To possibly solve the 'will it fit' debate there are some good pictures of the Bosch blades here;
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anyone compare these to the Fein blades?
We need to know!
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Bosch/Fein
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Just buy both and attempt cross-blading!
Then report back here...
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Well I've got a full set of the Bosch blades if someone would like to lend me a Fein!
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I expect the Bosch blades would fit the older clamping mechanism on the Fein, since we have verified the central hole is the right size and that is all they need; they rely on tightness of the screw alone to hold the blade firm. The Bosch blades suggest the Bosch has some form of pin that locates in those holes on the periphery. If that is the case there it would not match the profile on even the newer Fein blades that have a "wobbly" edge to the annulus of the hole. However an old cut down bosch blade with the blade part retained just as a spacer to "absorb" the mounting pin may allow a fein blade to fit.
Fein also do an adaptor to allow the new blades to be mounted with positive registration on the older machines. This could probably be modified to fit the bosch.
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Its 'pins' John, about a dozen.
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On Wed, 29 Aug 2007 22:18:01 GMT, "The Medway Handyman" mused:
Email me your address and I'll send you an old Fein blade to try. That's the only definitive way!
If anyone wants to send me a Bosch blade I'll do the same.
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You show me yours and I'll show you Fein (sorry, mein).
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>>> Can anyone compare these to the Fein blades?
Martyn Pollard is already posting me a Fein blade - report as soon as I get it.
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How long are the pins? Do they stick right through the blade, or come out about level with the surface?
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The latter.
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And how is the blade held in position? If it is a screw and washer type arrangement then it sounds like there may be a workable solution. Take old bosch blade, chop off the blade bit and then mount it on the machine as a spacer, then follow with the Fein blade. The only issue then would be the loss of centralisation of the second blade at a guess, however if the screw is done up tight that may not matter.
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It is a machine screw & washer. Guess that might work. Right now though the Bosch range, albeit basic seems good enough for my use.
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Indeed.
It covers most jobs except tiling I would have thought...?
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They do a "Hard Metal Riff Segment Saw Blade (85mm Dia) (for cutting tiles, cutting into walls & tile grout removal) "
Which I am just about to order - £17:99