How to cut the holes in an enclosure
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Bronze Member Username: LewassBloomfield Hills, MI USA Post Number: 83 Registered: Jan-06 | I'm doing some R+D for my new sub enclosure, and I can handle all the craftsmanship, but how do I make a perfect circular cut for the sub? If I have to hand saw it with a jigsaw I'm sure it will look like crap. Is this the only way? What can I do without buying new tools? |
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Bronze Member Username: LewassBloomfield Hills, MI USA Post Number: 87 Registered: Jan-06 |  |
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Gold Member Username: Tdeaton1021Near Tampa, Florida USA Post Number: 1957 Registered: Sep-04 | well you said without buying new tools... do you already have a router? lol |
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Bronze Member Username: LewassBloomfield Hills, MI USA Post Number: 89 Registered: Jan-06 | So it's a router then, does home depot rent those for a day? It's just a drill bit attachment right? |
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Silver Member Username: N2audioLawrence, Ks USA Post Number: 591 Registered: Mar-04 | I bought a $9 circle cutting attachment for my dremel rotary tool. Haven't tried it yet with 3/4", but it cut 1/4" like butter. Works for up to 12". |
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Bronze Member Username: LewassBloomfield Hills, MI USA Post Number: 96 Registered: Jan-06 | Hey opti it's sizable? or what. I need to cut 10" holes. |
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Gold Member Username: Tdeaton1021Near Tampa, Florida USA Post Number: 1960 Registered: Sep-04 | idk if they rent routers... but they have a router bit on the end not a drill bit. and i have a dremel too but they were sold out of the circle cutter so i dont have that yet. im going to get this for my router soon.. http://www.partsexpress.com/pe/showdetl.cfm?&DID=7&Partnumber=365-260&raid=24&ra k= |
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Silver Member Username: N2audioLawrence, Ks USA Post Number: 597 Registered: Mar-04 | "Hey opti it's sizable? or what. I need to cut 10" holes." Yeah, goes from ~3" to 12". You drill a hole in the center of the circle and the tool cuts the circumference based on the diameter you set it to. You have to be careful measuring/setting the proper diamter b/c the graduations on the tool aren't exactly precise. For <$11 w/tax (Wal-Mart) I think it's a pretty nice cheap tool. |
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Silver Member Username: Goose5714Post Number: 153 Registered: Feb-06 | Lol i am just gonna use our electric handheld jigsaw, wonder how thats gonna turn out.... |
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Gold Member Username: Tdeaton1021Near Tampa, Florida USA Post Number: 1979 Registered: Sep-04 | just be careful and patient. its better to have a round circle that takes 5 minutes to cut out than a blob that took you 45 seconds. ive cut nearly perfect circles with a jigsaw before... |
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Gold Member Username: TheelfkeeperStockbridge, GA USA Post Number: 1075 Registered: Feb-05 | your not going to see the cut out hole anyway, so just use a jig saw. nail, pencil and string work fine for drawing a circle, lol. |
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Silver Member Username: LewassBloomfield Hills, MI USA Post Number: 121 Registered: Jan-06 |  |
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Silver Member Username: SixFlint, MI U.S.A. Post Number: 403 Registered: Oct-05 | ^^^ He's hungry and in a hurry to eat like me lol... |
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