Tools are extensions of a pro’s arms and hands. Most of us forget what it was like learning how to handle a tool for maximum efficiency and performance. Spiral saws for cutting drywall are trickier than most tools to learn how to use. I didn’t give that much thought until instructing and watching the WACTC students zip out ceiling boxes, HVAC registers, outlet boxes and rough openings. There are so many nuances to using a spiral saw — how tight to hold the tool, how deep (shallow) to plunge the bit into a box to avoid wires inside, which direction to move the bit around or within an opening, and how to judge the right speed to move the tool, plus many more.
I figured the only way for them to get the hang of zipping out holes was to let them do it even though it meant we’d have a bit of patching to do later on.
Looking up at the ceiling in the basement it’s easy to see the
