Subject: Re: [Shop-talk] Offset handle cutting tools

From: Jim Stone <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 8 Nov 2020 12:52:45 -0500

How about a multi-tool?  It is probably overkill from a power perspective, but they do a great job of slicing though foam.

> On Nov 8, 2020, at 12:02 PM, Thomas Coradeschi <[email-masked]> wrote:
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> All: I am in the process of adding foam insulation to the band joist (in the joist bays) in my basement. The joists are laminated I-beams, so I am cutting rectangular blocks of 2” foam, and using low expansion foam to fill the gaps and air seal it all. 
> 
> Even with the low E foam, it still ends up oozing out of the gaps, and looks pretty cheesy, according to the homeowner. It cleans up nicely with a single edge razor blade, but my knuckles will be a bloody mess (there is a total of about 150’ of perimeter) if I can’t find a way to trim flush with something other than the standard blade holder. 
> 
> So, I am looking for a holder for either single edge razor blades or drywall knife blades which allows me to trim flush with some sort of an offset handle. I’ve look at the box store and Grainger websites, nothing to be found there. 
> 
> Hoping someone has some ideas!
> 
> Thanks...
> 
> Tom Coradeschi
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Try an oscillating tool?  I bought one of these last year and I keep
finding more and more uses for it.
https://youtu.be/Aery_46QEVU

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> All: I am in the process of adding foam insulation to the band joist (in
> the joist bays) in my basement. The joists are laminated I-beams, so I am
> cutting rectangular blocks of 2=E2=80=9D foam, and using low expansion fo=
am to fill
> the gaps and air seal it all.
>
> Even with the low E foam, it still ends up oozing out of the gaps, and
> looks pretty cheesy, according to the homeowner. It cleans up nicely with=
 a
> single edge razor blade, but my knuckles will be a bloody mess (there is =
a
> total of about 150=E2=80=99 of perimeter) if I can=E2=80=99t find a way t=
o trim flush with
> something other than the standard blade holder.
>
> So, I am looking for a holder for either single edge razor blades or
> drywall knife blades which allows me to trim flush with some sort of an
> offset handle. I=E2=80=99ve look at the box store and Grainger websites, =
nothing to
> be found there.
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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div>Try an oscillating tool?=C2=A0 I bought one of these =
last year and I keep finding more and more uses for it.=C2=A0 <br></div><di=
v><a href=3D"https://youtu.be/Aery_46QEVU">https://youtu.be/Aery_46QEVU</a>=
</div></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_=
attr">On Sun, Nov 8, 2020 at 11:42 AM Thomas Coradeschi &lt;<a href=3D"mail=
to:[email-masked]">[email-masked]</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote=
 class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px so=
lid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">All: I am in the process of adding f=
oam insulation to the band joist (in the joist bays) in my basement. The jo=
ists are laminated I-beams, so I am cutting rectangular blocks of 2=E2=80=
=9D foam, and using low expansion foam to fill the gaps and air seal it all=
. <br>
<br>
Even with the low E foam, it still ends up oozing out of the gaps, and look=
s pretty cheesy, according to the homeowner. It cleans up nicely with a sin=
gle edge razor blade, but my knuckles will be a bloody mess (there is a tot=
al of about 150=E2=80=99 of perimeter) if I can=E2=80=99t find a way to tri=
m flush with something other than the standard blade holder. <br>
<br>
So, I am looking for a holder for either single edge razor blades or drywal=
l knife blades which allows me to trim flush with some sort of an offset ha=
ndle. I=E2=80=99ve look at the box store and Grainger websites, nothing to =
be found there. <br>
<br>
Hoping someone has some ideas!<br>
<br>
Thanks...<br>
<br>
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From: Eric Russell <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 8 Nov 2020 13:23:21 -0500

Browse some woodworking tool catalogs. They make flush cutting saws 
(some with offset handles, some with thin flexible blades) for tasks 
like cutting wooden pegs flush. Maybe that would work for you?

Eric Russell
Mebane, NC

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From: Donald H Locker <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 8 Nov 2020 14:22:19 -0500

I'm not sure which direction you need the offset, but have you
considered attaching a handle from (e.g.) a mason's trowel to a blade
holder? Or even just honing the trowel edge to a useful sharpness?
Perhaps countersink some flathead screws into the face of the trowel and
use flat washers on top (with wingnuts or such) to clamp the blade?

Just throwing out ideas here.
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Date: Sun, 08 Nov 2020 14:20:15 -0600

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I've had my entire roof foamed with closed cell.  I didn't bother the 
workers during the installation because the supervisor assured me they'd 
tarp everything, and there's a little smell if you're in the vapor while 
it's being applied.  Imagine my delight when they not only got foam on 
every possible surface, but used the stack of new 3/4 T&G fir plywood (that 
was up there for me to install a floor when they finished) as their drop 
cloths.  Still waiting for them to return and clean it up.  Not going to 
happen.

I used my cheap Horrible Freight multi tool with the plain scraping blade 
to clean off their mess from the plywood and joist tops and it's pretty fast.

PS 7 to 8 inches of closed cell foam under the roof is pretty much a 
miracle as far as insulation.  Fire retardant, glues everything together, 
keeps heat in and also summer heat out.  One thing - it's hard stuff and 
thus NOT sound absorbent.  We actually hear the rain on the roof better 
now.  Not a bad thing.

Karl

On November 8, 2020 12:43:18 PM Eric Russell <[email-masked]> wrote:

>> offset handle. I’ve look at the box store and Grainger websites, nothing to 
>> be found there.
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<div dir=3D"auto">I've had my entire roof foamed with closed cell.&nbsp; I =
didn't bother the workers during the installation because the supervisor as=
sured me they'd tarp everything, and there's a little smell if you're in th=
e vapor while it's being applied.&nbsp; Imagine my delight&nbsp;<span style=
=3D"font-size: 12pt;">when they not only got foam on every possible surface=
, but used the stack of new 3/4 T&amp;G fir plywood (that was up there for =
me to install a floor when they finished) as their drop cloths.&nbsp; Still=
 waiting for them to return and clean it up.&nbsp; Not going to happen.</sp=
an></div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">I used my cheap Horr=
ible Freight multi tool with the plain scraping blade to clean off their me=
ss from the plywood and joist tops and it's pretty fast.</div><div dir=3D"a=
uto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">PS 7 to 8 inches of closed cell foam under=
 the roof is pretty much a miracle as far as insulation.&nbsp; Fire retarda=
nt, glues everything together, keeps heat in and also summer heat out.&nbsp=
; One thing - it's hard stuff and thus NOT sound absorbent.&nbsp; We actual=
ly hear the rain on the roof better now.&nbsp; Not a bad thing.</div><div d=
ir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">Karl</div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></d=
iv>
<div dir=3D'auto'><br></div>
<div id=3D"aqm-original" style=3D"color: black;">
<div dir=3D"auto">On November 8, 2020 12:43:18 PM Eric Russell &lt;ejrussel=
[email-masked]&gt; wrote:</div>
<div><br></div>
<blockquote type=3D"cite" class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin: 0 0 0 0.75=
ex; border-left: 1px solid #808080; padding-left: 0.75ex;">
<div dir=3D"auto">Browse some woodworking tool catalogs. They make flush cu=
tting saws&nbsp;</div>
<div dir=3D"auto">(some with offset handles, some with thin flexible blades=
) for tasks&nbsp;</div>
<div dir=3D"auto">like cutting wooden pegs flush. Maybe that would work for=
 you?</div>
<div dir=3D"auto"><br></div>
<div dir=3D"auto">Eric Russell</div>
<div dir=3D"auto">Mebane, NC</div>
<div dir=3D"auto"><br></div>
<div dir=3D"auto">On 11/8/2020 12:02 PM, Thomas Coradeschi wrote:</div>
<blockquote type=3D"cite" class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin: 0 0 0 0.75=
ex; border-left: 1px solid #0099CC; padding-left: 0.75ex;">
<div dir=3D"auto">So, I am looking for a holder for either single edge razo=
r blades or drywall knife blades which allows me to trim flush with some so=
rt of an offset handle. I=E2=80=99ve look at the box store and Grainger web=
sites, nothing to be found there.</div>
<div dir=3D"auto"><br></div>
<div dir=3D"auto">Hoping someone has some ideas!</div>
</blockquote>
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From: Donald H Locker <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 8 Nov 2020 15:52:11 -0500

Sounds like interesting material. Do you know how it behaves if a
shingle should leak? Does it leak through? get soggy? other?

TIA
Donald.

On 2020-11-08 3:20 p.m., Karl Vacek wrote:
> every possible surface, but used the stack of new 3/4 T&G fir plywood
> (that was up there for me to install a floor when they finished) as
> their drop cloths.  Still waiting for them to return and clean it up. 
> Not going to happen.
> 
> I used my cheap Horrible Freight multi tool with the plain scraping
> blade to clean off their mess from the plywood and joist tops and it's
> pretty fast.
> 
> miracle as far as insulation.  Fire retardant, glues everything
> together, keeps heat in and also summer heat out.  One thing - it's hard
> stuff and thus NOT sound absorbent.  We actually hear the rain on the
> roof better now.  Not a bad thing.
> 
> Karl
> 
> 
>>> drywall knife blades which allows me to trim flush with some sort of
>>> an offset handle. I’ve look at the box store and Grainger websites,
>>> nothing to be found there.
>>>

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Date: Sun, 08 Nov 2020 15:55:40 -0600

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You have to completely seal the roof.  There's no ventilation so any water 
that gets in has no place to go to evaporate.

It's apparently more common in Texas and Florida than here in the Chicago 
area, but it's catching on.  Studies show only a tiny increase in roof temp 
and a tiny loss of shingle life without ventilation.  Shingle manufacturers 
vary in their responses, with some okaying the practice and some refusing 
to warrantee any roof so installed, but shingle warrantees are a joke 
anyway, so this is just one more way to get a claim refused.  I'm using 
100% coverage of high temp ice and water shield.

> shingle should leak? Does it leak through? get soggy? other?

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<div dir=3D"auto">You have to completely seal the roof.&nbsp; There's no ve=
ntilation so any water that gets in has no place to go to evaporate.</div><=
div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">It's apparently more common in=
 Texas and Florida than here in the Chicago area, but it's catching on.&nbs=
p; Studies show only a tiny increase in roof temp and a tiny loss of shingl=
e life without ventilation.&nbsp; Shingle manufacturers vary in their respo=
nses, with some okaying the practice and some refusing to warrantee any roo=
f so installed, but shingle warrantees are a joke anyway, so this is just o=
ne more way to get a claim refused.&nbsp; I'm using 100% coverage of high t=
emp ice and water shield.</div><div dir=3D'auto'><br></div>
<div id=3D"aqm-original" style=3D"color: black;">
<div dir=3D"auto">On November 8, 2020 3:01:04 PM Donald H Locker &lt;dhlock=
[email-masked]&gt; wrote:</div>
<div><br></div>
<blockquote type=3D"cite" class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin: 0 0 0 0.75=
ex; border-left: 1px solid #808080; padding-left: 0.75ex;">
<div dir=3D"auto">Sounds like interesting material. Do you know how it beha=
ves if a</div>
<div dir=3D"auto">shingle should leak? Does it leak through? get soggy? oth=
er?</div>
<div dir=3D"auto"><br></div>
<div dir=3D"auto">TIA</div>
<div dir=3D"auto">Donald.</div>
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<div dir=3D"auto">On 2020-11-08 3:20 p.m., Karl Vacek wrote:</div>
<blockquote type=3D"cite" class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin: 0 0 0 0.75=
ex; border-left: 1px solid #0099CC; padding-left: 0.75ex;">
<div dir=3D"auto">I've had my entire roof foamed with closed cell.&nbsp; I =
didn't bother the</div>
<div dir=3D"auto">workers during the installation because the supervisor as=
sured me they'd</div>
<div dir=3D"auto">tarp everything, and there's a little smell if you're in =
the vapor while</div>
<div dir=3D"auto">it's being applied.&nbsp; Imagine my delight&nbsp;when th=
ey not only got foam on</div>
<div dir=3D"auto">every possible surface, but used the stack of new 3/4 T&a=
mp;G fir plywood</div>
<div dir=3D"auto">(that was up there for me to install a floor when they fi=
nished) as</div>
<div dir=3D"auto">their drop cloths.&nbsp; Still waiting for them to return=
 and clean it up.&nbsp;</div>
<div dir=3D"auto">Not going to happen.</div>
<div dir=3D"auto"><br></div>
<div dir=3D"auto">I used my cheap Horrible Freight multi tool with the plai=
n scraping</div>
<div dir=3D"auto">blade to clean off their mess from the plywood and joist =
tops and it's</div>
<div dir=3D"auto">pretty fast.</div>
<div dir=3D"auto"><br></div>
<div dir=3D"auto">PS 7 to 8 inches of closed cell foam under the roof is pr=
etty much a</div>
<div dir=3D"auto">miracle as far as insulation.&nbsp; Fire retardant, glues=
 everything</div>
<div dir=3D"auto">together, keeps heat in and also summer heat out.&nbsp; O=
ne thing - it's hard</div>
<div dir=3D"auto">stuff and thus NOT sound absorbent.&nbsp; We actually hea=
r the rain on the</div>
<div dir=3D"auto">roof better now.&nbsp; Not a bad thing.</div>
<div dir=3D"auto"><br></div>
<div dir=3D"auto">Karl</div>
<div dir=3D"auto"><br></div>
<div dir=3D"auto"><br></div>
<div dir=3D"auto">On November 8, 2020 12:43:18 PM Eric Russell &lt;ejrussel=
[email-masked]&gt; wrote:</div>
<div dir=3D"auto"><br></div>
<blockquote type=3D"cite" class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin: 0 0 0 0.75=
ex; border-left: 1px solid #9933CC; padding-left: 0.75ex;">
<div dir=3D"auto">Browse some woodworking tool catalogs. They make flush cu=
tting saws&nbsp;</div>
<div dir=3D"auto">(some with offset handles, some with thin flexible blades=
) for tasks&nbsp;</div>
<div dir=3D"auto">like cutting wooden pegs flush. Maybe that would work for=
 you?</div>
<div dir=3D"auto"><br></div>
<div dir=3D"auto">Eric Russell</div>
<div dir=3D"auto">Mebane, NC</div>
<div dir=3D"auto"><br></div>
<div dir=3D"auto">On 11/8/2020 12:02 PM, Thomas Coradeschi wrote:</div>
<blockquote type=3D"cite" class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin: 0 0 0 0.75=
ex; border-left: 1px solid #669900; padding-left: 0.75ex;">
<div dir=3D"auto">So, I am looking for a holder for either single edge razo=
r blades or</div>
<div dir=3D"auto">drywall knife blades which allows me to trim flush with s=
ome sort of</div>
<div dir=3D"auto">an offset handle. I=E2=80=99ve look at the box store and =
Grainger websites,</div>
<div dir=3D"auto">nothing to be found there.</div>
<div dir=3D"auto"><br></div>
<div dir=3D"auto">Hoping someone has some ideas!</div>
</blockquote>
<div dir=3D"auto"><br></div>
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From: Jim Franklin <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 2020 08:17:16 -0500

SImilar to this, I have a window scraper with an angled handle, thta accetpts a single edge razor. 

I had my house foamed in a similar fashion but I left it. I do not envy you! There's probably  a market for pre-cast foam to sit in between I-joists, thought that would demand precise framing and, well...

jim

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From: Donald H Locker <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 2020 08:49:59 -0500

I like the pre-cast foam idea; how about pre-cast sections that are
tapered slightly (say 1/4"; small end toward roof,) with
regularly-spaced holed for backfill injection. Lift the block into
place; insert the tool and shoot backfill foam in to secure and complete
the fill; next block.

Just a thought if someone wants to try.
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This sounds similar to filling the gaps in SIPs, which seems to work
pretty well.  Pure Living for Life (YouTube) has a video showing the
dramatic improvement in insulating efficiency.

Shannah

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> > I had my house foamed in a similar fashion but I left it. I do not envy
> you! There's probably  a market for pre-cast foam to sit in between
> I-joists, thought that would demand precise framing and, well...
> >
> > jim
> >
> >> Perhaps countersink some flathead screws into the face of the trowel a=
nd
> >>> All: I am in the process of adding foam insulation to the band joist
> (in the joist bays) in my basement. The joists are laminated I-beams, so =
I
> am cutting rectangular blocks of 2=E2=80=9D foam, and using low expansion=
 foam to
> fill the gaps and air seal it all.
> >>>
> >>> Even with the low E foam, it still ends up oozing out of the gaps, an=
d
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a
o trim flush with
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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div>This sounds similar to filling the gaps in SIPs, whic=
h seems to work</div><div>pretty well.=C2=A0 Pure Living for Life (YouTube)=
 has a video showing the</div><div>dramatic improvement in insulating effic=
iency.</div><div><br></div><div>Shannah<br></div></div><br><div class=3D"gm=
ail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Mon, Nov 9, 2020 at 6:0=
0 AM Donald H Locker &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email-masked]">dhlocker@c=
omcast.net</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=
=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding=
-left:1ex">I like the pre-cast foam idea; how about pre-cast sections that =
are<br>
tapered slightly (say 1/4&quot;; small end toward roof,) with<br>
regularly-spaced holed for backfill injection. Lift the block into<br>
place; insert the tool and shoot backfill foam in to secure and complete<br=
the fill; next block.<br>
<br>
Just a thought if someone wants to try.<br>
Donald.<br>
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On 2020-11-09 8:17 a.m., Jim Franklin wrote:<br>
&gt; SImilar to this, I have a window scraper with an angled handle, thta a=
ccetpts a single edge razor. <br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; I had my house foamed in a similar fashion but I left it. I do not env=
y you! There&#39;s probably=C2=A0 a market for pre-cast foam to sit in betw=
een I-joists, thought that would demand precise framing and, well...<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; jim<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt;&gt; On Nov 8, 2020, at 2:22 PM, Donald H Locker &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:=
[email-masked]" target=3D"_blank">[email-masked]</a>&gt; wrote:=
<br>
&gt;&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt; I&#39;m not sure which direction you need the offset, but have you=
<br>
&gt;&gt; considered attaching a handle from (e.g.) a mason&#39;s trowel to =
a blade<br>
&gt;&gt; holder? Or even just honing the trowel edge to a useful sharpness?=
<br>
&gt;&gt; Perhaps countersink some flathead screws into the face of the trow=
el and<br>
&gt;&gt; use flat washers on top (with wingnuts or such) to clamp the blade=
?<br>
&gt;&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt; Just throwing out ideas here.<br>
&gt;&gt; Donald.<br>
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&gt;&gt; On 2020-11-08 12:02 p.m., Thomas Coradeschi wrote:<br>
&gt;&gt;&gt; All: I am in the process of adding foam insulation to the band=
 joist (in the joist bays) in my basement. The joists are laminated I-beams=
, so I am cutting rectangular blocks of 2=E2=80=9D foam, and using low expa=
nsion foam to fill the gaps and air seal it all. <br>
&gt;&gt;&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt;&gt; Even with the low E foam, it still ends up oozing out of the g=
aps, and looks pretty cheesy, according to the homeowner. It cleans up nice=
ly with a single edge razor blade, but my knuckles will be a bloody mess (t=
here is a total of about 150=E2=80=99 of perimeter) if I can=E2=80=99t find=
 a way to trim flush with something other than the standard blade holder. <=
br>
&gt;&gt;&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt;&gt; So, I am looking for a holder for either single edge razor bla=
des or drywall knife blades which allows me to trim flush with some sort of=
 an offset handle. I=E2=80=99ve look at the box store and Grainger websites=
, nothing to be found there. <br>
&gt;&gt;&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt;&gt; Hoping someone has some ideas!<br>
&gt;&gt;&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt;&gt; Thanks...<br>
&gt;&gt;&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt;&gt; Tom Coradeschi<br>
&gt;&gt;&gt; <a href=3D"mailto:[email-masked]" target=3D"_blank">tjcora@=
icloud.com</a><br>
&gt;&gt;&gt;<br>
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From: Thomas Coradeschi <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2020 00:08:17 -0500

Jim - that would probably be exactly what I need. Time to walk the aisles at my local hardware store...

Tom Coradeschi
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