On Jun 25, 11:53 am, DerbyDad03 wrote:
I need some advice on using a hole saw.
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The plug is very difficult to get out of the hole saw. It takes more
time to pry the plug out of the hole saw than it does to drill the
hole. The hole saw itself is very, very hot. The wood begins to smoke
before I am halfway through.


Hole saws definitely tend to overheat and burn if you don't get the
saw dust out off the cut. Think about it: there's no place for the
sawdust to go, the cut being essentially endless. Unlike a drill, the
holesaw can't eject the swarf. It just builds and builds, filling the
gullets between the teeth with sawdust, generating heat.

if you have access to compressed air, blow the dust out as you cut-
one hand on the drill press lever, one hand with the blower. Noisy,
but the blade will cut much faster and cooler. If you don't have shop
air, a smaller hole drilled just inside the circumference of your hole
(ie. in on the waste side) will provide a place for the sawdust to
go.

As others have mentioned, a forstners bit it probably better for this
sized hole, but if what you've got is a hole saw...

paul