Well, it actually DOES pull. But that's not the point I was trying to
stress. The pulling or not pulling is not the important thing, of
course. Once the drill is thru the template, the template really has
no purpose...except that the sides of the new hole will stabilize the
hole saw.

Yes, that is sufficient and is the entire purpose of the template.

There no longer is any guidance for the drill bit.

And no real need for it anyway. It is only used to center the drill
initially. After that it has no effect anyway.

As I said, you can accomplish the same thing...and probably a lot
better...buy drilling the new hole FIRST...in the 2x template OFF the
door...then putting the template on the door...centering it
properly
Trent

Why drill twice?
Put the scrap on the door, mark and drill.
Why make things more difficult?



-Jack