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Changed how I cut door jambs about 5 years ago
Used to just use a handsaw and a block to cut jambs for flooring. Took forever and always ended up with rough cuts. Now I use an oscillating multitool with a depth stop. Got one after I wrecked a nice prehung door at a house in Arlington. Cuts clean, takes 30 seconds per jamb. Anyone else switch tools for this?
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the_robert4mo ago
Nah man, I gotta push back on this one. A depth stop on a multitool is slick but I still grab my handsaw for jambs because the battery always dies right when I'm in the groove. That clean cut argument is fair but a sharp jamb saw with a guide block does just as good for me without the dust and noise.
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julia924mo ago
Ask @the_robert how often you actually have to sharpen that guide block setup?
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noahbaker2mo ago
Yeah the battery dying thing used to be my exact reason for sticking with a handsaw. I had a Milwaukee multitool that would crap out halfway through a bedroom and I'd be standing there with a half-cut jamb cursing myself. But then I picked up a corded Fein about three years ago and it changed everything. No battery to worry about, just plug it in and go. I still keep a handsaw in the truck for when I need to do one quick cut but the corded multitool is my main now for exactly the reason you said about clean cuts.
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