Tip for Drilling

[BillW]

Didn't think much of this until I was helping a neighbor. His cousin, who is a plumber commented favorably and I thought maybe it would be useful to all my friends here.

I was helping my neighbor & his cousin put together an entertainment center and we needed to drill some holes in the back to accomidate all the cables. I grabbed my hole saw so we could do a 2-1/4" hole. My neighbor was going to grab the vacuum to catch the sawdust when I told him don't bother.

I used this same trick tonight hanging some shelves in sheetrock. I grap a plastic grocery sack and some blue painters tape. I tape the bag to the wall(or back of the entertainment center) right underneath where I'm going to drill. The tape is placed from the inside of the bag to fasten one side to the wall. The bag hangs underneath and catches all the dust.

I put up two crown molding ledges for my wife tonight and didn't have to break out the vacuum at all. If this is an old trick and everyone already knows about it, please forgive me.

[gmack5]

I've seen something similar before, only the article that I saw used a 5 quart plastic Ice Cream bucket taped to the wall or hung under the area to be drilled in the ceiling.

Your idea is probably quicker...how do you keep the sack open?

[BillW]

Gravity, it just hangs down. It doesn't have to be open a whole lot, the dust ususally falls straight down. I like the ice bucket idea for drilling under a ceiling or other vertical job. Thanks for that.

[Amiller]

it makes sense

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[scorrpio]

I recall this was an article in Fine Homebuilding on installing a bathroom fan - if able to work from attic, the author would tape a garbage bag to bathroom ceiling, and do the whole thing with zero mess.

A good alternative, btw, is one of those 'lawn and leaf' paper bags. When unfolded, its bottom gives it enough rigidity, so if you tape the bag to the wall, it hangs open.

[gerti]

My late dad showed that to me (with a paper bag) about 40 years ago...