A few weeks past I asked for advice on cutting an opening in a plaster
wall. Well, I got around to doing it today. I was going to use the cold
chisel method recommended by Doug Miller, but I decided to try something
else first. A couple of days ago I was looking for something and came
across the scoring tool I used for cutting cement board. At the time I
thought that this might work for cutting plaster. So, today I laid out
the lines (it's about 2' x 2.5') and using a cork-backed straight edge, I
proceeded to score the plaster. Worked like a charm. Once I got the score
line going, I didn't need the straight edge. There was a minimum of dust
and I only broke out one piece of the finished plaster (but in a place
that will be covered by a face frame).
So, thanks again to all those who responded to my original post.
david
In article <[email protected]>, [email protected] (David E. Penner) wrote:
>A few weeks past I asked for advice on cutting an opening in a plaster
>wall. Well, I got around to doing it today. I was going to use the cold
>chisel method recommended by Doug Miller, but I decided to try something
>else first. A couple of days ago I was looking for something and came
>across the scoring tool I used for cutting cement board. At the time I
>thought that this might work for cutting plaster. So, today I laid out
>the lines (it's about 2' x 2.5') and using a cork-backed straight edge, I
>proceeded to score the plaster. Worked like a charm. Once I got the score
>line going, I didn't need the straight edge. There was a minimum of dust
>and I only broke out one piece of the finished plaster (but in a place
>that will be covered by a face frame).
>
>So, thanks again to all those who responded to my original post.
Thanks for the idea! I'll have to keep that one in mind for next time.
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Regards,
Doug Miller (alphageek at milmac dot com)
Nobody ever left footprints in the sands of time by sitting on his butt.
And who wants to leave buttprints in the sands of time?