Milwaukee 8 Inch Hole Saw - Model 49-56-0315 Review

I have several sizes of glass at home, as well as several different size Milwaukee hole saws. I can tell you that going through 1/2" thick drywall is no problem with them. Some people don't like the fact that it's open and dust comes out. I'm just checking to see if the dust interferes with the work, and then drilling vacuums up most of the dust in the shop or uses some other aftermarket dust containment system.

When cutting holes in tile or plaster, a straight hole saw works best, although it is expensive. The new Milwaukee has a different baseplate, which is more of a cross with big holes than a solid one. This makes it much easier to push out the cut piece. It has a 1 inch depth of cut, not the 1-3/4 inch as advertised, but it's good enough for any piece of tile and usually good enough for plaster of paris. This is much quicker than drilling along the line and then chiseling down the center. It uses

For wall tiles this works quite well and is a good, albeit very expensive, solution. There used to be only 4 common sizes of can lights including 6-7/8 inch. At present, all kinds of domestic and foreign manufacturers produce dozens of sizes for halogen lamps, PAR lamps, tungsten lamps, compact fluorescent lamps, and now LED lamps. Often you don't know what size hole to cut to attach the glass until you take it out of the box and look at the template inside. as the cutting depth of this hole…