2 hours ago, Grandpadave52 said:

.that would work great for many gasket surfaces too; just need to contain the fibers;

the Fein has a DC boot that does a most excellent job...

19 minutes ago, Stick486 said:

the Fein has a DC boot that does a most excellent job...

I have seen the abatement people use the Fein with the vac.

Herb

7 hours ago, Grandpadave52 said:

All great ideas...definitely give the plexi-glass tip a try...and the Scotch brite...that would work great for many gasket surfaces too; just need to contain the fibers;

Have some old garden hose I wanted to slice & use as an edge guard...knife blade trick should work there too.

Thanks!

To slice the hose safely, I screwed a 1 x 2 to a workbench. Then I placed the hose next to the 1 x 2 and then placed another 1x2 against the hose, used just enough pressure to "clamp" the hose in place, screwed the second 1 x 2 to the workbench and away you go.

There is a scraper blade available that makes short work of most sticky gaskets, and if you're reasonably careful won't damage the surface under the gasket.

 

48 minutes ago, Wichman3 said:

There is a scraper blade available that makes short work of most sticky gaskets, and if you're reasonably careful won't damage the surface under the gasket.

Thanks for the idea on clamping the hose...Yes I've got the OEM scraper blades and some I've re-purposed from regular dull cutter blades...just never thought about using with the Scotch-brite to polish steel/cast surfaces...even has tripped the light bulb for some other applications cleaning rust etc. with the Scotch-brite...I've used the dickens out of the scraper blades to remove tile and the like...even paint...

My Fein worked great on teak decks on our boat.  Had to take the old rubber out of the seams.  Fein has a tool just for that and it works like a charm.  Doesn't screw up the planks in the process.

Here is the multi receiver hitch storage unit I built using the OMT.

 

 

Cool idea...I'd have to turn them the other way or I'd have them into my ankles or shins...bad enough when it's mounted on the truck...

OK guys, on the Scotch brite idea, I want to try this on some old Corning Ware lids (Pyrex). Do you just stick the Scotchbrite to the hook pad on the tool...or is there some special Scotch Brite I need to buy?

stick it on...

non special needed...

Be aware...choose your Scotch Brite carefully...some is more aggressive then others and my damage something like Corning Ware.

 

This may help..

 

COLOR CODES NON-WOVEN PADS.pdf

Have another application that just came up.   Need to replace a sofa leg.   While I could undo a lot of upholstery and pull (and break off) a lot of staples, I am planning to just cut it out.  No wonder it broke?  If two staples are good, 8 are more better.

 

 

22 hours ago, Grandpadave52 said:

Cool idea...I'd have to turn them the other way or I'd have them into my ankles or shins...bad enough when it's mounted on the truck...

when the door is open it covers the hitches, or I'd have permanent dents in my shins.

I use mine mostly for inlays. 

You can resharpen old blades with a cut off wheel.

Just saw in new teeth.

I also make hook blades from the old dull ones.