On 21/08/2019 10:25, wrote:
On Tuesday, 20 August 2019 12:44:05 UTC+1, John Rumm wrote:
On 19/08/2019 17:39, Andrew wrote:
On 18/08/2019 19:13, polygonum_on_google wrote:
On Sunday, 18 August 2019 17:08:18 UTC+1, Tricky DickyÂ* wrote:

If you are a DIYer what are you doing without a circular saw? Aldi
have two on offer one at £49.99 and one at £59.99, they are probably
cheap and cheerful but will probably do a better job than any
solution using a pillar drill as a router. You never know you might
even find some uses in other jobs .

Richard

A usable router can be had for even less!


making a nice straight groove is not easy in inexperienced
hands. I'd use a circular saw and make multiple parallel
cuts and clean up with a chisel.

An accurate groove in even an entry level router should be very doable
so long as it has a fence that can run along the edge. Easiest if the
cutter is the preferred width to start with, to save needing more than
one offset set on the fence.

he doesn't even have a saw.
A handheld circular is one of the most useful saws & will do the job.

It will do it, but its not as easy to get an accurate result. However
that does not really matter in this particular case since all the OP
wants is a groove for a wire.



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Cheers,

John.

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