[JLawrence08648]

I bought a HF single speed oscillating saw, bought a set of Chinese blades from eBay, their ok but go dull pretty fast. Can anyone recommend an inexpensive blade brand that's good? Or do I have to spend $40 for 6 Milwaukee blades?

 

[spitz1234]

Do you mean reciprocating. If so you could give Masterforce from Menards a try. surprisingly many of there brand is made in the US of A.

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[chandler48]

IF it is a multimaster type tool, you can buy them in bulk. I buy mine off Ebay for about 50 cents to $1.50 each, 100 at a time. I use them every day, though.

For instance : https://www.ebay.com/itm/INTEGRA-96...325472?hash=item2f3c7d92e0:g:FncAAOSw-SVeHwDz

 

[joecaption]

I just reshapen mine.

 

[ChuckTin]

I got some at Harbor Freight. They seemed "good enough".

 

[JLawrence08648]

Oscillating also called Multi-Tool, the blade moves sideways, not back and forth as a reciprocating saw does.

 

[ront02769]

Pretty much different uses also. The recip saw (tiger saw, wrecking saw) is primarily rough cut. Hack off a pipe, cut out a nail embedded two bye, rip out a wall, etc. oscillating is more for finish work, eg fine cuts on sheetrock, wood etc....particularly in cases where you are cutting against a flat surface that won’t accommodate a big old blade poking through. Won’t much see A framing crew with an oscillating tool....or a fine finish carpenter making regular use of a wrecking saw. Ron

 

[carpdad]

I'm replacing the windows and the siding will come right after. As such, I'm reshaping the window rough openings, esp for larger egress windows. I started from inside and cutting away some of the wall studs with oscillating saw. Slower than recip saw, but still able. Cut to some depth then split it away with a chisel and pry bar. Then cut some more.
I got mine bulk from amazon and usually follow better reviews. Always read one star reviews first to clear the chaff.

 

[Calson]

You get what you pay for with most tools. What is difficult is that so many oscillating blades are sold as "tungsten" when they have maybe a molecule of tungsten coating tool steel. I get longest life with the DeWalt carbide oscillating blades.



One thing with the Fein tools is that there is a much larger selection of blades that work with them. The downside is that the Fein tools cost 2-4 times as much for the tool and it would take me a lifetime to reach a breakeven point with cheap blades.

 

[chandler48]

I use a Fein Q250, and cheap blades. Even the $17 blades wear out and/or break, so I'd rather have the use of the $1.50 blade for as long as it will work, since we go through so many of them. It's in use every day.

 

[SPS-1]

Oscillating also called Multi-Tool, the blade moves sideways, not back and forth as a reciprocating saw does.

Actually, they rotate back and forth.