Im an electrician. I watched you do this little trick the first time almost a year ago. It is now on my list of standardized electrical finagling techniques. Every apprentice will have to learn this trick eventually throughout their career. Thank you for spreading a genius idea!
Thanks AvE..... Yes, I know this video is almost a year old. I've watched AvE's work for years. Somehow, I missed this one. I don't know how old he is, but it doesn't matter. This video is superb in that is an example of how you can solve a "problem" with a little thought. We are never at the the end of the road guys. I'm an old guy of 70+ years. I spent my entire career in heavy manufacturing industry. I was a maintenance tech. Back when I was just starting, if something broke, we never had the luxury of ordering a new part and then waiting for it to be delivered. We had to 'think"about how we could repair or make a new part. This video is an example of thinking outside the box. I would recommend this channel to any young guy or gal who is just starting out in the business of industrial equipment maintenance. This video is why I always wanted to work with seasoned older guys. They were a blast and always taught me something valuable.
I've actually found myself in this predicament a few times and the best way I could come up with of dealing with it was to make a wooden template similar to your metal one. But this trick is seriously ingenious. Simple and ingenious. Thanks for the headache remover.
I love that the thumbnail is the solution. (Totally the opposite of "that one craaazy trick that will.." and a thumbnail that is of no use to the viewer.)
I’m an electrician just recently started using this method it’s great, before for j boxes a little trick I would use- say I needed a 1 inch hole in a 1900 box, I’ll put a 3/4 connector in the hole and then place the wholesaw over it and bam but this works great for everything like holes in the floor etc. 👍
My uncle showed me this one 30 years ago. I'v looked like a hero many times since to my bosses using this to get out of jams. Thanks for video. many of the younger guys aren't privy to these old tricks as the old timers are dying off. One of my uncles Quotes " A Cross Thread is better than a Lock Nut".
I've been run off a few jobs over the years for doing stuff like this. Seems too many of the tenured old timers dont like seeing a some younger fella one up them day after day by doing 3x the work with 1/2 the effort, normally used to do 1 thing, by working smarter and more creatively over slower longer and more billably.
Brilliant, been elecrician 30 years, hacked a lot but never thought of that. Thanks for sharing. There's another trick I don't know if you're aware of: When you chase through two sides of drywall, you can never quite seem to get two holes aligned with an extension bit (the shank is smaller than the hole) Just snip some teeth in the end of a short EMT conduit (nominal size of hole saw) Slide other end into the hole saw. Run a self tap lath screw into side of pipe through the cleanout slot in hole saw (to retain conduit) Boom! You got yourself a pass-through hole saw (of any depth)
This was perfect timing! My "new" house has an ornate door we didn't want to part with but the knob was finicky in that it didn't work and prevented a swift exit in case of fire. I had planned on building some complicated platform for my drill press, or some form of template for my router. Instead, a quick trip to the big box store and I had what I need. 2 minutes later my hole was large and perfectly smooth. Thanks again!
As an electrician this trick works, i have used it. however if you are not careful it will move the whole to close to the back edge and not allow you to get a locknut or bushing on. I use a piece of wood on the inside of the box for a pilot, so the back of the pipe entrance is not jammed up against the back of the box or cabinet. Just a tip.
Soooo friggin true. It's a shitstorm. Spend all that time wallowing out the hole and can't get a nut..... wait.....HA!! That wasn't intended but it's too damn funny to edit!!
I've done the scrap piece of wood also and a couple of small vice grips to hold it in place. Works slick. Yes , you are right about the hole location problem. I did that only once. After that I'd check the new needed hole location with the larger conduit fitting locknut just to be sure there was room left for it to be tightened up later and then put the hole where it needs to be for that purpose.
If it's a nylon gland, you can use your conduit cutters to circumcise your lock nut, it gives you a bit of room towards the back, it'll help keep it's self in place.
Great idea AvE! I have used wooden dowels as a guide. And I have used one turned around to reverse drill out a bath tap. No space, and the tap could not be un-screwed. Another useful trick when you have a ring nut that you cannot get a spanner at is put a socket on it. And then push the bar through the hole into the socket. No ring nut has ever been able to resist this method. Kind regards and greetings from Africa.
Well I was at work and ran into this issue, but I remembered your va-jay-o and it saved my arse. Mine was a 1/2in to 3/4in that required some fandanglein due to the threaded shaft not being long enough to attach the other hole saw. BUT with some electrical tape and a friction fit I was good to go! Thanks for all the videos, myself and the guys at the plant really appreciate them, take care.
I’m totally hooked now!!! I had my sweet tea coming out of my nose cuz I was not expecting the “send your hate mail to”•••• I haven’t laughed that hard like that in at least 5 years!!! I needed that. Thank you for your hilarious comedy along with ur helpful content💗💗 New Lifetime Subscriber!!!!!!
Another trick I use with hole saws is to take the 1/4 inch bit out of the arbor and replace it with a 1/4 inch piece of solid roundstock. This will keep the bit from chewing up the pilot hole and walking around on you. It just requires drilling a pilot hole separate from the hole saw. Makes for a much cleaner end product.
I think this is the right way! That nice 1/4" rod is more stiff and a better bearing than an expensive special drill bit, anyway! I've managed to push a hole saw through several INCHES of aluminum plate this way, a long tedious process I'm sure you can imagine! But at least you have a chance! Hey, life is cheap in America.
I've cut the head and threads off of a long 1/4" grade 8 bolt for that before. I usually drill the pilot hole with the hole saw off the arbor even if I don't have a smooth guide. Too many times as the pilot comes through, it wants to suck the drill forward, firmly engage whichever hole saw teeth are closest and snap itself.
Just came over here from Practical Engineering and I fucking love your humor. Plus the fact that you actually know what you're talking about. +1 subscriber man, keep it up!
Should you find yourself with only the bigger holesaw size available and the pilot drillbit, as well as access to both sides of the plate, you can add a piece of wood,plastic,whatever is handy, and keep it on the underside while drilling. this tip works well for thin sheets like here, not so much in thick wood.
Or if only access to one side, blow a hole through a 2x board, clamp or screw the board to the object, and set the holesaw inside the hole in the board to hold the saw in place. Also, always run it in reverse at the start, to break the the surface on laminated metals and woods as to leave a clean hole(for desks, furniture, and counter-tops).
@@Completedaudt true, but I deliberately did not mention it as I feel that it was covered by the alu plate in the vijeyo. 😀 Good tip on Rev to start. Must use the pins in reverse tho
You're doing it the hard way with the big to small hole saw arbors. Get a 1/4' bolt about 3 or 4" long, cut the head off. Take the pilot drill out of both arbors. Insert and tighten the headless 1/4" bolt in the small arbor where the drill bit was. Turn the small hole saw upside down and insert the bolt/arbor assembly in the large arbor and tighten the large arbor screw. This also works when your hole saws are different brands with different threads. I'm an old electrician with no eyebrows, last time they were burned off they didn't grow back. :)
The thing about keyboard heroes is that they never dirty their hands once, not even the tip. True virgins. You're a man of knowledge and culture, my kindest regards to you.
Straight and to the point. No needless banter. I really appreciate the tip.🤓 Absolutely LOVED the "SUBTLE" humor in your narration. 😂😜🤪 MASHED the freaking subscribe button.
This trick saved me a lot of aggravation this last weekend. Replaced a lockset that needed a larger hole. I might have tried to carve a plug with a center hole, this trick was easier, better, cooler. Thanks!
second time watching... given the commentary in the videos I've seen so far, I can only imagine how hilarious a regular conversation must turn out with this guys antics. Educational as well as entertaining!
BOLTR, thank you smuch for this. I'm a professional turd hurdler and I been in dilemma that this trick solves. Ordered a $7k stainless plumbing apparatus that came with 22mm holes, but my hardware requires 42mm holes. The manufacturer apologized and told me to just drill it bigger. I been wracking my brain how to do this. There's no Greenlee cobalt step drillbit big enough. I was going to clamp down a chunk of 2 by 4 and hope the clamps hold steady as she bores into. Thanks, you solved this for me
That's pretty darn clever. I usually just use a large unibit, but that's not always the best solution. I've worked in the electrical trade for 10 years and have never seen this trick. I'll have to show my co-workers. Also, a Milwaukee hole saw kit I bought recently came with a 1/2 thread to 3/4 thread adapter to put a large hole saw on a small arbor. Comes in darn handy.
I first encountered this setup when I had to mount a flush decorative surface box in a hardwood floor. The box itself was 3-3/4 diameter and the (recessed) trim ring hole needed to be 4 inch diameter. Using the double hole saw made the stepped hole like a charm.
I love it. It is so simple. How did I come think of this before. This could have save me so much grief in the past, I will definitely put this in the old brain box for future reference. Thanks.
To stop over torque i wrap a piece of cotton string /twine sprayed with oil or wd40 at the top of the arbor thread and always come undone by hand no tools necessary
I've had a couple hole saws that were quite tight..... I spun cordless drill.in high at top speed and slammed on the brake ..... did that 2 times and the saw spun itself right off :)
God you are so lucky I wish I had half the tools you got most of my tools were stolen and I'm 65 and too old to start over again so depressing watching you destroy perfectly good tools but I thank you for educating us on how they go together and how they come apart and how to fix them.
I HAVE BEEN USING THIS ONE FOR OVER 30 YEARS. STILL WORKS AND STILL GETS YOU OUT OF A TOUGH SPOT. I WORK IN A FACTORY MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT. I WENT A STEP FURTHER THOUGH AND STUCK THE HOLESAWS INTO A LATHE AND TURNED A BIT OF MATERIAL OFF THE BACKENDS OF THE HOLESAWS TO MAKE THEM BOTH SLIGHTLY THINNER ALLOWING THE CENTER ONE TO HAVE MORE THAN 1 OR 2 THREADS TO SCREW ONTO THE ARBOR WITH.
When I had to get something done like right now , I didn't have the time to go looking for specialty tools , order them and wait for them to show up. I used what we had and made it work.
This vid helped me a ton. I had a metal door which had an oddball (too small) hole drilled and when I went to replace the locks I realized how borked it was, and short of replacing the door I wasn't sure how the hell I was going to fix it. Sure sure, could have gotten a bunch of plywood and crap but I didn't have any on hand. Well in steps AVE and boom fixed. TY
I wasn't watching the first time through and was left bewildered. So I watched it and not only did I understand everything, I'm very appreciative of the comedic slang used.
Hi, please apologize me, but I could not find any other way to contact you about the following. Do you remember the video you made a couple of days after the crash of the Morandi bridge in Genova on August the 14? Your hypothesis was that the bridge has been collapsed because one of the stays was corroded. Well, listening to the news, yestersday they found, under the ruins, part of the stay and it was seriously corroded and they had sent it to Switzerland to be analyzed by a lab specialized in the analysis of metals to have the exact evidence. Have a nice day and congrats for the interesting videos.
"...to have the exact evidence." You can improve the clarity and effectiveness of your comment by replacing that phrase with, "...only to arrive at the same conclusion."
@Daniel Martinez, Isn't our friend simply saying the cabling evidence was sent to a metallurgical lab for proper forensic analysis - you can't just be waving a rusty cable about in court like a limp member - you require qualified expert technical testimony and properly standardized and calibrated analysis and strong links in both your bridge construction and chain of evidence.
Can never get over the humor of your language uses don't ever get old after a few chuckles it's time to be serious just how things are done however the things you show are outstanding nevertheless some guys do get there pickle in a vice were it comes to getting a job done right
I don't think doubling up on rubbers is that well thought out and probably has resulted in the over population of liberals in Canada. If the probably of a rubber failing is p, the the event space of doubled rubbers failing is [p(1-p) + (1-p)p + p*p] or p**2 + 2p(1-p). Assuming these are reliable rubbers with a low failure rate p is small and this results in doubling up rubbers doubling the failure rate to approximately 2p. And you lose that loveing feeling too!
That's a much better idea than my own. I needed to enbiggen a hole in sheet metal and eventually after some moonshine and staring into my tool box for a while, i decided to wrap the pilot drill in elechickens tape and ram a socket down in there as my guide. Worked fine but the hole saw and socket combo stayed jammed together on the bench for a few years.
Here in McOzland wees can purchastify an metricalised adaptifier that'll let the wee ones fitafy the bigger orifaced holly saw thingamy, my kit came with a wee to whopper and a whopper to wee adaptifier for either doovalacky to use any holeifier holder.
There always seems to be a blue collar solution to a white collar oversight and I love it! Figuring out how things work and how to get them to work when there ain't no way in hell they will work is exactly the kind of thing I love to see. Excuse my noviceness on account of me only being a salesman in the blue collar realm, but I just figure it gets me the opportunity to see all the different sides of the industry. Much obliged AvE. Always enjoy the vid-j-o's, or is it va-jay-ohs, oh you know!
Coming back after having forgotten this channel, I realize I must have been on some cereal shit for a fortnight because I don't understand half of what is said, but it's friggin fantastic and a challenge to dig through colloquialisms, bastard vernacular, and whatever else is said that I miss due to reasons. Fantastic videos. Please make more
He's Canadian on a fine (cold) lazy, Sunday, afternoon. Goes without sayin' he's already half lit. I'm surprised he didn't get his ratty coat sleeve caught up in the drill at some point. let alone was coherent enough to talk and work at the same time.. BTW Greenlee sells a hole punch kit for doing the same thing in about 30 seconds
for frig snacks I had to deal with this issue today and now you show me what to do every other time I watch ur videos it never applies but today it did
I feel so stupid now. This is my solution when changing deadbolt door locks of different diameter. I use a wood rasp. Bloody brilliant mate. Yep I'm an Aussie
When you go to wire up that motor sitting on your bench, and you're cursing and cussing as you fiddle with your box of freshly embiggened holes because the motor won't chooch, remember all those metal shavings you sprayed into it during the making of this video. 👍
I've been watching your videos since the beginning! I love your content, I can watch your videos all day there very entertaining and the information you give is amazing!! it's funny cuz you said you never thought you would get a million subscribers back in the day when you said you would never get 500,000 your channel is definitely Worthy of that gold play button! keep up the good videos and content! wish I had half your knowledge. you're an inspiration man!! Don't change a thing!
Hi. A wife here. My husband watches your videos while we're lying in bed. Which is just fine because a ) he fixes most everything around here and the more his sponge brain takes in, the more he fixes and b ) you're growing on me. HOWEVER, there are mentions of the wife's sewing room and I have a really nice sewing machine that is broken and the sewing shop says it can't be fixed because "the part is discontinued" (and yes, I've tried to find an old machine to part out). Surely you've fixed a supposedly unfixable sewing machine?! I know he can do it! Your inspiration would definitely help.
I've been and electrician for 51 years and never thought of that. Hats off to you!
Im an electrician. I watched you do this little trick the first time almost a year ago. It is now on my list of standardized electrical finagling techniques. Every apprentice will have to learn this trick eventually throughout their career. Thank you for spreading a genius idea!
Thanks AvE.....
Yes, I know this video is almost a year old. I've watched AvE's work for years. Somehow, I missed this one. I don't know how old he is, but it doesn't matter.
This video is superb in that is an example of how you can solve a "problem" with a little thought. We are never at the the end of the road guys. I'm an old guy of 70+ years. I spent my entire career in heavy manufacturing industry. I was a maintenance tech. Back when I was just starting, if something broke, we never had the luxury of ordering a new part and then waiting for it to be delivered. We had to 'think"about how we could repair or make a new part. This video is an example of thinking outside the box. I would recommend this channel to any young guy or gal who is just starting out in the business of industrial equipment maintenance. This video is why I always wanted to work with seasoned older guys. They were a blast and always taught me something valuable.
The difference between "pink" and "stink" is a matter of angulation.
that was absolute genius.
Lmao. Classic
“Hangulation”
Been an Industrial wireman for 21 years and this is new to me Sir, thank you! Slick!
Ko punches are faster and cleaner
@@tomkristman1456 not on wood
It's like he's speaking English, but I still only understand about half of what's coming out.
He's a Canuck!
It’s 86 proof.
you lack the sense of humor and large vocavbular (oups, i just did what he does, a wordplay!)
hes speaking engineer with a Canadian accent
Latitudinal language adjustment.
“You’re smoking what I’m rolling now heh?” Lmfao 🙂😁😂🤣
I've actually found myself in this predicament a few times and the best way I could come up with of dealing with it was to make a wooden template similar to your metal one. But this trick is seriously ingenious. Simple and ingenious. Thanks for the headache remover.
I love that the thumbnail is the solution. (Totally the opposite of "that one craaazy trick that will.." and a thumbnail that is of no use to the viewer.)
"you won`t believe what he does next"
"This is illegal in 150 countries"
Damn clickbait
And not a red circle to be seen
Yep, the thumbnail made the entire video unnecessary.
I've gotta say, I never though of that!!!!!
WOW!!!
Been a plumber since 1983, and I've used snips to make these holes bigger.....LOL
THANK YOU!!
Plasma cutter. Bonus points to power it from the box you're cutting into.
Lucas "additional tips" like these assume you've got a plasma cutter.
Nice
Jeezlez - yer killin' me. I can't believe I just read that .................. =D
And now we know HOW Lucas invented darkness...
@@AlfOfAllTrades darkness is just the absence of light.
I’m an electrician just recently started using this method it’s great, before for j boxes a little trick I would use- say I needed a 1 inch hole in a 1900 box, I’ll put a 3/4 connector in the hole and then place the wholesaw over it and bam but this works great for everything like holes in the floor etc. 👍
My uncle showed me this one 30 years ago. I'v looked like a hero many times since to my bosses using this to get out of jams. Thanks for video. many of the younger guys aren't privy to these old tricks as the old timers are dying off.
One of my uncles Quotes " A Cross Thread is better than a Lock Nut".
46Flatty me and my dad always say “a crossed thread is a tight thread” when we work on our old junk lol
Just gotta giver the old apprentice torque. Tighten'er up till she loosens off again and then back a half a turn.
Eric Dyck that’s especially effective on aluminum
Try the A19 oops arber from starrett, works a dream.
I've been run off a few jobs over the years for doing stuff like this. Seems too many of the tenured old timers dont like seeing a some younger fella one up them day after day by doing 3x the work with 1/2 the effort, normally used to do 1 thing, by working smarter and more creatively over slower longer and more billably.
He's like a vulgar version of Ned Flanders
A noble spirit embiggens the smallest man.
That made me laugh out loud. Spot on mate. 😆
Hi-diddly-fucking-ho neighbor
He is not vulgarated. You are too prudiferous!
No fair.. you used a sharp holesaw
bill baggins and he didn’t use it I reverse for the first 6 minutes
😂 or let the apprentice burn through 10mm stainless
Sharp holesaws are the Unicorns of the electrical industry... everyone claims to have seen one, but not one can ever be found when looked for.
Happy McJoyjoy real men
😏 I had a set for apprentice use... a set for general use. a set for my use only and a very secret spare set for super emergencies
Brilliant, been elecrician 30 years, hacked a lot but never thought of that. Thanks for sharing.
There's another trick I don't know if you're aware of: When you chase through two sides of drywall, you can never quite seem to get two holes aligned with an extension bit (the shank is smaller than the hole)
Just snip some teeth in the end of a short EMT conduit (nominal size of hole saw)
Slide other end into the hole saw.
Run a self tap lath screw into side of pipe through the cleanout slot in hole saw (to retain conduit)
Boom! You got yourself a pass-through hole saw (of any depth)
Very clever these Canuckistanis. Still worried aboot that vise vice though.
I too canny but help ta talk likeun AvE after binge-watchin his vidjehos.
Everyone should have at least one vice, or vise.
He never said how tight :P
He needs to get a grip
Seriously though, we should be clamping down on these vice puns
This was perfect timing! My "new" house has an ornate door we didn't want to part with but the knob was finicky in that it didn't work and prevented a swift exit in case of fire. I had planned on building some complicated platform for my drill press, or some form of template for my router. Instead, a quick trip to the big box store and I had what I need. 2 minutes later my hole was large and perfectly smooth. Thanks again!
As an electrician this trick works, i have used it. however if you are not careful it will move the whole to close to the back edge and not allow you to get a locknut or bushing on. I use a piece of wood on the inside of the box for a pilot, so the back of the pipe entrance is not jammed up against the back of the box or cabinet. Just a tip.
Soooo friggin true. It's a shitstorm. Spend all that time wallowing out the hole and can't get a nut..... wait.....HA!! That wasn't intended but it's too damn funny to edit!!
I've done the scrap piece of wood also and a couple of small vice grips to hold it in place.
Works slick.
Yes , you are right about the hole location problem.
I did that only once.
After that I'd check the new needed hole location with the larger conduit fitting locknut just to be sure there was room left for it to be tightened up later and then put the hole where it needs to be for that purpose.
Nice. Thanks for the comment. Always good to plan ahead.
If it's a nylon gland, you can use your conduit cutters to circumcise your lock nut, it gives you a bit of room towards the back, it'll help keep it's self in place.
Please explain this in a more kindergarten way.
Great idea AvE! I have used wooden dowels as a guide. And I have used one turned around to reverse drill out a bath tap. No space, and the tap could not be un-screwed. Another useful trick when you have a ring nut that you cannot get a spanner at is put a socket on it. And then push the bar through the hole into the socket. No ring nut has ever been able to resist this method. Kind regards and greetings from Africa.
Oh lord! You just taught this old sparky a new trick!
Agree. Never seen this trick
Never too old to learn, and never too young to realize you don't know it all.
Just tried it to make a smaller hole from a bigger one. Didn't work. Outraged.
Been doing this for 35 years
@scabthecat Yeah I did this to a heap of down lights....then saw this video haha.
Well I was at work and ran into this issue, but I remembered your va-jay-o and it saved my arse. Mine was a 1/2in to 3/4in that required some fandanglein due to the threaded shaft not being long enough to attach the other hole saw. BUT with some electrical tape and a friction fit I was good to go! Thanks for all the videos, myself and the guys at the plant really appreciate them, take care.
Great tip, and good demonstration instead of just giving her the tip.
I’m totally hooked now!!! I had my sweet tea coming out of my nose cuz I was not expecting the “send your hate mail to”••••
I haven’t laughed that hard like that in at least 5 years!!! I needed that. Thank you for your hilarious comedy along with ur helpful content💗💗
New Lifetime Subscriber!!!!!!
density of double entendres: cromulent
For those times when some gobberwarts need a proper rending with the old blurglecruncheon.
God bless old Douglas Adams.
And perfectly so
You've embiggened many a vocrabulary today.
Another trick I use with hole saws is to take the 1/4 inch bit out of the arbor and replace it with a 1/4 inch piece of solid roundstock. This will keep the bit from chewing up the pilot hole and walking around on you. It just requires drilling a pilot hole separate from the hole saw. Makes for a much cleaner end product.
Dang! I never thought of that! Loves these vids and I always go through the comments, thanks for cool tip!
Great tip, thx!
Hi Texas Pilot, I think your way is way better than the method shown, I guess both will work but yours is the simpler option, Ed
I think this is the right way! That nice 1/4" rod is more stiff and a better bearing than an expensive special drill bit, anyway! I've managed to push a hole saw through several INCHES of aluminum plate this way, a long tedious process I'm sure you can imagine! But at least you have a chance! Hey, life is cheap in America.
I've cut the head and threads off of a long 1/4" grade 8 bolt for that before. I usually drill the pilot hole with the hole saw off the arbor even if I don't have a smooth guide. Too many times as the pilot comes through, it wants to suck the drill forward, firmly engage whichever hole saw teeth are closest and snap itself.
Great tip thank you, now i need to find a hole that needs embigining
Story of my life.
I know a girl...
😂
Bigclive can embigin anything with his "It's bigger, It' s bolder, It's rougher, It's tougher. In other words, sucker, there's no other !!"
Embigining lol perfectly crumulant
Just came over here from Practical Engineering and I fucking love your humor. Plus the fact that you actually know what you're talking about. +1 subscriber man, keep it up!
Should you find yourself with only the bigger holesaw size available and the pilot drillbit, as well as access to both sides of the plate, you can add a piece of wood,plastic,whatever is handy, and keep it on the underside while drilling. this tip works well for thin sheets like here, not so much in thick wood.
beat me to it
+rep agreed.
Or if only access to one side, blow a hole through a 2x board, clamp or screw the board to the object, and set the holesaw inside the hole in the board to hold the saw in place. Also, always run it in reverse at the start, to break the the surface on laminated metals and woods as to leave a clean hole(for desks, furniture, and counter-tops).
@@Completedaudt true, but I deliberately did not mention it as I feel that it was covered by the alu plate in the vijeyo. 😀 Good tip on Rev to start. Must use the pins in reverse tho
@@sasakurtovic6850 how in the hell did i miss the bush plate?!?!
@@Completedaudt hehehehe happens.. 😀
Best 5 mins of my week. So simple, yet so handy. Thanks.
Subbed for the tips but even more so for the hilarious commentary . keep em rollin
You're doing it the hard way with the big to small hole saw arbors. Get a 1/4' bolt about 3 or 4" long, cut the head off. Take the pilot drill out of both arbors. Insert and tighten the headless 1/4" bolt in the small arbor where the drill bit was. Turn the small hole saw upside down and insert the bolt/arbor assembly in the large arbor and tighten the large arbor screw. This also works when your hole saws are different brands with different threads. I'm an old electrician with no eyebrows, last time they were burned off they didn't grow back. :)
J B no clue what your going on about. Just drill the right size hole in the first place. How’s that sound!
The thing about keyboard heroes is that they never dirty their hands once, not even the tip. True virgins.
You're a man of knowledge and culture, my kindest regards to you.
Straight and to the point. No needless banter. I really appreciate the tip.🤓 Absolutely LOVED the "SUBTLE" humor in your narration. 😂😜🤪
MASHED the freaking subscribe button.
You can smell the booze in this one boys.
Canadian 'Club' - (Rye). Sutiable to northern latituders only. - oh, you don't know your botany? Easy does it...
He probably indulged in some Concentrate lol
Was holding my breath one of those hot chips didn't light off his 'coffee'.
And he's still more comprehensible than most people on youtube. lol
Halving the playback speed is glorious on this video 😂😂
This trick saved me a lot of aggravation this last weekend. Replaced a lockset that needed a larger hole. I might have tried to carve a plug with a center hole, this trick was easier, better, cooler. Thanks!
With a great tip like that, I can only imagine what the shaft is like.
hahahhahahaa!
Found his other account!
But really, that is worthy of Uncle Bumblefuck himself.
Big around as a can of corn long as a tuna can
Hooty ha ha ha!!!!!
second time watching... given the commentary in the videos I've seen so far, I can only imagine how hilarious a regular conversation must turn out with this guys antics. Educational as well as entertaining!
Damn one day and I think that legal weed is working !
I watch your videos at work and every time a supervisor comes in I say these are training videos.
The difference between pink and purple is the grip!
Nah, its the race. purple=mexican or asian pink=irish, red head or blondie
BOLTR, thank you smuch for this. I'm a professional turd hurdler and I been in dilemma that this trick solves. Ordered a $7k stainless plumbing apparatus that came with 22mm holes, but my hardware requires 42mm holes. The manufacturer apologized and told me to just drill it bigger. I been wracking my brain how to do this. There's no Greenlee cobalt step drillbit big enough. I was going to clamp down a chunk of 2 by 4 and hope the clamps hold steady as she bores into. Thanks, you solved this for me
That is probably thr best damn trick I have seen in a lonnnggggg time and I am not new to tooling. Thank the gods for you.
I watch your videos because you're the only one who explains things in a language I can understand.
That's pretty darn clever. I usually just use a large unibit, but that's not always the best solution.
I've worked in the electrical trade for 10 years and have never seen this trick. I'll have to show my co-workers.
Also, a Milwaukee hole saw kit I bought recently came with a 1/2 thread to 3/4 thread adapter to put a large hole saw on a small arbor. Comes in darn handy.
I was just going to comment that some sets like the Millwakee come with the adapter.
This looks even easier than using a large unibit
I first encountered this setup when I had to mount a flush decorative surface box in a hardwood floor. The box itself was 3-3/4 diameter and the (recessed) trim ring hole needed to be 4 inch diameter. Using the double hole saw made the stepped hole like a charm.
It also works if you have to enlarge a 1-3/4" lock hole in a door to 2-1/8". ;-)
So all we need is the part number for the Milwaukee bushing.
I only saw the picture for your video. BAM! Thanks for sharing. You saved me lots of time. Thanks again!
I'll certainly file this in the mental tool box. Very clever. Thanks for the tip.
I love it. It is so simple. How did I come think of this before. This could have save me so much grief in the past, I will definitely put this in the old brain box for future reference. Thanks.
To stop over torque i wrap a piece of cotton string /twine sprayed with oil or wd40 at the top of the arbor thread and always come undone by hand no tools necessary
You're far too smart for the girls I go out with. (Copyright AvE)
I use a small piece of copper wire, they are always laying around the jobsite.
I've had a couple hole saws that were quite tight..... I spun cordless drill.in high at top speed and slammed on the brake ..... did that 2 times and the saw spun itself right off :)
You can also use a bit of electrical tape on the bottom of the hole saw. Comes off by hand easy.
@@DustinGould that also works for removing the stubborn cores just removed from wood, plasterboard etc.
God you are so lucky I wish I had half the tools you got most of my tools were stolen and I'm 65 and too old to start over again so depressing watching you destroy perfectly good tools but I thank you for educating us on how they go together and how they come apart and how to fix them.
"Enbiggen?"
"It's a perfectly cromulent word."
Nice little trick. Never seen that before-- been an Electrician for around 20 years; never too old to learn a new trick.
"Got my pecker punched". Oh, man. That beauty just got added to my repertoire.
Saaaaaammmmme here 😁
how did I go through life to date without knowing this! the hours of grinding out holes shall never be replaced....
I didn't even have to watch this video for it to make my life easier. I did anyway as a courtesy.
Thanks uncle bumblef**k!
AvE, you are top notch, my husband introduced me to your goings on, I am hooked like a sleeve on a doorknob.
Yup. This hack has saved my skin in the past. Another technique I use is to just use my everlast plasma cutter. Cuts holes like nobody's business.
I HAVE BEEN USING THIS ONE FOR OVER 30 YEARS.
STILL WORKS AND STILL GETS YOU OUT OF A TOUGH SPOT.
I WORK IN A FACTORY MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT.
I WENT A STEP FURTHER THOUGH AND STUCK THE HOLESAWS INTO A LATHE AND TURNED A BIT OF MATERIAL OFF THE BACKENDS OF THE HOLESAWS TO MAKE THEM BOTH SLIGHTLY THINNER ALLOWING THE CENTER ONE TO HAVE MORE THAN 1 OR 2 THREADS TO SCREW ONTO THE ARBOR WITH.
When I had to get something done like right now , I didn't have the time to go looking for specialty tools , order them and wait for them to show up.
I used what we had and made it work.
"Your smoking what im rolling now ah?" I gotta start saying that at my jobsite
This vid helped me a ton. I had a metal door which had an oddball (too small) hole drilled and when I went to replace the locks I realized how borked it was, and short of replacing the door I wasn't sure how the hell I was going to fix it. Sure sure, could have gotten a bunch of plywood and crap but I didn't have any on hand. Well in steps AVE and boom fixed. TY
how have i missed this awesomeness ?
I miss your vids
@@matthewprest6559 k
Gosh that's genius. I've been fashioning bushes from cardboard which is already good enough to offer some stability, but this is genius.
Smoking what you’re rolling 👍👍
I wasn't watching the first time through and was left bewildered. So I watched it and not only did I understand everything, I'm very appreciative of the comedic slang used.
Hi, please apologize me, but I could not find any other way to contact you about the following. Do you remember the video you made a couple of days after the crash of the Morandi bridge in Genova on August the 14? Your hypothesis was that the bridge has been collapsed because one of the stays was corroded. Well, listening to the news, yestersday they found, under the ruins, part of the stay and it was seriously corroded and they had sent it to Switzerland to be analyzed by a lab specialized in the analysis of metals to have the exact evidence. Have a nice day and congrats for the interesting videos.
thanks for the heads up!
"...to have the exact evidence."
You can improve the clarity and effectiveness of your comment by replacing that phrase with, "...only to arrive at the same conclusion."
@mister clean aye, me too
@Daniel Martinez, Isn't our friend simply saying the cabling evidence was sent to a metallurgical lab for proper forensic analysis - you can't just be waving a rusty cable about in court like a limp member - you require qualified expert technical testimony and properly standardized and calibrated analysis and strong links in both your bridge construction and chain of evidence.
@@danielodors lol funny.
I worked in electrical construction for 20 years and have never seen that, thanks!
Embiggen some holes is my favourite Sunday afternoon activity.
a cromulent way to spend the time
@@diggy_the_first
I'm not gonna lie, I had to look up the definition of "cromulent". I've never heard that word before. 🤣
Can never get over the humor of your language uses don't ever get old after a few chuckles it's time to be serious just how things are done however the things you show are outstanding nevertheless some guys do get there pickle in a vice were it comes to getting a job done right
Man, do I love when my Sundays fall on a Thursday.
Is it Sunday? Fuck it, Monday morning blue's have already set in.
You are my damn hero today, everyone else's trick sucks. But THAT "enbiggening" device is gold
I actually let out a big laugh at the jazz hands routine!!
I'm in themiddleof a project and this video just got me out of a jam. Thank you for posting.
And I thought doubling up on rubbers was clever!
I don't think doubling up on rubbers is that well thought out and probably has resulted in the over population of liberals in Canada. If the probably of a rubber failing is p, the the event space of doubled rubbers failing is [p(1-p) + (1-p)p + p*p] or p**2 + 2p(1-p). Assuming these are reliable rubbers with a low failure rate p is small and this results in doubling up rubbers doubling the failure rate to approximately 2p. And you lose that loveing feeling too!
But @rfcarlson1, you snug things right up, so it is a tradeoff.
Holy shit. Just found this channel. Best commentary I've ever heard! Well done man! Subbed!
Awesome video & there is nothing like aluminum shavings in your morning coffee.
That's a much better idea than my own. I needed to enbiggen a hole in sheet metal and eventually after some moonshine and staring into my tool box for a while, i decided to wrap the pilot drill in elechickens tape and ram a socket down in there as my guide. Worked fine but the hole saw and socket combo stayed jammed together on the bench for a few years.
Bullshitting with this guy in a bar must be a good time.
Wasnt a subscriber until just now, but I found your regular Joe, workman like crude language very refreshing as a blue collar workman myself
Starrett make an arbor for doing exactly this, has two sized threads and no pilot drill. I bought mine from amazon 🇬🇧
A19 oops arbor
This guys vocabulary never ceases to amaze me.
Here in McOzland wees can purchastify an metricalised adaptifier that'll let the wee ones fitafy the bigger orifaced holly saw thingamy, my kit came with a wee to whopper and a whopper to wee adaptifier for either doovalacky to use any holeifier holder.
There always seems to be a blue collar solution to a white collar oversight and I love it! Figuring out how things work and how to get them to work when there ain't no way in hell they will work is exactly the kind of thing I love to see. Excuse my noviceness on account of me only being a salesman in the blue collar realm, but I just figure it gets me the opportunity to see all the different sides of the industry. Much obliged AvE. Always enjoy the vid-j-o's, or is it va-jay-ohs, oh you know!
Just put a piece of wood behind the hole and that will hold the pilot bit for the larger
Thanks. I always use a bush or I run the hole saw backwards. Yes. That has worked to start the hole. Never thought of this. Thanks again.
Always handy to keep cone cutters in your box
Dude! You just made my chore so much easier. I tip my hat to you sir.
Coming back after having forgotten this channel, I realize I must have been on some cereal shit for a fortnight because I don't understand half of what is said, but it's friggin fantastic and a challenge to dig through colloquialisms, bastard vernacular, and whatever else is said that I miss due to reasons.
Fantastic videos. Please make more
He's Canadian on a fine (cold) lazy, Sunday, afternoon. Goes without sayin' he's already half lit. I'm surprised he didn't get his ratty coat sleeve caught up in the drill at some point. let alone was coherent enough to talk and work at the same time.. BTW Greenlee sells a hole punch kit for doing the same thing in about 30 seconds
Superb as usual. Oh that coffee cup and the metal filings...I hope you weren't thirsty after!
sinks to the bottom.with the grounds helps with the variable flavor bits ha aaha
And now I know how to replace my ceiling lights with larger ones.
for frig snacks I had to deal with this issue today and now you show me what to do every other time I watch ur videos it never applies but today it did
I like the coffee mug. It should say "I love sheet metal flakes in my coffee" lol Nice trick though.
I feel so stupid now. This is my solution when changing deadbolt door locks of different diameter. I use a wood rasp. Bloody brilliant mate. Yep I'm an Aussie
When you go to wire up that motor sitting on your bench, and you're cursing and cussing as you fiddle with your box of freshly embiggened holes because the motor won't chooch, remember all those metal shavings you sprayed into it during the making of this video. 👍
*non ferocious*
Why would the windings being non-ferrous matter? Metal shavings inside a motor can still abrade an short it out...
Is my assumption that "non ferocious" was a humourous way of saying "non-ferrous" wrong? Or is there something I'm missing completely....
your euphemisms and speaking patterns made my day! going to be watching a lot more of your videos now!
Good idea. Thanks. Cheaper than giant step drills.
No matter how old you Get... There's always something New to Learn... Thank you for your Great Tip... Greg
This was the reason why I bought a Greenlee Slug buster set.
Pricey
I've been watching your videos since the beginning! I love your content, I can watch your videos all day there very entertaining and the information you give is amazing!! it's funny cuz you said you never thought you would get a million subscribers back in the day when you said you would never get 500,000 your channel is definitely Worthy of that gold play button! keep up the good videos and content! wish I had half your knowledge. you're an inspiration man!! Don't change a thing!
Good trick, now what's the tick for getting the stray bits of metal out of that nearby motor?
tiny ring magnets on thin stainless wire.
just tie the knots well or youll have more metal in your motor
Hi. A wife here. My husband watches your videos while we're lying in bed. Which is just fine because a ) he fixes most everything around here and the more his sponge brain takes in, the more he fixes and b ) you're growing on me. HOWEVER, there are mentions of the wife's sewing room and I have a really nice sewing machine that is broken and the sewing shop says it can't be fixed because "the part is discontinued" (and yes, I've tried to find an old machine to part out). Surely you've fixed a supposedly unfixable sewing machine?! I know he can do it! Your inspiration would definitely help.