On 26/04/2018 11:22, alan_m wrote:
On 24/04/2018 12:47, John Rumm wrote:

You can't use the pilot drill when using a hole saw to remove just the
corner of the wood - there will be nothing for the pilot to drill into
that will offer any support / guidance.

Just clamp a piece of sacrificial wood of the same depth to the side of
the work piece and drill the pilot hole and/or the complete large hole.


You put a second beam edge to edge, and make two parts at once. You have
to leave the beam slightly too long and only cut to final length after
making the hole. Unless your source timber is more than twice as long as
the final beam, then you can do four quadrants with one hole.

That said, I don't think a hole saw is the ideal tool unless you were
making a lot of them, in which case you could set up jigs, etc.