[Shop-talk] hole sawed 1/4" thick steel post undersized

[old dirtbeard]

Hi Steve,

I had written up a long message about how I did a temporary "fix" by just 
making a shoulder out of duct tape (an interference fit) to hold the key 
cylinder in place behind the thick stainless steel face plate (this fix 
probably is OK for 5 years), and that I planned to drill a piece of ply wood 
for the pilot in my drill press and then use the larger hole saw as many of 
you suggested (the fire department was coming the next day to test it, so I 
had to do something fast and it worked).

However, I just saw this Starrett arbor you posted (and I hold Starrett in 
the absolute highest regard), and think this is what I have been looking 
for, but did not know it existed.

Not that I am a dummy (well, I did drill the wrong size hole), but I may do 
this again, and it also could be great for renovation (opening up a 3/4" 
hole to a 1 1/2" hole on a plumbing upgrade, etc.), and to top it off, it is 
a Starrett and not cheap POS.

I definitely am going to order this -- at $7.95, it has to be a no brainer.

Thank you Steve. This is one reason why this is such a great list -- no 
stupid questions, great responses, no attitudes, just a bunch of guys just 
doing the same stuff and sharing what they know or have learned.

About a year ago I needed to remove a chain link fence in my backyard and I 
also wanted a firewood rack. I started building the rack out of the top rail 
pipe from the chain link fence, but could not figure out how to fabricate 
the elbows for the horizontal pipes to the verticals (too thin to thread, 
etc.). I went to HD, no solution and someone from this list suggested 90 
degree aluminum elbows for fences (HD did not have them, I did not know they 
existed, etc.), but on a web search I found them and for $20 I built a 9 ft. 
long, by 4 ft. high by 30" deep, three pipe log rack. It is a very nice log 
rack.

This was a year ago, and I have had a half dozen offers to buy the rack 
thinking it was some commercial product. Thanks to this list again.

This group just fills a very special void without all the drama and BS that 
you get from the other groups. I think I have been on this list for ten 
years or more, I just cannot recall, could be longer.

Thanks guys for all the knowledge and information you so readily share.

best,

doug

(destined to drill too small a hole again)  :)


Thanks boys, I appreciate this list.

best,

doug
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steven Trovato" <strovato at optonline.net>
To: "old dirtbeard" <dirtbeard at pacbell.net>; <shop-talk at autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2007 7:48 AM
Subject: Re: [Shop-talk] hole sawed 1/4" thick steel post undersized


> So, I just got a catalog from McFeely's.  This is a company I remember as 
> having every square drive screw known to mankind, and not all that much 
> else.  Well, now their catalog is 100 pages and they still have every 
> square drive screw, plus a lot of other stuff!  So now, if you're 
> wondering why I'm telling you all this on this thread, I will get to the 
> relevant point.  On page 61, I found the Starrett "OOPS" Arbor for hole 
> saws.  This arbor holds two saws at the same time, using the smaller, 
> inner one as the pilot.  This is intended for exactly the problem old 
> dirtbeard was having.  And yes, this can be yours for only $7.95.  Cool.
>
> http://www.mcfeelys.com/product/HS-0019/OOPS-Arbor
>
> -Steve Trovato
> strovato at optonline.net