Recessed Lighting - tools of choice?

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bjp_ne_elec said:
Larry - what's the shield doing? It only shields a portion - maybe I'm missing something,
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It's just the best I could come up with on short notice. The sheild came into use after the first hole where the mess was even bigger. I guess you could look at my body as the other part of the shield. Better than nothing.
 
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aline posted the link to these. if you have never used them, you do not even know what you are missing out on.

they are adjustable from 2" to 8" (you can use them for fan/pancake boxes up through 7 3/4" recessed) the blade and pilot bit are replaceable.

I personally have cut 10's of holes in plaster with no issue other than the cutting blade wearing out quicker than normal (but it's easily replaced)

99% of the dust and mess gets caught in the bowl.

simply find the center of the hole, stick your swivel screw driver up there to check for beams, drill your hole.

no more tracing the template. no more holding cardboard boxes to catch the dust. no more vacuuming and dusting when you are done.

find out what it's like to cut 8 recessed lighting holes in 5 mins. No kidding.
 
I've never used one of them on a sheetrocked ceiling....but I did use one on a metal 2x2 lay-in type ceiling (retail space)....It worked fine for awhile, then I guess the teeh got dull and shredded a few tiles ...opps, ya got any extra tiles?
 
celtic said:
I've never used one of them on a sheetrocked ceiling....but I did use one on a metal 2x2 lay-in type ceiling (retail space)....It worked fine for awhile, then I guess the teeh got dull and shredded a few tiles ...opps, ya got any extra tiles?
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there is no teeth, only 1 blade. I've never used them on metal tiles, but we've done sheetrock, plaster, plywood and accoustical. They were great on sheetrock.
 
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