Re: Making holes...

["Alancc" <alan.cc@xxxxxxx>]

Use a hammer and bolster but first cut a series of holes around the cut-out
the dust from this can be hoovered as it comes out, if you are careful you
can sink a box into a finished wall with no making good.

Alancc
----- Original Message -----
From: Paul Gordon <paul_gordon@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2001 2:44 PM
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Making holes...


>
>
> >
> >I've used one of these, works great. 3minutes to cut the rebate,
but it
> >causes a great deal of fine dust which gets everywhere.
> >
> >John
> >( 2 hours to Hoover up the dust it produced...)
> >
>
>
> Have to say that cutting holes/channels with asn angle grinder is much
the
> same - the dust is phenominal! - Id either of 2 things in this case...
>
> 1) Get SWMBO to hold the hoover immediately next to the work area, to
suck
> up 90% of the dust as it is produced. (only a few of my tools have
dust
> extraction built-in...)
>
> 2) Don't bother with the power tool at all - good old fashioned lump
hammer
> and bolster chisel makes hardly any mess at all, although it does
obviously
> take a bit longer...
>
> Paul G.
>
>
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