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Hole Saw - experience - help please.

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Mike A:
Leave it to a forum to totally overthink a simple job.

jennifer:
 :)

bperkins01:
I started reading this and PL1 has the best answer.. (because it was the one I was going to recommend of course)
Small holes are easiest with a Forstner bit for good control.  After they get to about 2-3 inches - the router adapter is the way to go.  You don't even need to go buy a nice one..  screw 1/4" ply to the base and just make one..

A drill press will let you use a large hole saw with teeth relatively easily.

Hole saw bits with teeth will fight you drilling by hand.  Chances are you also had your drill on max RPM?  Go minimum until the hole  is started.
faster is not better

javeryh:
Probably too late but what I do is use the hole saw to drill a hole in a 1/4” piece of scrap MDF and then use that as a template with some double sided tape for the router.  Perfect hole every time.

Ond:

--- Quote from: javeryh on April 01, 2021, 04:00:35 pm ---Probably too late but what I do is use the hole saw to drill a hole in a 1/4” piece of scrap MDF and then use that as a template with some double sided tape for the router.  Perfect hole every time.

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This is the clever way to cut perfect holes and other shapes. A router with a flush trim bit cutting along a template can cut through thick timber, recreating the exact shape every time.

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