It's got a couple magnets. So when you put the blade on you don't have to worry about holding it in place. Then you just have clamped down push it in go you got to have a little muscle.

RIDGID's brushless motor technology delivers maximum performance and longer runtime. The powerful brushless motor in this 18V oscillating multi-tool gives users the ability to make fast, precise cuts through drywall, wood, metal, and handle a variety of other jobsite materials.

Most multi tool attachments are designed for universal fitment, meaning they are compatible with virtually all brands. Oscillating tools with a Starlock fast-change mounting head require blades that are designed for this system, but many Starlock blades are backwards-compatible with 'standard' multi tools.

The accessory is fitted to the tool by a mechanism which allows that accessory to be rapidly rotated back and forth (oscillated). This creates friction with the sanding attachments, or rapid cutting motions with the saw and grinding attachments.

Special designed fitting can directly fit for many kinds quick change multi function power tools. For home improvement applications such as cutting out marble and concrete joints. Feel free to use it in any of your home improvement or professional project, comes with perfect results.

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It's a versatile tool that you'll find will often be your "go-to", all-purpose fix-it tool. From cutting to scraping, sawing or sanding, the convenience of a multi-tool often wins out over more specific power tools.

Multi-tools provide a few important benefits, including the following: Multi-tools keep everything together and prevent you from losing any of the individual items. Multi-tools are easy to access and use. Multi-tools eliminate the need to select and purchase separate tools.

This mini multi-tool incorporates 10 handy tools, including spring-loaded needle-nose pliers, tweezers, bottle opener, file, scissors, flat-head and cross-head screwdriver (although not a true Phillips-head screwdriver), blade, wire cutter, and a bottle opener.

An oscillating multitool is a saw, scraper, sander, and grinder in one handy power tool. You'll wonder how you ever lived without it.

If you do stumble across a loose screw, a stray thread, or an unopened bottle, you'll find that an everyday carry multi-tool is a much more accessible and quick way to take care of the problem - rather than traversing the distance to your toolbox, finding the necessary tool, completing the task, and then returning it.

multi-tool pros Full-sized multi-tools come with a wide variety of blades, including straight edges, serrated, and dedicated saws. Plus, most of them are outside accessible which means you can open and lock the knife with your thumb, similar to a standard pocketknife, to make quick cuts easy.