Thread: How to cut out squares from middle of large sheet of wood

Originally Posted by ian

save your circular saw for cutting 8cm x 8cm squares from a separate piece of MDF

what you want to do is just do-able, but not IMO with your current tooling.
something like a Fein or Bosch multi-tool is the tool of choice, but the blade you'd need to use would, last time I bought one, cost much more than a small piece of 6mm MDF

I agree, Ian, that the best and especially cheapest method is to rough out the hole then square up the edges and then cut separate squares to fit. It's only worth buying extra equipment if it will be used regularly.

I have a Dremel Multi-Max, (Bosch multi-tool), and also agree that it would do it. Probably using the semi-circular dry-wall cutter, with corner cleanup using the plunge cutter or a hobby knife. The normal plunge cutter won't do a continuous line, so would need a series of vertical plunge cuts.

For 6mm material, it could almost be done using only a hobby knife and a steel rule, from both sides.