Hi

I have a nice piece of oak about an inch thick and I am trying to make
a wine rack out of it. I have been using a 102mm hole saw to cut it
but its very hard work and seems to burns it way through and I have
given up after 2 holes!

Is this because the hole saw is just blunt, or am I using the wrong
type of tool or should I find some other thinner material.

Your help and advice would be much welcome.

Alec

alecgreen wrote:
Hi

I have a nice piece of oak about an inch thick and I am trying to make
a wine rack out of it. I have been using a 102mm hole saw to cut it
but its very hard work and seems to burns it way through and I have
given up after 2 holes!

Is this because the hole saw is just blunt, or am I using the wrong
type of tool or should I find some other thinner material.

Your help and advice would be much welcome.

Alec

I expect you are drilling too fast, hence the burning.

You need to do this on a drilling machine at say 100 rpm and regularly
clear the dust as there is no way for it to escape on this sort of
cutter. It will be a slow process
You will possibly need to take a second cut with a router and guide bush
running in a template to take off a further 1/2mm or so.

Do NOT try and cut the initial hole with a router.

The ideal tool for the job is a forstner bit but a 102mm one will cost
the earth.

hth

Bob

Bob Minchin wrote:
alecgreen wrote:
Hi

I have a nice piece of oak about an inch thick and I am trying to make
a wine rack out of it. I have been using a 102mm hole saw to cut it
but its very hard work and seems to burns it way through and I have
given up after 2 holes!

Is this because the hole saw is just blunt, or am I using the wrong
type of tool or should I find some other thinner material.

Your help and advice would be much welcome.

Alec

I expect you are drilling too fast, hence the burning.

You need to do this on a drilling machine at say 100 rpm and regularly
clear the dust as there is no way for it to escape on this sort of
cutter. It will be a slow process
You will possibly need to take a second cut with a router and guide bush
running in a template to take off a further 1/2mm or so.

Do NOT try and cut the initial hole with a router.

The ideal tool for the job is a forstner bit but a 102mm one will cost
the earth.

fly cutter at low RPM might work.

A router WILL do it in one go but again, slowly



hth

Bob