Have you tried you local hire shop to see if they have a 210mm hole saw?
Suggestions on how to install these lights, please help
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You may have to resort to a compass and padsaw if a search for a large holesaw fails.
You can buy them that size, but they aint cheap.
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Lol thats the problem, such large hole saws are not cheap at all. I seen one only and it was £86 or something. Scary
The padsaw is also a bit of a bummer considering im doing 30 lights. It may be easier to cut holes using these but it will still take a while
Would investing in this be a good idea?
http://www.diy.com/diy/jsp/bq/nav/nav.jsp?isSearch=true&fh_search=spiral+saw&selected=products
Also what about a jigsaw, wouldnt that work?
The padsaw is also a bit of a bummer considering im doing 30 lights. It may be easier to cut holes using these but it will still take a while
Would investing in this be a good idea?
http://www.diy.com/diy/jsp/bq/nav/nav.jsp?isSearch=true&fh_search=spiral+saw&selected=products
Also what about a jigsaw, wouldnt that work?
210mm is quite a large diameter.
You can get Starrett holesaws at that size http://www.tooled-up.com/Product.asp?PID=10912 but they are expensive. (£90+)
Personally, I'd use a template and a pad saw.
You can get Starrett holesaws at that size http://www.tooled-up.com/Product.asp?PID=10912 but they are expensive. (£90+)
Personally, I'd use a template and a pad saw.
Taylor thanks for the reply matey
Can you tell me what you mean by a template? Do you mean cutting a hole 210mm in diameter in say for example some mdf and use that as the template or were you referring to something else?
Also Ive searched for pad saw and in my wonderful Screwfix there is nothing as such. I remember my friend has a pad saw which was a wooden handle with a normal saw blade on the end of it but ive seen various other such as this with narrow ended blades etc
http://www.diy.com/diy/jsp/bq/nav/n..._search=pad+saw&selected=products&_loopback=1
Can you tell me what you mean by a template? Do you mean cutting a hole 210mm in diameter in say for example some mdf and use that as the template or were you referring to something else?
Also Ive searched for pad saw and in my wonderful Screwfix there is nothing as such. I remember my friend has a pad saw which was a wooden handle with a normal saw blade on the end of it but ive seen various other such as this with narrow ended blades etc
http://www.diy.com/diy/jsp/bq/nav/n..._search=pad+saw&selected=products&_loopback=1
He'll mean cutting a 210mm hole out of something then using that to draw an outline on the ceiling to cut around.
As I said above, either that, or use a compass.
One thing's for sure, I wouldn't go to the expense of buying special tooling to do this job if it's a one off, a good quality padsaw do the job perfectly and cost less than £10.
As I said above, either that, or use a compass.
One thing's for sure, I wouldn't go to the expense of buying special tooling to do this job if it's a one off, a good quality padsaw do the job perfectly and cost less than £10.
I must have lost the plot somewhere (not reading properly).
I didn't realise all holes were in MDF, that would be extemelly difficult with a padsaw
I didn't realise all holes were in MDF, that would be extemelly difficult with a padsaw
Lol Gary I think Gary misundertood my last post lol
I was referring to cutting a hole out of say a 300mm square piece of MDF and using that as a template on the drylined ceiling lol
Id faint if I had to cut 30 circles in MDF lol
Btw Gary, are you referring to this saw?
http://www.screwfix.com/search.do;j...PCFFI?_dyncharset=UTF-8&fh_search=compass+saw
If so are the blades replacable on these
I was referring to cutting a hole out of say a 300mm square piece of MDF and using that as a template on the drylined ceiling lol
Id faint if I had to cut 30 circles in MDF lol
Btw Gary, are you referring to this saw?
http://www.screwfix.com/search.do;j...PCFFI?_dyncharset=UTF-8&fh_search=compass+saw
If so are the blades replacable on these
I was referring to something like this. Short work will be made of plasterboard.
I thought it was plasterboard you were cutting though the last post by Taylor confused me with the mention of MDF!
B&Q have a good selection of padsaws and probably sell the Stanley FatMax too.
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