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Default Cutting a hole in drywall: Options?

On 6/17/2020 7:45 PM, pyotr filipivich wrote:

Greetings

I have a renovation project for the office (third bedroom) in
mind, which involves "First, cut a large hole in the drywall.."* I've
a number of means for doing that, but I would like to kind of minimize
the dust. My options for cutting are
Chain Saw. {Maybe not the best idea, but it is 'an idea'.}
Corded circular saw
Battery powered Circ Saw.
Reciprocating saw.
Roto-zip or Dremel,
"Oscillating Multi-tool"
Hatchet,
Drywall Saw
Razor knife.

I suppose I could remove the clothing and "stuff" from the closet
first, but where's the fun in that?

tschus
pyotr

* the idea is to cut a hole in the wall to allow a lot of "extra
space" at the top of the closet to get a 'decking' laid down, making
for more storage space,with better access. It was done in the older
part of the house, why not bin the add on?


If _I_ was doing it then I'd opt for the rotary tool with dust collection
using my HEPA-filtered shop vacuum. Sure, you could use the utility knife
method but, in my experience, by the time you get done that without dust
collection it would be both far slower and messier.

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