Bill, I have a set of hole saws that I purchased back during the Ice age that allows you to put different hole saws on a common 3/8 arbor. I believe it goes up to about 6: and I think I paid about $75.00 for the entire set. They are one of those things that you don't need very often but when you do nothing in the world will take their place.
Regards Larry Stansifer Keep your friends close and your enemies closer. Sun Tzu. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bill Gallik Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2007 5:00 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] cutting a hole Rob, I believe what you're referring to is a cutting tool arm. This is an arbor with an "arm" attached that holds a lathe-type cutting tool on the end. The arbor serves to hold the drill bit and also allows the "arm" to be adjusted in radius to permit differing size holes to be cut. I would think you would need to use a drill press with this configuration because it would be so difficult to keep the drill bit standing perpendicular to the stock being cut to ensure a perfectly round hole. And even with a drill press a lot of care is needed to make sure only an even and equal amount of stock is being removed with each revolution of this set up. I have one of these and as you bore down with the drill press extreme care and delicacy must be in play. A much easier way to cut a 6" diameter hole is to buy or rent a 6" hole saw -- but these are expensive. I bought a Vermont American 6" hole saw and it cost over $40.00. ---------------- Bill Gallik E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - "Nothing changes your opinion of a friend so surely as success - yours or his." - Franklin P. Jones To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday Visit the archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions >From Various List Members At The Following address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ If you would like to join the Blind Computing list, then visit the following address for more information: http://jaws-users.com/mailman/listinfo/blind-computing_jaws- users.com For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links -- BEGIN-ANTISPAM-VOTING-LINKS ------------------------------------------------------ Teach Infowest Spam Trap if this mail (ID 103514927) is spam: Spam: https://spamtrap.infowest.com/canit/b.php?i=103514927&m=5fbb 5ad61dd0&c=s Not spam: https://spamtrap.infowest.com/canit/b.php?i=103514927&m=5fbb 5ad61dd0&c=n Forget vote: https://spamtrap.infowest.com/canit/b.php?i=103514927&m=5fbb 5ad61dd0&c=f ------------------------------------------------------ END-ANTISPAM-VOTING-LINKS
