This worked for me! I just used duct tape because I couldn't staple into the piece of furniture I was working on. I was genuinely surprised how well this worked
Surprised that cardboard could serve as a pilot block. Usually I use wood although I’ve used Sheetrock requiring visible screw holes. Staple holes only ! Brilliant!
I just did a tested this and it worked, so the doubters can go pound sand. The trick is to use quality stiff cardboard not china rice cardboard and tilt in a micro angle so you get the outer hole started from say 12 o'clock to 4 o'clock and then tilt to the other side of the clock. THEN you have your holding power since the saw is being held in. I did 3 holes in a scrape sheet where I use a 3 inch hole saw to punch the void hole and used a newer 6 inch holesaw blade. His stapled holes can be filled with paint or drywall patch. Popcorn ceiling is even easier to cover up as you can just dab a stalactite blob to fit the look of the ceiling. Final test outcome :: Totally plausible fix to a problem. ALSO is you use a double hole saw blade by adding the smaller original hole inside the 6 inch blade, but here this person had a dedicated 6 inch saw and not the "changeable" chuck system that wouls allow the use of adding the smaller hole saw as a centering piece guide.
Unfortunately this doesn’t work for many who can’t have the staple holes left behind. What I did was take my 6” hole saw and cut into a scrap piece of thin plywood or material. Take the cut out circle which is likely inside your hole saw. Over lay it on your small hole in the ceiling. Put a couple screws in it to hold in place. Now you have a center pilot hole and the scrap piece will assist in keeping in place. Good Luck!!!
Good feedback. You can also use duct tape temporarily to hold the cardboard instead of staples, depending on the surface you are drilling into. I’ve done that on some pieces of wood that I needed to drill out larger.
@@PatrickGuerrisi I think a generous amount of tape would work. I’ve not tested it, but think it would do the trick. Just use more tape than you think you need. Tape all sides extensively. Tape is cheap.
@@kryptik0 So I dug deeper on Amazon as well. Everything I see is for a tile hole saw, which doesn’t use a pilot bit like a normal hole saw. Those guides are all suction cup based for tile and wouldn’t work on drywall or wood. So I’m gonna still say that a free piece of cardboard and a staple gun is your best option for drywall or wood.
Not sure your exact scenario, but can you measure from center of exiting hole out at least two different directions and mark with a pencil? If you can measure out further than size of the cardboard, you should be able to then measure that in reverse to find the center after the cardboard is in place. At least that’s how I would try to accomplish that. Hope it helps.
Really shouldn’t keep this posted. It attracts a lot clicks because the comments are actually negative and that doesn’t help people who try it before they read the comments. A drill will torque out and rip the cardboard and then the bucket saw just spirals out. You really need something solid, flat and thin, like laminate or vinyl plank flooring
Not sure where you are getting your data from dude. Have you actually read the comments? Yet to see any "negative" comments. And I can attest, it does work, just like I showed in the video.
@@DadDoingStuff no not "like in the video". Your pilot bit was drilling into drywall not the cardboard. I noticed you didn't show the piece you cut out because it would expose your shenanigans.
@@Magicinstalls Sorry that's what you think. Pilot bit went only into cardboard and air (because there was a big hole behind the pilot bit). Not sure what I would gain by posting "shenanigans" as you suggest. You guys should go find someone else on the internet to bother. Seriously.
@@DadDoingStuff Sorry some of us are not stupid. there's no way that cardboard will hold just the imbalance of the whole saw alone will rip the cardboard to shreds you can see that you have to move the whole saw away from the stud moving the center point into the drywall The drywall is supporting the whole saw, not the cardboard of course if you would have shown us the cut Piece you would reveal exactly what I'm saying
Steve…..You are right. Some of us are not stupid, just you. I moved the hole saw to the edge because I wanted the edge of the hole to be the same as the original hole. (Next to the truss, given studs are in walls not ceilings). However I was enlarging the hole from 4” to 6”. So the pilot was 3” into the original hole, still a solid inch away from the other edge. You are clearly making an assumption that cardboard couldn’t possibly work, despite the fact you’ve NEVER TRIED IT. I suggest you actually TRY this, make a video to prove me wrong, then all 12 of your subscribers can see what a fraud I am. Before you call people out and call them liars, do your homework. Until then, get yourself a tall glass of STFU.
Umm....no it didn't. The pilot hole went into the huge opening that was already there. (hence the need for the cardboard) Not sure what you saw, but you saw it incorrectly dude.
@@DadDoingStuff You could settle this whole issue if you just show us the piece you cut out. i'd put 100 bucks that it's a half moon with a small pilot hole in it
@@Magicinstalls ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-y_a1XbE-V7o.htmlsi=kfltk-pcgT2FX8EW Just let me know how you would like to pay me the $100.
