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3/8" Diameter Self-Centering Tapered Plug Cutter

MBT-0375

Item No: MBT-0375

 
 

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Cut Plugs with a Hand-Held Electric Drill
Everyone knows it isn’t safe to cut screw plugs with a hand held drill. If you have tried it, you know that one of the cutter legs will catch on the wood before the others and the cutter will walk across the board before you have time to release the trigger. Now there is a plug cutter designed specifically for use in hand held drills. A spring loaded centering pin allows the cutter to engage all four legs without allowing it to walk across the material. The cutter is most effective when the drill is fully up to speed before you depress the spring and begin cutting the plug. However, from, ahem, personal experience, if you start cutting before the drill is at speed, the centering pin does a pretty good job keeping things from getting exciting. For best results, use these at 400-600 RPM. Made in USA.

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3/8'' Diameter Self-Centering Straight Plug Cutter
 
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By Pop pop steve

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        Comments about 3/8'' Diameter Self-Centering Straight Plug Cutter:

        First time I tried this wanted to skate, then re tried and figured it out. Seems more work just to get a plug cut out. I'll spend the money on plugs that are already cut. Cost high for the work to get a plug.

         
        5.0

        Plug Cutter as screw remover

        By Mike

        from Montpelier, ND

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        Pros

        • Easy To Store
        • Easy To Use
        • Good Safety Features
        • Powerful
        • Worked "out of the box"

        Cons

        • Needed sharpening

        Best Uses

        • Home Repair
        • In The Workshop
        • Screw removing

        Comments about 3/8'' Diameter Self-Centering Straight Plug Cutter:

        I needed to remove twelve 3" Torx-head wood screws with stripped Torx sockets, they were binding a 4x4' piece of 1/4" plywood to six 4x4" posts. This plug cutter with the self-centering spring-loaded point enabled me to cut around each screw head, through the plywood, removing the plywood so I could remove each screw with a vice-grip. The plug cutter worked excellently, the spring-loaded pointer sat in the Torx socket and the cutter removed the wood around the screw head. I needed to sharpen the four cutters, a brief labor on the grinder. Otherwise, this plug cutter worked "out of the box" with no other adjustment.

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