[TowerTalk] Help with saw blade selection

[Steve Maki]

My favorite tool for cutting frozen bolts (too big to twist off and 
break) on a tower is a 4.5" battery grinder fitted with a thin abrasive 
cut-off wheel.

I assume one can purchase such a cut-off wheel for that Ryobi multi-tool.

-Steve K8LX

On 8/30/2015 6:38 AM, George Dubovsky wrote:

> I can't comment on the saw, but I will say that, in general, you should be
> able to twist to destruction any muffler clamp on your tower. Using a large
> wrench or an 18"-class breaker bar with socket, I have always been able to
> wring off rusted or galled hardware. When you get above 1/4" and 5/16"
> hardware, it gets more difficult and if the part that you need for purchase
> deforms (the nut or bolt head), you will have to reach for another weapon
> of destruction. Just think back to the last time you accidentally wrung off
> a bolt with an overlarge wrench and recall how simple it seemed... ;-)

> On Sun, Aug 30, 2015 at 2:52 AM, Gene Smar <ersmar at verizon.net> wrote:
>
>> TT:
>>
>>       Recently I purchased a Ryobi  multitool  http://tinyurl.com/lq28mbk
>> (because I already have a Ryobi drill, batteries and recharger) to use atop
>> my tower when I eventually replace the rotator and add a couple of V/UHF
>> Yagis to the stack.  I expect that I will need to saw off the muffler
>> clamps
>> that I installed with the tower in 2001 to help support the mast on the
>> bushing at the top and along the mast above a second rotator shelf (to use
>> when the rotator is temporarily removed.)  In addition, I believe I may
>> have
>> to use this tool to saw off the SS U-bolts that attach the mounting bracket
>> of my Bencher Skyhawk to the mast above the bushing.  I'll need to release
>> all these items from the boom so I can lower the boom through the tower to
>> add the small Yagis before I install the replacement rotator.
>>
>>       My question:  What specific blade should I purchase for this cutting
>> work?  The Ryobi tool comes with an oscillating circular saw blade for wood
>> but the u-bolts and muffler clamps will require a more robust blade, IMHO.
>> The oscillating plunge cutting blade (shown in the Home Despot link above)
>> might work for the muffler clamps but I could use your advice based on your
>> experience with this kind of tool and blades.  Is there a specific blade I
>> need for cutting through SS?