Thread: Tip for cutting out toy wheel blanks.

I see so many guys and gals cutting out wheels with holesaws and using the wrong technique making an easy job somewhat of a chore.
Biggest problem of course is overheating of the cutter which in turn burns the timber as well as the cutter itself. Not good.
Easy to overcome as most of you will know but this simple tip is for those that don't know or don't use the correct method to cut out the blank with a holesaw. This tip not only makes the task of cutting out wheel blanks easy and pain free but also prolongs the life of your cutter.

First line up the edge of your timber with the outside edge of your cutter edge as in pic 1
overlap the cutters edge by about a mm over the edge of the timber but not too much or you will end up with a flat spot on your wheel blank.
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You will see in pic 2 as you cut the blank, sawdust can escape easily at the edge of the timber and the cut is made more smoothly and without much effort. No overheating.
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Blank completed with no sign of burnt timber or cutter.
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If you are cutting out multiple wheels from the same piece of timber and the timber is much wider, you may not be able to line up the edge of the cutter with the outside edge of the timber but you can still line it up with the outside edge of the adjacent wheel hole.