We’re going to start cutting our own holes for can lights in old plaster and wanted to know which holesaws you guys like or don’t. I’m probably going to go with milwakie unless something sounds better.
By the time we’re ready for the electricans we’ve become very well aquainted with how the space is built and it seems we can cut holes faster and better placed. It’s frustrating to have an electrican say a can needs to be moved 4 inches from where it should be, only to end up with it being easier for them to work on where it was originally, or a very visible string of lights lined up has one a bit out. By then it’s often hard to justify patching and moving back. We’ve just solved the problem.
Beer was created so carpenters wouldn’t rule the world.
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I tried Lenox and they worked well enough,
they even went thru the cinder block behind the plaster and then cut about 32 2.5" holes through 1.5" of maple flooriing
BTW, I'm not at all insulted that you have figured out a way to help lazy slob electricians drill holes
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, wer ist jetzt der Idiot ?
It sounds like a win/win solution Don. I know the electricians won't be upset with you for drillig those holes.
FKA Blue (eyeddevil)
All carbides are NOT alike.
For example, the hole saws sold by Greenlee are intended for cutting metal- not masonry.
Sandvik sells ones intended for masonry.
But you mentioned plaster ... and can lights. This tells me you'll be making big holes ..... which can mean a LOT of torque. I think what you need to find are hole saws that have a carbide grit, not teeth. I have never seen ones that large - but I haven't really looked.
The Greenlee hole saws I have for can lights -there is more than one size- are of 'ordinary' material, and not carbide. They have many, many tiny teeth ... yet can still grab and toss you off a ladder.