Doug Miller wrote:
In article , mcp6453 wrote:
The easiest way for me to get access to the space behind my bathroom vanity to
run some electrical wiring will be to cut a big hole in the sheetrock. It seems
that if I cut the vertical lines down the center line of the 2 x 4 studs on each
side, the panel will be much easier to reinstall. It's a no-brainer to cut a
hole in sheetrock with a sheetrock saw, but how can I cut just the 5/8" or so of
sheetrock that is against a stud?

With a utility knife. It's probably only 1/2" thick, not 5/8".
A circular saw would work, but the sheetrock would probably destroy the blade.

Sheetrock is far too soft to do any damage to a saw blade. You'll make one
helluva mess, though.

Yes blades are fine but either the sheetrock dust or the spackle dust
will tear up the bearings on lot's of tools. I think it's the spackle dust.