the Ridgid models) Save some space by just having one tool in the van.
Scott - you covered many of the unsung heros in my tool kit which I find myself using more than I would have ever thought. You introduced me to air wedges - in return check out a Baaco 665 scraper - it's like a metal paint scraper but just way better due to the carbide blade - find I use it loads for much more than paint. Couldn't agree more on the vacuum and multi-tool. Other tools I could add to your list: a decent 18v portable light and a self centring pilot/hinge drill bit. PS Love the channel - I learn loads from your videos and really appreciate all the great work you put into making them.
The vacuum. I’d mostly done exterior work in the past, so dust outside wasn’t quite as big of a deal. The last 2 years I’ve moved to a lot more interior renovations. I recently purchased a Metabo ASR and I’ll never go back to not having a vacuum available. It makes such a huge difference in just about everything I do now. Everything is so much tidier and more pleasant to use the tools.
i was carpenter for over 30 yrs havnt fired nail in anger for five years, but if i could pick one tool i’d say 5way laser plumb bob it levels ,does heights like dumpy, does set outs like square ect plus lots other jobs
DeWalt DT70621 is impact rated & has a flexible drive shaft. There are other DeWalt models but this one has a nice small head & is available in Oz so probably also in NZ.
Hey Scott, one tool I find very useful is a dead-blow hammer. A light tap will get everything nicely in position without bashing it with a steel hammer.
Great channel. Binged watched about a 100 of your videos, way better than TV. Really good, learnt alot (I'm not a tradesman).Many thanks, Keep well. Cheers.
Always loved your craftsmanship and amazing editing style bud, just hang in there with lockdown restrictions. Maybe it’s a good time to get even better with your video editing. Shout out from South Africa.
The great advantage of a multi tool is that no percussion is involved. This is especially relevant when cutting into relatively fragile backgrounds during a renovation. This tool emerged late in my life, so using it feels like I am cheating, almost de skilling.
Scott, keep your drywaller happy. Cut your drywall on the middle of a stud. If that's what you usually do no worries. This particular video didn't show that.
Hi Scott gr8 video’s bud I use the Milwaukee right angle drill attachment all steel construction Only down side it’s $90 Australian Hope u get out of lockdown soon Tim
HINT: on your angle adapter, use a normal drill; use painters heat gun for the hard paint; love the Multi with plain blade to separate flashings or anything glued; buy super long multi blade. Hope the crazy lockdowns end soon bro
My wife's best friend and the friend's sister had just started a tour of New Zealand when you went into your first lockdown. They caught the last flight back to the US. I think they're still trying to schedule a return to finish the tour.
You should try the makita drywall saw. You can set the depth so than you don’t cut through anything behind. Great vac attachment.It’s one of those tools that after you use it the first time , you say how did I live without this. Perfect for the work you do. Love the channel.
me too I have the Knipex one, I mean I'm a collector of Knipex. LOL. there're those in Japan but Knipex pliers are much nicer than Japanese ones. I'm waiting for a reindeer courier from new Knipex ones. i'm inspired by you and it was a good thing that I bought the multi tool. I didn't expect a sanding one but it's also a good stuff. well I bought many blades. LOL
